Best Collection for Adult Piano Students: 30 of the most important and beloved classical piano pieces

Why this collection?

These are the editions I created and use for myself and my adult piano students. They are not "arrangements" or simplifications in any way. They are better described as "clarifications" with clean page layouts and comprehensive fingering.

These editions enable students to encounter the composers "face to face" by stripping away antiquated publishing conventions. Traditional editions, especially the economical older ones, prevent students from being able to prepare and perform the beloved music, rather than enabling and supporting successful performance.

Traditional piano music publications suffer from two fatal flaws: (1) the economic need to "save paper" resulting in page layouts that are too dense, and which compound the problem by obfuscating the natural 2 and 4 bar structures of music, and (2) the absence of technical solutions (fingering).

The exception in this collection is the arrangement of the Pachelbel Canon in D, because it was not originally composed for keyboard.

Contents

1 Canon in D and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Pachelbel

2 Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

3 Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847 and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

4 Prelude No. 21 in Bb Major, BWV 866 and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

5 Aria from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 and#8195;and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

6 Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 and#8195; and#8195;and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

7 Menuet No. 2 from French Suite No. 1, BWV 812 and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Johann Sebastian Bach

8 Menuet No. 2 from English Suite No. 4, BWV 809 and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

9 Menuet from French Suite No. 2, BWV 813 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

10 ?Jesu, Joy of Man?s Desiring?, from Cantata, BWV 147 and#8195;Johann Sebastian Bach

11 Sarabande from Suite in D minor, HWV 437 and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; George Frideric Handel

Sonata in A, K. 331 ?Rondo alla Turca? and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12and#8195;and#8195;III. Allegretto

Sonata in C, K. 545 and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

13and#8195;and#8195;I. Allegro

14 II. Andante

15 Für Elise and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Ludwig van Beethoven

Sonata No. 14 ?Moonlight? Sonata and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Ludwig van Beethoven

16and#8195;and#8195;I. Adagio sostenuto (transposed to D minor)

and#8195;and#8195; I. Adagio sostenuto (original key C# minor)

Sonata Op. 13, No. 2 ?Pathetique? and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Ludwig van Beethoven

17and#8195;and#8195;I. Grave/Allegro

18and#8195;and#8195;II. Adagio

19 Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 2 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Franz Schubert

20 Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Frédéric Chopin

21 Prelude in C minor, Op. 28 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Frédéric Chopin

22 Nocturne No. 20 in C# minor and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Frédéric Chopin

23 Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No. 2 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Frédéric Chopin

24 Träumerei Op. 15, No. 7 from ?Scenes from Childhood? Robert Schumann

25 Ständchen (?Serenade?) D. 957/S. 560 and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt

26 Rêverie and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Claude Debussy

27 La fille aux cheveux de lin (?The Girl with the Flaxen Hair?) Claude Debussy

28 Arabesque No. 1 and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;Claude Debussy

29 Clair de Lune and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Claude Debussy

30 Gymnopedie and#8195; and#8195; and#8195; and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195;and#8195; Erik Satie

The books in this series present study guides for masterworks, beginning at the early intermediate level, that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 study guides to pieces selected from the four main style periods. Book 5 contains selections for advanced pianists. Titles: Prelude from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor, BWV 808 (Bach) * Sinfonia from Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Bach) * Air and Variations (?The Harmonious Blacksmith?) (Handel) * Sonata in E Major, K.380; L.23 (Scarlatti) * Sonata in C Minor (?Pathétique?), Op.13 (Beethoven) * Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI/50; L.60 (I) (Haydn) * Sonata in C Major, K.330 (I) (Mozart) * Intermezzo in A Major, Op.118, No.2 (Brahms) * Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op.66 (Chopin) * Consolation No. 3 in D-flat Major, S.172 (Liszt) * Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op.3, No.2 (Rachmaninoff) * Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op.142, No.2, Posth.; D.935 (Schubert) * Aufschwung (Soaring), Op.12, No.2 (Schumann) Sonatina, Sz.55 I. (Bartók) * Ritual Fire Dance (De Falla) * Clair de lune (Debussy) * La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) (Debussy) * Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)