Toccatas, fantasias, passacaglia, and other works for organ
Toccatas, fantasias, passacaglia, and other works for organ

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0486254038

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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.

Complete preludes and études-tableaux
Complete preludes and études-tableaux

Author: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486256960

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These 24 preludes and 17 etudes-tableaux include what are possibly Rachmaninoff's finest compositions for solo piano. Reproduced from authoritative Russian editions, they include the popular C-sharp minor prelude, Op. 3, No. 2; the G-minor prelude, Op. 23, No. 5; and the B-minor prelude, Op. 32, No. 10.

Complete Preludes and Etudes-Tableaux
Complete Preludes and Etudes-Tableaux

Author: Serge Rachmaninoff

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0486171779

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Forty-one of the Russian master's greatest works for solo piano, including the immensely popular C-sharp minor, G-minor, and B-minor Preludes, in authoritative editions.

Piano music of Béla Bartók
Piano music of Béla Bartók

Author: Béla Bartók

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0486241092

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Second in the Archive Edition incorporating composer's corrections, emphasizing Bartok's lifelong work both with East European folk music, and with music for children and student pianists. 85 short pieces: "For Children, " 2 Elegies, Sonatina, other folk-inspired keyboard work.

Complete sonatas and variations for cello and piano
Complete sonatas and variations for cello and piano

Author: Ludwig van Beethoven

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0486264416

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All five sonatas for cello and piano, and three sets of variations on themes by Mozart and Handel. Basic works of the chamber music repertoire, reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel edition. "

Popular Classics for Violin and Piano
Popular Classics for Violin and Piano

Author: Bodewalt Lampe

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-05-22

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 0486497534

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This rare collection features violin part and separate piano reduction of 25 works by Brahms, Dvorak, Händel, Herbert, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Elgar, and others. Suitable for intermediate-level violinists, this is an ideal edition for students, teachers, hobbyists, and professionals to use for practice, instruction, and recitals. Contents include Dvorak's Humoresk, Anton Rubinstein's Melody in F, Mendelssohn's Spring Song, Schubert's Serenade, Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Brahms, Love's Greeting by Elgar, and Handel's Largo from Xerxes. Additional melodies include Massenet's Elegie, Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, Saint-Saëns' The Swan, and more than a dozen others.

Nocturnes and Barcarolles for Solo Piano
Nocturnes and Barcarolles for Solo Piano

Author: Gabriel Fauré

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-12-13

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 0486312402

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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.

60 Handel Overtures Arranged for Solo Keyboard
60 Handel Overtures Arranged for Solo Keyboard

Author: George Frideric Handel

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1993-01-01

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0486277445

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The dramatic overture had its beginnings in Renaissance court entertainments, which often began with a flourish of trumpets. It reached a high point of inspiration in the overtures that George Frideric Handel (1685 1759) composed for his operas and oratorios. This volume presents 60 Handel overtures and sinfonias, originally scored for orchestra, superbly arranged for solo keyboard. They have been reprinted from an extremely rare edition originally printed, probably in the 1750s, by Handel's London publisher, John Walsh. Happily, these brilliant works have lost nothing in translation of their Handelian vitality and interest. Many of them, such as the overtures to "Messiah, Acis and Galatea, Alexander s Feast, Julius Caesar, "the second overture in "Solomon" (known as the "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"), and the so-called Water Musick, are very familiar to music lovers. Some will be fresh discoveries for keyboard players. Together they demonstrate Handel s exciting theatrical sense, his technical virtuosity in composition, and his dazzling mastery of musical forms, which he often combined into his own unique creations. This edition preserves the original keyboard notation, amazingly precise in its elegant execution and, of course, entirely legible to present-day performers."

Symphonies nos. 8 and 9
Symphonies nos. 8 and 9

Author: Antonín Dvo?ák

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1984-01-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 048624749X

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Few composers have achieved the widespread and lasting popularity of Antonin Dvo ak. He was a master of instrumentation and symphonic form, composing a total of nine symphonies. His most celebrated work, Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" (composed during Dvo ak's three-year stay in America), echoes the folk spirit of his native Czechoslovakia as well as American influences, and is filled with the spontaneous melodic invention, rhythmic variety, and intensity of harmony that characterize his orchestral works. The popular acclaim accorded the symphony "From the New World" tends to overshadow Dvo ak's other symphonies, but "Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians" notes the "interesting form folk-spirit virile serenity" of Symphony No. 8. The delightful freshness and uninhibited emotionalism of the composition have contributed to its lasting success. The Dover edition presents both symphonic masterpieces among the most popular works in the orchestral repertoire reprinted from authoritative editions in one inexpensive, practical volume. This full-size, easy-to-read score has been printed with generous margins to allow insertion of notes, analyses, etc. The sturdy binding, high quality of reproduction, and affordable price make this volume ideal for musicians, music students, and music lovers in general."

Musikalisches Opfer
Musikalisches Opfer

Author: Johann Sebastian Bach

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0486270068

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Among Bach's last instrumental compositions are two splendid works that reflect his genius for working complex contrapuntal figures into an expressive, apparently seamless musical texture. The Art of the Fugue, composed ca. 1745–50, consists of nineteen canons and fugues that progressively illustrate the rich variety and complexity of fugal writing. This edition, reproduced directly from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel score, includes a keyboard reproduction printed directly beneath the score. A Musical Offering (1747), composed for King Frederick the Great of Prussia, comprises a three-part ricercar and a six-part ricercar for keyboard, a famous sonata for flute and violin, and a set of canons, all based on a theme devised by the King himself. Solutions of the canons and a realization of the keyboard part are included in an appendix.