This volume contains selections from the Little Clavier Book, written for Bach's eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann. Included are Bach's familiar dance pieces, several of the little preludes, and charming...
These early keyboard works by Haydn were originally called Divertimentos or Sonatas, but because of their form and brevity were later renamed. Containing two to four movements each, they include much...
Beethoven valued these pieces highly and wrote in a letter to his pupil Ferdinand Ries that the first six pieces belonged together and the last five together. Editor Willard A. Palmer provides excelle...
This scholarly edition contains supplemental information on the work's origin, ornamentation, early manuscripting practices, a complete reproduction of Bach's own edition of the Partita, and compariso...
Aloys Schmitt is best remembered for his Op. 16 exercises. The collection is divided into three sections. The first aids students in developing finger independence through a variety of single and doub...
Carl Czerny, a student of Ludwig van Beethoven, who then taught Franz Liszt, combined his ability to analyze technique with his years of teaching experience to create exercises that increase the techn...
Because it deals effectively and practically with technical problems found in virtuoso keyboard music, Op. 849 has remained one of the most widely used of Czerny's collections. Each of the 30 exercise...
An excellent follow-up to Köhler's '12 Easy Studies,' these twenty etudes continue to develop finger dexterity through broken-chord and scalar passagework. Emphasizing traditional harmonies, the works...
This suite of tone poems has survived as MacDowell's best-known work. Included among the 10 pieces are the familiar miniatures, 'To a Wild Rose' and 'Will o' the Wisp.' The last work of the set, 'Told...
The contents of this book represent some of the composer's all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles o...
