Mazurkas, poèmes, impromptus, and other works for piano

Mazurkas, poèmes, impromptus, and other works for piano
Author: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486265552

Nearly 100 piano works of varying length and difficulty, reprinted from authoritative Russian editions, represent the full span of Scriabin's musical life from early romanticism to the mysticism of his mature period.

Mazurkas, Poemes, Impromptus and Other Pieces for Piano

Mazurkas, Poemes, Impromptus and Other Pieces for Piano
Author: Alexander Scriabin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2013-10-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486312267

Nearly 100 piano works of varying length and difficulty, reprinted from authoritative Russian editions, represent the full span of Scriabin's musical life from early romanticism to the mysticism of his mature period.

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 1215
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253010233

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What did a given composer write? What interesting work have I never heard of? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher? New to the fourth edition are enhanced indexes identifying black composers, women composers, and compositions for piano with live or recorded electronics; a thorough listing of anthologies and collections organized by time period and nationality, now including collections from Africa and Slovakia; and expanded entries to account for new material, works, and resources that have become available since the third edition, including websites and electronic resources. The "newest Hinson" will be an indispensible guide for many years to come.

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, third edition

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, third edition
Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 986
Release: 2001-05-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780253109088

"The Hinson" has been indispensable for performers, teachers, and students. Now updated and expanded, it's better than ever, with 120 more composers, expertly guiding pianists to solo literature and answering the vital questions: What's available? How difficult is it? What are its special features? How does one reach the publisher? The "new Hinson" includes solo compositions of nearly 2,000 composers, with biographical sketches of major composers. Every entry offers description, publisher, number of pages, performance time, style and characteristics, and level of difficulty. Extensively revised, this new edition is destined to become a trusted guide for years to come.

Nocturnes and Polonaises

Nocturnes and Polonaises
Author: Frédéric Chopin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-02-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486311864

Features 20 Nocturnes: Op. 9, 15, 27, 32, 37, 48, 55, 62, 72, and more. Also includes 11 Polonaises: Op. 26, 40, 44, 53, 61, 71, and posthumous Polonaise in G-sharp Minor. Mikuli Edition. Commentary.

Beethoven symphonies nos. 1-5

Beethoven symphonies nos. 1-5
Author: Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486401140

This memorable tribute reveals Liszt's remarkable capacity for translating orchestral effects into pianistic terms. An astonishing, brilliant, and sensitive tribute to the master by the 19th-century's greatest piano virtuoso.

Complete fairy tales for solo piano

Complete fairy tales for solo piano
Author: Nikolay Karlovich Medtner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486416830

Complex, surprising pieces by a brilliant, underrated Russian 20th-century Romantic whose music, though similar to that of his friend Rachmaninoff, is more cerebral and harmonically adventurous. These 34 "fairy tales" for piano highlight the composer's gift for musical storytelling, with their intense polyrhythms, intricate textures, and complex harmonic development.

Classic piano rags

Classic piano rags
Author: Rudi Blesh
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1973-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486204697

Piano transcriptions of the syncopated, turn-of-the-century melodies created by such masters as Scott Joplin, Percy Wenrich, and Charles Hunter

Complete Preludes and Etudes

Complete Preludes and Etudes
Author: Frédéric Chopin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486240527

Includes 26 Preludes: Op. 28, Nos. 1-24; Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45; Prelude in A-flat Major. 27 Etudes: Op. 10, Nos. 1-12; Op. 25, Nos. 1-12; Trois Nouvelles Etudes.

Symphonies nos. 5, 6, and 7

Symphonies nos. 5, 6, and 7
Author: Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780486260341

Offering unparalleled insight into Beethoven's creativity, here are superb, authoritative editions of three great orchestral masterworks filled with drama and great beauty. Includes Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67; Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68; Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92. Lists of instruments.