Favorite Piano Classics: 36 Favorite Works By 22 Great Composers (Dover Music for Piano)

By: Ronald Herder

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Synopsis: Pianists at all levels will enjoy having this treasury of the world's best-loved piano pieces in one handy, inexpensive volume. Included are 83 all-time favorites by 40 composers -- from Albéniz to Tchaikovsky -- ready for you to play:Albéniz: Tango in D MajorBeethoven: "Für Elise"; "Moonlight" Sonata (1st movement)Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5Chopin: "Minute" Waltz; Polonaise MilitaireDebussy: Clair de Lune; Golliwogg's Cake WalkDvořák: Humoresque in G-flat MajorJoplin: The Entertainer; Maple Leaf RagLiszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat MajorMacDowell: To a Wild RoseMendelssohn: Spinning SongMozart: Turkish Rondo; Sonata in C MajorRachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp MinorRavel: Pavane for a Dead PrincessSaint-Saëns: The SwanSatie: First GymnopédieSchubert: Marche Militaire; SerenadeSchumann: TräumereiStrauss: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"Tchaikovsky: Chanson Triste... and many, many more.Most of these pieces are brief and well within the technical range of intermediate players. Reproduced from authoritative editions, they offer a wonderful opportunity for pianists to study, practice, and play the world's most beautiful and time-honored compositions.