Sonata No. 1 and Other Works for Solo Piano

Sonata No. 1 and Other Works for Solo Piano
Author: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486418855

Compilation includes Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28; three character pieces: Melodie, Op. 3, No. 3; "Polichinelle," Op. 3, No. 4; and Nocturne in A minor, Op. 10, No.1; plus Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, and Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22. Reproduced from early authoritative editions."

Beethoven masterpieces for solo piano

Beethoven masterpieces for solo piano
Author: Ludwig van Beethoven
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486435709

This collection features 25 popular pieces, including the Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight"); Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 ("Tempest"); 32 Variations in C Minor; more.

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64

Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64
Author: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486489078

Long one of the most beloved concertos in the violin repertoire, this work features important formal innovations. Edited by Leopold Auer, this authoritative practice and performance edition includes a separate, removable violin part.

Beethoven - Fur Elise and Other Bagatelles (Songbook)

Beethoven - Fur Elise and Other Bagatelles (Songbook)
Author: Matthew Edwards
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2007-10-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480317578

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by renowned artists/teachers, these publications provide an accurate, well-informed score resource for pianists. Beethoven composed 24 bagatelles by definition short trifles in a light vein during his lifetime. This collection contains 14 pieces, including the famous "Fur Elise," which are appropriate for intermediate to early advanced pianists. Includes audio recordings.

George Rochberg

George Rochberg
Author: Joan DeVee Dixon
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780945193128

This is the first and only scholarly book to date on George Rochberg (b. 1918), the pre-eminent post-WWII American composer and essayist. It was compiled with his assistance and gathers into one volume previously scattered and hard-to-find material by and about the composer. Included are traditional types of scholarly information on Rochberg, e.g., his WORKS (date of composition, publisher, timing, commission, premiere, instrumentation, program notes by the composer, etc.), DISCOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY (a chronological listing of his compositions and the major events of his life), AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS (housed in public collections/libraries), TEXTS (used in the works with voice), and BIBLIOGRAPHY (books, articles, and reviews by and a bout Rochberg). This is an essential guide for any performer, scholar, critic, or student of George Rochberg's music.

Goyescas, Spanish dances, and other works

Goyescas, Spanish dances, and other works
Author: Enrique Granados
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 177
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 048625481X

Includes four of the great Spanish composer's most admired and most performed suites for the piano, including his greatest work, Goyescas, the popular Spanish Dances, and the less-well-known but beautiful Escenas romanticas and Escenas poeticas, all reprinted from the original Spanish editions. Table of Contents.

Brigg Fair and Other Favorite Orchestral Works

Brigg Fair and Other Favorite Orchestral Works
Author: Frederick Delius
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486298515

Six works include "Brigg Fair," "In a Summer Garden," "A Song of the High Hills," "A Dance Rhapsody," "Summer Night on the River," and "On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring."

Toccatas, fantasias, passacaglia, and other works for organ

Toccatas, fantasias, passacaglia, and other works for organ
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1987-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486254038

Over 20 of the composer's best-loved, most often performed compositions, including the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; the Fugue in B minor on a theme of Corelli, BWV 579, and many more. Reproduced directly from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

Nocturnes and barcarolles for solo piano

Nocturnes and barcarolles for solo piano
Author: Gabriel Fauré
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 207
Release: 1994-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486279553

These 12 nocturnes and 12 barcarolles, composed over a span of 40 years, document Fauré's move through the innovations of late Romanticism to the frontier of early-20th-century music. From authoritative French editions.