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- Chicago
- Devil in Me
- I Get It
- It’s Only Life
Product Description
All your favorite piano masterpieces in one convenient collection! This book features solo arrangements of 100 classics by Bach, Beethoven, Bizet, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Delibes, Dvorak, Faure, Franck, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Vivaldi, Wagner, and more!… More >>
The Big Book of Classical Music
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#1 by S. Warren on April 18, 2010 - 1:08 am
I have had a wonderful time with this book since purchasing it a year ago. I play from it nearly every day and it got me excited about playing regularly again. It has a wonderful variety of music from popular (classical) composers, and there were many pieces I had heard before but didn’t know the name or composer.
From the Bach’s delicate “Prelude in C Major” to the Handel’s majestic “Hallelujah Chorus”, from the slow “Resurrection” by Mahler to the Hadyn’s brisk “Gypsy Rondo”, there is a style to match just about any mood or occasion.
I wish I had purchased this book years ago. I highly recommend it!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Barbara B. Kenney on April 18, 2010 - 2:19 am
My biggist need for piano music bought online is to know exactly how difficult the music is. I play a lot of classical…this book has mostly pieces which have been transcribed from orchestral…such as adagio for strings. They are nice transcriptions, many not found elsewhere, and only of moderate difficulty (I actually prefer them to be a bit harder but it is by no means an easy or beginner book) so it is a good book for sight reading practice. There is out there the same book with easier versions of the music…I have forgotten the title. Nice collection.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by miditrax on April 18, 2010 - 4:10 am
Went to the local library in search of some Classical wedding/sacred music and checked out this book. It has both Mendelssohn’s Wedding March and Wagner’s Bridal Chorus as well as Pachebel’s Canon in D. Like these pieces, there are a lot of arrangements of symphonic favorites – think a “Greatest Hits” Classical collection – but the quality is high. Most are moderate/advanced diffuculty- about the level of Thompson’s grade 5 book, or Mozart’s Sonata in C (I am a piano teacher). The original pieces for piano tend to be a little harder. The Baroque pieces (Bach, Handel, Haydn) are a bit easier.
There is also the theme from “Masterpiece Theatre” (RONDEAU by Jean-Joseph Mouret)
Rating: 4 / 5