(Piano). 269 pieces by 32 composers nearly 400 pages of music!

This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.

Play the world's most beautiful classical music quickly and easily with this high-quality selection of short, favorite, accessible compositions by the world's greatest composers — Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Haydn, Liszt, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and others. Includes Beethoven's Für Elise, Three Norwegian Dances by Grieg, Liszt's Consolation, Macdowell's To a Wild Rose, Schumann's Träumerei, and many more.

(Piano Collection). 144 pieces by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Burgmuller, Clementi, Dubernoy, Ellmenreich, Greig, Gurlitt, Handel, Heller, Kohler, Kullak, le Couppey, Petzold, Reinecke, Reinhold, Schumann, Streabbog, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the early intermediate level in a convenient value-priced edition. Includes - ANONYMOUS: Minuet in G Major, BWV Appendix 116; Polonaise in G minor, BWV Appendix 119; Musette in D Major, BWV Appendix 126; Minuet in D minor, BWV Appendix 132 * CPE BACH: March in D Major, BWV Appendix 122 * JS BACH: Prelude in C Major, BWV 939 * BARTOK: 9 selections from Ten Easy Pieces * BEETHOVEN: Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1; Waltz in D Major, WoO 85; Eccossaise in E-flat Major, WoO 86 * BURGMULLER: 13 selections from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies , Op. 100 * CLEMENTI: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No.1 * DUVERNOY: Study in A Major from 25 Elementary Studies, Op. 176, No. 15 * ELLMENREICH: Spinning Song, Op. 14, No. 4 * GRIEG: Watchman's Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 12, No. 3; National Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 12, No. 8; Sailor's Song from Lyric Pieces , Op. 68, No. 1 * GURLITT: 10 selections from Albumleaves for the Young , Op. 101 * HANDEL: Sarabanda from Suite in D minor, HWV 437 * HELLER: Scampering from 25 Studies , Op. 47, No. 1; Lullaby from 25 Studies , Op. 47, No. 19 * KOHLER: 12 Easy Studies for the Piano , Op. 157 * KULLAK: The Clock from Scenes from Childhood , Op. 62, No. 2 * LE COUPPEY: The Alphabet , Op. 17 * PETZOLD: Minuet in G Major, BWV Appendix 114; Minuet in G minor, BWV Appendix 115 * REINECKE: Sonatina in C Major, Op.136, No. 1; Sonatina in G Major, Op. 136, No. 2 * REINHOLD: March from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 1; Hungarian Dance from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 9; Gypsy Song from Miniatures , Op. 39, No. 13 * SCHUMANN: 12 selections from Album for the Young , Op. 68 * STREABBOG: 12 Very Easy and Melodious Studies , Op. 63; 12 Easy and Melodious Studies , Op. 64 * TCHAIKOVSKY: Morning Prayer from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 1; The Sick Doll from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 6; The Doll's Burial from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 7; In Church from Album for the Young , Op. 39, No. 24

With more than 80 essential masterworks arranged for easy piano, this book guarantees a lifetime of exploration and enjoyment at the keys. Titles: * 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) * Air on the G String (Bach) * Andaluza No. 5 (Granados) * Anvil Chorus (Verdi) * Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) * Ballade No. 1 (Chopin) * Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) * The Blue Danube (Strauss) * Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Bach) * Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) * Can-Can (Offenbach) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair de lune (Debussy) * Doretta's Song (Puccini) * The Entertainer (Joplin) * Egmont Overture (Beethoven) * Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) * "Emperor" Concerto (Beethoven) * Fantaisie-Impromptu (Chopin) * Flower Duet (Delibes) * Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) * The Garland Waltz, from Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky) * Habanera (Bizet) * Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) * Hornpipe (Handel) * Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) * Intermezzo (Mascagni) * In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * L'Arlí©sienne Suite No. 1 (Bizet) * Líæ ci darem la mano (Mozart) * La donna í mobile (Verdi) * Libiamo, from La Traviata (Verdi) * Mandolin Concerto in C Major (Vivaldi) * Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) * March from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) * March of the Toreadors (Bizet) * Meditation, from Thaí¿s (Massenet) * "Merry Widow" Waltz (Lehíçr) * "Military" Polonaise (Chopin) * "Minute" Waltz (Chopin) * The Moldau (Smetana) * "Moonlight" Sonata (Beethoven) * Morning Mood (Grieg) * Musetta's Waltz (Puccini) * "New World" Symphony (Dvo�»ak) * Nocturne, Op. 55, No. 1 (Chopin) * O mio babbino caro (Puccini) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Overture from The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart) * "Pathí©tique" Sonata (Beethoven) * Pavane (Faurí©) * Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky) * Piano Sonata No. 11 (Mozart) * Polovetsian Dance (Borodin) * Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) * Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 (Bach) * Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) * Prince of Denmark's March (Clarke) * Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart) * "Raindrop" Prelude (Chopin) * "Revolutionary" Etude (Chopin) * Rondeau from Suite de symphonies (Mouret) * Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) * Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) * Solace (Joplin) * The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) * Spring, from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) * Stí_ndchen (Schubert) * "Surprise" Symphony (Haydn) * The Swan (Saint-Saí‚ns) * Swan Lake, Act I Finale (Tchaikovsky) * Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) * Symphony No. 40 (Mozart) * Toccata in D Minor (Bach) * Toreador Song (Bizet) * Turkish March (Beethoven) * Un bel díå (Puccini) * "Unfinished" Symphony (Schubert) * Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman" (Mozart) * Voi, che sapete (Mozart) * Waltz, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) * Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)

Excerpt from Early Keyboard Music, Vol. 2: A Collection of Pieces Written for the Virginal, Spinet, Harpsichord, and Clavichord Besides dances, composers of this period occupied themselves with Fantasias, Preludes, Toccatas, and Variations. The Toccata was one of the earliest specifically instrumental forms. It had no well-defined requirements; but one of its obvious features was a flowing movement, often regularly recurring figures, frequently of rapid running passages, with little decided melodic character; thus, like the Fantasia and Prelude, it was in the nature of a brilliant improvisation. In the Variation was soon found a medium for the development and display of the composer's ingenuity and the executant's technical facility; and it was considered appropriate to many of the dances just described. When composers came to perceive the value of the artistic balance and contrast to be obtained by grouping together dances of different tempos, rhythms and character, grave and gay, the Suite came into being. There was no definite rule, even in the latest and lightest development of the Suite, establishing the kind and order of the movements to be used; and in the earliest examples we find an infinite variety. However, the Suite was always in the same key throughout. By the beginning of the seventeenth century some general principles of choice and arrangement were cur rently accepted; with or without a Prelude, the Suite was often constituted of an Allemande, a Courante, a Sarabande and a Gigue, in the above order; but sometimes other movements were employed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A collection of 54 pieces by 21 composers. Includes music by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Scriabin, and more.

(Piano Collection). 46 pieces by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Burgmuller, Clementi, Ellmenreich, Grieg, Gurlitt, Handel, Heller, Kullak, Petzold, Reinecke, Schumann, Streabbog, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the early intermediate level in a slim, affordable volume. Contents: ANONYMOUS: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 * Polonaise in G minor, BWV App. 119 * Musette in D Major, BWV App. 126 * Minuet in D minor, BWV App. 132 * C.P.E. BACH: March in D Major, BWV App. 122 * BACH: Prelude in C Major, BWV 939 * BARTOK: Slovak Youth Dance, Ten Easy Pieces * BEETHOVEN: Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 * Waltz in D Major, WoO 85 * Ecossaise in E-flat Major, WoO 86 * BURGMULLER: La candeur, Op. 100, No. 1 * L'arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 * La pastorale, Op. 100, No. 3 * Innocence, Op. 100, No. 5 * Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 * Inquietude, Op. 100, No. 18 * CLEMENTI: Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 * ELLMENREICH: Spinning Song, Op. 14, No. 4 * National Song, Op. 12, No. 8 * Sailor's Song, Op. 68, No. 1 * GURLITT: Morning Prayer, Op. 101, No. 2 * Song without words, Op. 101, No. 10, Grandfather's Birthday, Op. 101, No. 13 * HANDEL: Sarabande, HWV 437 * HELLER: Scampering, Op. 47, No. 1 * Lullaby, Op. 47, No. 19 * KULLAK: The Clock, Op. 62, No. 2 * PETZOLD: Minuet, BWV App. 114 * Minuet, BWV App. 115 * REINECKE: Sonatina, Op. 136, No. 2 * SCHUMANN: Melodie, Op. 68, No. 1 * Soldatenmarsch, Op. 68, No. 2 * Jagerliedchen, Op. 68, No. 7 * Wilder Reiter, Op. 68, No. 8 * Frohlicher Landmann, Op. 68, No. 10 * Sicilianisch, Op. 68, No. 11 * Erster Verlust, Op. 68, No. 16 * Schnitterliedchen, Op. 68, No. 18 * STREABBOG: Leap-Frog, Op. 64, No. 1 * Jack Frost, Op. 64, No. 3 * The Woodpecker, Op. 64, No. 8 * TCHAIKOVSKY: Morning Prayer, Op. 39, No. 1 * The Sick Doll, Op. 39, No. 6 * The Doll's Burial, Op. 39, No. 7 * In Church, Op. 39, No. 24

(Piano Collection). ANONYMOUS: Minuet in C minor, BWV Appendix 121 * C.P.E. BACH: March in G Major, BWV Appendix 124 * J. S. BACH: Bouree from Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996; Invention No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 785; Invention No. 4 in D minor, BWV 775; Invention No. 10 in G Major, BWV 781; Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772; Invention No. 13 in A minor, BWV 784; Invention No. 2 in C minor, BWV 773; Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779; Prelude in F Major, BWV 927; Prelude in C minor, BWV 999; Prelude No. 1 in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846; Prelude in D minor, BWV 926; Prelude in C minor, BWV 934; Prelude in C Major, BWV 924 * BARTOK: Bagatelle from 14 Bagatelles, Op. 6, No. 4 * BEETHOVEN: Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64; Twelve German Dance, WoO 13 * BURGMULLER: Selections from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100; Selections from 18 Characteristic Studies, Op. 109 * CHOPIN: Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7; Prelude in B minor, Op. 28, No. 6; Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4 * CLEMENTI: Sonatina in F Major, Op. 36, No. 4 * DIABELLI: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 168, No. 3 * DUSSEK: Sonatina in G Major, Op. 20, No. 1 * GRIEG: Selections from Lyrics Pieces * GURLITT: Hunting Song from Albumleaves for the Young, Op. 101, No. 19; The Little Wanderer from Albumleaves for the Young, Op. 101, No. 12 * HANDEL: Air con variazioni from Suite in B-flat Major, HWV 434; Allegro from Suite in G minor, HWV 432 * HELLER: Autumn Song from 25 Etudes for Piano, Op. 47, No. 3; In Venice from 25 Etudes for Piano, Op. 47, No. 14; Sorrow and Joy from 25 Melodious Etudes, Op. 45, No. 4; The Avalanche from 25 Melodious Etudes, Op. 45, No. 2; The Brook from 25 Melodious Etudes, Op. 45, No. 1 * KUHLAU: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 55, No. 1 * KULLAK: Grandmother Tells a Ghost Story from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 81, No. 3; On the Playground from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 6, No. 4 * LICHNER: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 49, No. 1; Sonatina in C Major, Op. 4, No. 1 * LISZT: Farewell; Gray Clouds * MACDOWELL: To a Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 1 * MENDELSSOHN: Confidence from Songs Without Words, Op. 19, No. 4; Consolation from Songs Without Words, Op. 30, No. 3; Tarantella from Songs Without Words, Op. 102, No. 3 * PURCELL: Suite No. 1 in G Major; Suite No. 6 in D Major; Suite No. 8 in F Major * SCHUBERT: Scherzo in B-flat Major, D. 593 * SCHUMANN: About Strange Lands and People from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 1; Little Lullaby from Albumleaves, Op. 124, No. 6; Selections from Album for the Young, Op. 68 * TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Album for the Young, Op. 39

This volume contains 97 pieces by 20 composers, including works by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Burgmüller, Clementi, Grieg, Handel, Heller, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and more.