60 Famous Classical Piano Solos - Dover

Beethoven, Bach, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Handel, Liszt and more
Edited by David Dutkanicz

Solo Piano Book

Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Item: 06-851990

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.

Additional Information

• Composed by: David Dutkanicz
  
• Instrument: Piano
  
• Format: Book
  
• Instrumentation: Piano
  
• Item Number: 06-851990
  
• ISBN 10: 0-486-85199-0
  
• ISBN 13: 978-0-486-85199-0
  
• UPC: 800759851997

Table of Contents:

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

• Solfeggietto 
  

Johann Sebastian Bach

• Minuet in G (from Little Notebook for Anna Magdelena)
  
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) 
  
• Prelude No. 1 in C Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I) 
  
• Invention No. 4 in D Minor (from Two-Part Inventions) 
  
• Invention No. 13 in A Minor (from Two-Part Inventions) 
  

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25) 
  
• Moonlight Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 14, Mvt. I) 
  
• 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) 
  
• Prelude in A Major (Op. 28, No. 7) 
  
• Prelude in C Minor (Op. 28, No. 20) 
  
• 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) 
  
• 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) 
• 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) 
  
• Rondo a la Turca—Opening (from Piano Sonata No. 11, Mvt. III) 
  
• 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) 
  
• Larghetto (from Sonata in D Minor, K.34) 
  

Franz Schubert

• (arr. A. Horn) Ave Maria 
  
• Serenade (Ständchen) 
  
• Waltz No. 5 (from Op.18) 
  
• Waltz No. 6 (from Op.18) 
  
• Waltz No. 1 (from 18 Waltzes and Eccosaises) 
  
• Eccosaise No. 1 (from 18 Waltzes and Eccosaises) 
  
• 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) 
  
• In Church (from Album for the Young, Op. 29, No. 3)