This collection of 10 piano solos features calming and comforting arrangements of favorite hymns appropriate for funerals or memorial services. Flowing and peaceful, these beautiful arrangements can be used for other occasions as well and are a welcome addition to the church pianist\'s sacred repertoire. The songs are arranged (both thematically and musically) so that they flow nicely from one to the next for continuous, extended play.

Each of the 10 arrangements is also available separately with accompanying preview pages and audio samples.

Titles included in this collection:
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
Does Jesus Care?
Ivory Palaces
Nearer, My God, to Thee
Safe in the Arms of Jesus
The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
\'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Trusting Jesus
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Whispering Hope

Following the success of the first volume of Best of Piano Classics (ED 9060), Schott now presents another collection with a selection of 40 arrangements of popular classical masterpieces for the discerning amateur pianist to use over the years.

The contents include great works from Bach to Gershwin, ranging from chamber music, symphonies and concertos through to opera. This selection of musical favourites presents the best known and loveliest pieces of classical music from the Baroque era through to the 20th Century, from 'Air' to 'Rhapsody in Blue'. With fingerings, tempo and pedal suggestions added, these appealing arrangements for advanced players are in easy to read modern printed scores.

Recommended not only for tuition purposes, but for all those who enjoy playing the piano in their leisure time.

The nature of jazz has its roots in improvisation. The Jazz Sonata contains written-out pieces which correspond with improvised figures and formulae of jazz, while at the same time combining specific technical practice material with formal structures borrowed from 'art music'. With these features, the pieces are intended not only for practising jazz musicians but, perhaps even more-for pianists and teachers who, to complement their involvement with popular music, are looking for information and connections with jazz and its practice methods. The pieces are valid as individual pieces for teaching purposes or for use in a programme.

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The series &apos.Get to Know Composers&apos. presents works of famous masters in easy arrangements as well as original compositions for piano. A brief biographical sketch with contemporary colour illustrations as well as a list of the most important works provide easy access to the respective composer. Thus, amateur pianists and young piano pupils can embark on a vivid excursion into the life and work of important composers.
Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer who gained worldwide fame. His symphonies, concertos and ballets are part of the standard repertoire of the musical scene. In addition to original piano works, this volume contains excerpts from Tchaikovsky&apos.s best-known compositions: the Violin Concerto and his Piano Concerto No. 1, Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6, the ballets &apos.SwanLake&apos., &apos.The Sleeping Beauty&apos. and &apos.Nutcracker&apos., as well as &apos.Capriccio Italien&apos. and other works.