This collection provides a historical selection of 40 original Piano pieces which have been influenced by extra-musical incidents or ideas: It begins with scenes from nature describes the fascination of rain portrays the figure of the shepherd wanders to 'moon' 'sleep' and 'dream' and concludes with the theme of 'movement' which is visible and audible either at sporting activities and in technical devices or on travels.It is quite fascinating to see that composers such as Burgmüller or Grieg Beethoven Debussy R. Schumann Tchaikovsky Villa-Lobos Satie Couperin Martinu Mendelssohn or Mussorgsky and many others see and musically describe the same themes quitedifferently.ContentIn the Woods: - Burgmüller Awakening in the Woods (from: 18 Studies Op. 109)Daquin Rondeau 'Le Coucou'Tschaikowsky The Lark's Song (from: The Seasons Op. 37a)Janácek The Barnowl has not Flown Away! (from: On Overgrown Paths)R. Schumann Lonely Flowers(from: Forest Scenes Op. 82)Mac Dowell To a Wild Rose (from: Woodland Sketches Op. 51)Mac Dowell In Autumn (from: Woodland Sketches Op. 51)Grieg Solitary Traveller (from: Lyric Pieces Op. 43)Rain: - Schoenmehl Raindrops (from: Little Stories in Jazz)Prokofieff The Rain and the Rainbow (from: Musique d'enfants Op. 65)Kossenko Rain (from: 24 Children's Pieces Op. 15)Chopin Raindrop Prelude Op. 28Burgmüller Thunderstorm (from: 18 Studies Op. 109)Shepherds' Portraits: - Reichardt Shepherd's LamentHeller Shepherd's Song (from: Miscellanées Op. 40)Villa-Lobos And the Little Shepherd SangDebussy The Little Shepherd (from: Children's Corner)Moonshine: - Prokofieff The Moon Goes for a Walk on the Meadows (from: Musique d' enfants)Beethoven Adagio sostenuto (from: Sonata C sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight Sonata')Debussy Clair de Lune (from: Suite bergamasque)Pütz Walking on the Moon (from: I'm