Classics for the Developing Pianist

Core Repertoire for Study and Performance

Item Number: AP.37287

ISBN 9780739078976. English.

The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 4 contains selections for early-advanced pianists. Titles: Arabesque No. 1 (Debussy) * Bagatelle in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 1 (Beethoven) * Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) * Fantasie in D Minor, K. 397 (W. A. Mozart) * Golliwog's Cakewalk (Debussy) * Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin) * O Polichinelo (Villa-Lobos) * Prelude in B-flat Major, BWV 866 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1) (J. S. Bach) * Prelude in D-flat Major (Raindrop), Op. 28, No. 15 (Chopin) * Sonata in A Major, K. 208; L. 238 (D. Scarlatti) * Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (III: Rondo alla Turca) (W. A. Mozart) * Sonata in C-sharp Minor (Moonlight), Op. 27, No. 2 (I) (Beethoven) * Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI/37; L. 50 (I) (Haydn) * Sonata in D Major, K. 430; L. 463 (D. Scarlatti) * Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 (I) (Beethoven) * Spanish Dance, Op. 5, No. 1 (Granados) * Traümerei, Op. 15, No. 7 (Schumann) * Venetian Gondola Song, Op. 30, No. 6 (Mendelssohn) * Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (Chopin) * Waltz in D-flat Major (Minute), Op. 64, No. 1 (Chopin).

This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach.
---Jean Ritter, Progressions.