60 Famous Classical Piano Solos: Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Liszt and more

by David Dutkanicz (Editor)

Overview

Discover a treasure trove of timeless piano pieces in one budget-friendly collection! Sixty masterpieces by renowned composers are featured, among them Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Haydn, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi. This impressive compilation includes the much-loved melodies of Beethoven's “Für Elise” and "Moonlight" Sonata, Chopin’s classic “Nocturne in E-Flat Major (Op. 9, No. 2),” Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C-Sharp Minor,” Schubert’s “Marche Militaire” and “Serenade,” Tchaikovsky’s “Chanson Triste,” and many others. With simple yet radiant pieces that are perfect for beginner and intermediate pianists, this book will challenge and inspire you with every keystroke. Each work is lovingly reproduced from authoritative editions and offers a rare opportunity to study, practice, and delight in the world’s most beautiful and venerable compositions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486851990
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	12/13/2023
Series:	Dover Classical Piano Music
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Solfeggietto 
Johann Sebastian Bach Minuet in G (from Little Notebook for Anna Magdelena)
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) 
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude No. 1 in C Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) 
Johann Sebastian Bach Invention No. 4 in D Minor (from Two-Part Inventions) 
Johann Sebastian Bach Invention No. 13 in A Minor (from Two-Part Inventions) 
Ludwig van Beethoven Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25) 
Ludwig van Beethoven Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 14, Mvt. I) 
Ludwig van Beethoven Adagio Cantabile (from Sonata No. 8—“Pathetique”) 
Friedrich Burgmüller Agitato (from 18 Characteristic Studies, Op. 109, No. 8) 
Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in E Minor (Op. 28, No. 4) 
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in A Major (Op. 28, No. 7) 
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in C Minor (Op. 28, No. 20) 
Frédéric Chopin Prelude in B Minor (Op. 28, No. 6) 
Claude Debussy Maiden with the Flaxen Hair (from Preludes, Book I, No. 8) 
Léo Delibes Flower Duet (from Lakmé, Act I, No. 2) 
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (Opening) 
Edvard Grieg Åse’s Death (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1) 
George Frideric Handel Largo (from Xerxes) 
George Frideric Handel Sarabande in D Minor (from Suite in D Minor) 
Franz Joseph Haydn Gypsy Rondo (from Piano Trio No. 39) 
Stephen Heller Avalanche (from 25 Etudes Melodique, Op. 25) 
Scott Joplin The Entertainer (A Ragtime Two-Step) 
Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag 
Franz Liszt Consolation No. 4 (Simplified) 
Edward MacDowell To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 1) 
Modest Mussorgsky Promenade (from Pictures at an Exhibition) 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Andante Grazioso & Variation (from Piano Sonata No. 11, Mvt. I—Excerpt) 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo a la Turca—Opening (from Piano Sonata No. 11, Mvt. III) 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 15 in C Major (Opening) 
Michał Kleofas Ogiński Polonaise (Farewell to the Fatherland) 
Sergey Rachmaninoff Prelude—“The Bells of Moscow” (from Morceaux e fantasie, Op. 3, No. 4) 
Erik Satie Gymnopedies No. 1 
Domenico Scarlatti The Hunt (from Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K.159) 
Domenico Scarlatti Larghetto (from Sonata in D Minor, K.34) 
Franz Schubert (arr. A. Horn) Ave Maria 
Franz Schubert Serenade (Ständchen) 
Franz Schubert Waltz No. 5 (from Op.18) 
Franz Schubert Waltz No. 6 (from Op.18) 
Franz Schubert Waltz No. 1 (from 18 Waltzes and Eccosaises) 
Franz Schubert Eccosaise No. 1 (from 18 Waltzes and Eccosaises) 
Franz Schubert Eccosaise No. 2 (from 18 Waltzes and Eccosaises) 

Robert Schumann Selections from Carnaval
A.S.C.H.—S.C.H.A. 
Chiarina 
Chopin 
Estrella 

Robert Schumann Selections from Album for the Young
Melody 
Soldier’s Dance 
Humming Song 
Chorale 
Little Piece 
The Poor Orphan 
Hunting Song 
Wild Rider 
Folksong 

Johann Strauss II (arr. J. Rummel) Blue Danube Waltz (Simplified) 
Richard Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra (Intro—Sunrise) 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sick Doll (from Album for the Young, Op. 29, No. 8) 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky In Church (from Album for the Young, Op. 29, No. 3) 
Contents: Works in Order of Difficulty