- 240 Pages
- Published by Hal Leonard Corporation
Product Description
Easy to intermediate piano pieces, 89 works by 28 great composers, presented in unedited urtext editions. We trust pianists and piano teachers to solve fingering and pedaling for each piece, and have left the page uncluttered, avoiding heavy-handed editing. The collection includes some of the best teaching pieces in the repertoire. Made for a lifetime of value, with long-lasting sewn binding. The paper stock for this series is a pleasing, low-glare ivory…. More >>
Easier Piano Classics: The World’s Great Classical Music
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#1 by postupano on April 9, 2010 - 1:16 am
Another outstanding title from the “World’s Great Classical Music” series. While many of the pieces are staples in easy piano collections (The Harmonious Blacksmith, Satie’s Gymnopedies, much of the Chopin), there are some welcome exceptions here; how often do you see the name Pachelbel in the composer listings followed by something besides the ubiquitous “Canon in D”? I don’t think it would have hurt to have included some minimal fingering indications for those of us who would find this most useful for sight-reading, but the generous spacing between staves gives teachers and students plenty of room for marking the text without obscuring the notes. Otherwise, enthusiastically recommended.
Here’s the full list of contents:
Bach, J.S.: French Ste 3:Sarabande, French Ste 5:Gavotte, Giguetta, Inventions 13 and 14, March B flat
Bach, C.P.E.: Capriccio
Beethoven: Bagatelles Op.33:3, Op.119/1 and 4, Country Dance no.1, Sonatina in F, Sonatina in G, Variations on a Swiss Song
Blow: Courante, Prelude
Burgmuller:Op.100:Ave Maria,Ballade,Harmony of the Angels,Tarantella, The Chase, The Return
Chopin: Mazurkas Op.17/2 e,Op.43 g Op.67/2,F Op.68/3;Nocturnes Op.15/3 g,Op.Posth.C#;Polonaise Op.Posth. g, Waltzes Op.69/1 A fl, Op.70/2 f
Clementi: Monferrina
Corelli:Gavotta
Dacquin:Le coucou
Diabelli:Sonata in F
Gottschalk: O my charmer, spare me
Grieg: Lyric Pieces Bk 1-Arietta, Watchman’s Song, Folk Song, Bk 2-Folk song
Gurlitt: Op.101-March, Slumber Song, The Fair
Handel: Courante, Rigaudon, Sarabande from Suite 11, Air and Variations “The Harmonious Blacksmith”
Haydn: Country Dance, Sonata 1 in G
Heller: Over Hill and Dale, Song of May, The Brook
Kirnberger: Les Carillons
Mendelssohn: Consolation, Gondola Song, Regrets, Venetian Boat Song
Mozart: Funeral march for Maestro Counterpoint, German Dance, London Notebook–Air, Presto, Minuet, Nannerl’s Notebook–Little Song, Rondo
Pachelbel: Gavotte and Variations, Sarabande
Paradies: Sonata in A: Toccata
Reinecke: Gallop
Satie: Gymnopedies 1,2,3
Scarlatti: Sonatas L83,263,388
Schubert: Andante C, Var. on a Waltz by Diabelli, Waltzes Op.18a, Op.33/14 and 15, Op.50/13, Op.77/9
Schumann: Bagatelle, Fantasy Dance, Evensong, Waltz op.129/4
Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young: Mazurka, Morning Prayer, Waltz
Turk: Children’s Ballet, The Dancing Master
Rating: 5 / 5