Alcides Lanza

Franz Schubert was one of the most prolific composers of ensemble piano music, and the Allegro in A Minor, Op. 144, demonstrates his mastery at writing for one piano, four hands. This large and passio...

Influenced by the visual arts, Debussy titled Estampes as such to indicate his wish to merge the visual with the aural. In addition to including biographical information regarding the life, times and...

Mendelssohn's gift for melody is well displayed in this gentle, flowing 6/8 song for piano. A late intermediate level pianist should do well in its performance, displaying wide swings in dynamics and...

Written between 1900 and 1901, Suite No. 2 was premiered in 1901 by Rachmaninoff and Alexander Siloti. This virtuosic suite is orchestral in nature and contains four movements. The first movement serv...

An attractive collection of 28 duets in which both hands of the primo part remain in set five-finger positions. Secondo parts are appropriate for more advanced students of the teacher. The keys employ...

Perhaps Schumann's greatest large-scale piano work, the 'Fantasie' was written between 1836 and 1838 and dedicated to Franz Liszt. Intensely personal, it contains many melodic references to Schumann's...

Ravel war ein Klassizist mit romantischen Tendenzen, der stark von Liszt beeinflusst war. Sein pianistisches Gefüge ist von gobelinartiger Schönheit, die oft durch seine Vorliebe für hispanische Eleme...

Chosen for the late-intermediate to moderately advanced student, these eight preludes are the most accessible of the 24. They are a treasure for developing sophisticated pedaling, voicing of contrapun...

Maurice Hinson has provided an excellent edition of the famous Reverie, well-spaced and readable, with performance suggestions, footnotes, and historical information.

All written in Beethoven's youth, these sonatinas display many of the composer's already mature style traits. The 'Sonatina in F minor, ' WoO 47/2 is reminiscent of the 'Sonata in C minor,' Op. 13 ('P...

Maurice Hinson's Masterwork Edition of Liszt's perhaps best-known Hungarian Rhapsody contains historic information and performance notes, as well as alternate cadenzas and ossia notations.

Ode an die Freude für Blechbläserquintett 1. Trompete in B 2. Trompete in B 3. Horn in F 4. Posaune 5. Tuba

Nach dem großen Erfolg von "Iphigénie en Tauride" bearbeitete Gluck das populäre Drama um menschliche Leidenschaften, Schuld und bedingungslose Freundschaft für das Wiener Burgtheater erneut (Urauffüh...

Die Chormusik Bortnianskys weist großes technisches Können auf und reflektiert ein tiefes spirituelles Verständnis. Die reizvolle Melodie von Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe erlangte besonders in Deut...

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The third concert etude in D-flat major from Liszt's Trois études de concert will challenge advanced pianist with its constant hand-crossings and varying number of cascading notes per measure in the a...

This Masterwork collection, edited by Maurice Hinson, contains performance analysis for each of the 20 studies. Biographical and historical information are also included. 56 pages.

Recorded by John Pizzarelli and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra on the CD Dear Mr. Sinatra, here is John Clayton's adaptation of the chart he penned on the standard Nice 'n' Easy. Featuring a rela...

Die polyphone Musik für Violine solo stellt in technischer Hinsicht (Doppelgriff- und Akkordspiel) die höchsten Anforderungen an den Geiger. Nach Komponisten, wie J.S.Bach oder Max Reger haben auch an...

This excellent edition of Scott Joplin's famous rag presents the original, unsimplified notation, as well as additional small (cue-sized) notes in the score to show the embellishments Joplin played on...

Die hier veröffentlichten Capricen stammen von dem seinerzeit sehr bekannten Violinisten und Violinpädagogen Pietro Rovelli. Für den vorligenden Band wurden sie von Fritz Spindler für Viola übertragen...

Rhapsody in Blue catapulted George Gershwin into a world-famous career. It brought jazz into the concert hall using a musical language that was fresh, spontaneous, and uniquely American. This edition...

Children's Suite (Canons), Op. 65 was composed in the late 1890s. All eight movements of the suite are written in canon form and are accessible to pianists at the early advanced level. This edition in...

Le matin and Le soir were composed in 1895. The pieces feature contrasting sections, facile and flowing pianism, with cool and colorful endings. Both are excellent examples of Chaminade's charming and...