Intermediate to advanced piano solo arrangements of 40 original works by 22 major composers, presented in unedited urtext editions. Highlights of this sizable 256-page volume include: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major (Bach) • Romanian Folk Dances (Bartók) • “Rage Over a Lost Penny” (Beethoven) • Polonaise Militaire (Chopin) • To Spring (Grieg) • Solace (Joplin) • Rondo alla Turca (Mozart) • Arabesque, Op. 18 (Schumann) • and dozens more. Includes biographies for each composer.
Contents: BACH: Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major, BWV 865/866 • BARTOK: Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 • BEETHOVEN: Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129 • BRAHMS: Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 • Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 118, No. 1 • Intermezzo in E Major, Op. 116, No. 6 • Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 • CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 • Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 • Polonaise Militaire, Op. 40, No. 1 • Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 • DEBUSSY: La Cathedrale engloutie • Minstrels • GRANADOS: Spanish Dance No. 5 • GRIEG: To Spring, Op. 43, No. 6 • GRIFFES: The Lake at Evening, Op. 5, No. 1 • The White Peacock, Op. 7, No. 1 • JOPLIN: Solace • LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major • MENDELSSOHN: Spinning Song, Op. 67, No. 4 • MOZART: Rondo alla Turca, from Sonata in A Major, K 331 • Rondo in D Major, K 485 • PADEREWSKI: Menuet celebre, Op. 14, No. 1 • RACHMANINOFF: Prelude in D major, Op. 23, No. 4 • Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 • Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12 • RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante defunte • Rigaudon, from Le tombeau de Couperin • RUBINSTEIN: Melody in F Major, Op. 3, No. 1 • Romance in E-flat Major, Op. 44, No. 1 • SCARLATTI: Sonata in E Major, L. 470 • Sonata in E minor, L. 427 • SCHUBERT: Moment Musicale in A-flat Major, D. 780, No. 2 • Moment Musicale in F minor, D. 780, No. 5 • SCHUMANN: Arabesque, Op. 18 • SCRIABIN: Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 3 • Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1 • TCHAIKOVSKY: Barcarolle in G minor, Op. 37, No. 6 • Chant sans paroles, Op. 2, No. 3 • Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2
