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Für Elise
the 100 most beautiful classical original piano pieces

Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven is among the best-known piano pieces and one of the most popular with those learning to play the instrument. It is ‘real Beethoven’, but without excessive technical demands. With its expressive chromatic melody and melancholy mood, the piece has an immediate appeal for players and listeners alike.

The piano repertoire contains a wealth of other wonderful pieces, too. Under the title Für Elise this collection contains a hundred of the finest classical piano pieces written by thirty-one composers from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras.

These perennial favourites are easy to play and ideally suited for young pianists, adults returning to the instrument and amateurs players who wish to become more familiar with classical music. This is a ‘treasure trove’ for piano tuition and recreational music making.

Liebestraum
The 50 most beautiful medium heavy classical original piano pieces

Dream of Love No. 3 by Franz Liszt is among the best-known pieces in the piano repertoire. With its vocal melody in the rich middle register, this nocturne created in 1850 has an immediate appeal for players and listeners alike. The piano repertoire contains a wealth of other wonderful pieces, too. Under the title Dream of Love this collections contains fifty of the finest classical piano pieces written by twenty-two composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras.

These perennial favourites of medium difficulty are ideally suited for advanced pupils, students, adults returning to the instrument and lovers of classical music. This is a ‘treasure trove’ for piano tuition and recreational music making.

Eine kleine Nachtmusik
60 masterpieces of classical music in easy arrangements for piano

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the best-known and most popular works of classical music altogether. This serenade was created in Vienna in 1787 and is a pièce de résistance full of sparkling humour – a typical ball-room work, composed to entertain guests at an evening party. To this day, this work has lost nothing of its fascination and nothing of its effect on the performers and listeners.

The classical concert repertoire contains a wealth of works, including many other wonderful pieces. Many piano players wish to play these works on the piano and get to know them better. The present anthology contains 60 well-known masterpieces of classical music in piano arrangements that are easy to play, yet remain as close to the original as possible. Always liked by the audience, these ‘all time favourites’ are perfectly suited to make classical masterpieces accessible to pupils, adults returning to the instrument and amateurs. This is a ‘treasure trove’ for piano tuition and recreational music making.

Das große Etitüdenbuch | Great Book Of Studies
100 beautiful studies for piano

This Great Book of Studies is divided into fourteen chapters dealing with various technical challenges for the pianist. Preparatory Exercises enable the player to focus and work on the problem in question. These are followed by studies chosen as being both technically useful and musically appealing.

The study (Fr. étude = exercise) is an instrumental piece composed with the aim of mastering a particular challenge such as playing scales, alternating hands, playing broken chords, staccato touch, repeated notes, passages in thirds, sixths and octaves.

This collection contains 100 fine studies ranging from easy to moderate difficulty: a ‘treasure trove’ for use in piano tuition and recreational music making.

Piano Piccolo
111 little and very easy original classical piano pieces

Piano piccolo has been designed as a beginner’s introduction to the successful collection Für Elise in the Pianissimo series. This collection of 111 very easy original classical piano pieces includes popular repertoire pieces as well as many rarer finds that are not widely known. Works by over sixty composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras here offer a rich ‘treasure trove’ for imaginative and varied tuition for beginners. As in the original scores, Baroque pieces are presented without any markings for articulation and dynamics; the rest of these piano pieces also appear in Urtext scores.

Piano piccolo offers excellent opportunities for introducing beginners, returning students and amateur musicians to classical music with pieces suitable for auditions at music schools and playing to family and friends.

The Entertainer
100 entertaining piano pieces from classical music to pop

The Entertainer is a piano piece written in 1902 by Scott Joplin, the King of Ragtime; in 1974 it became world famous as theme music of the film The Sting. The popular piece provides a name for this collection of a hundred entertaining piano pieces from classical to popular music in very easy piano arrangements.

This selection of popular repertoire pieces is presented in three sections: Popular Highlights (Jazz, Pop, Musicals, Evergreens), Classical Highlights (Baroque, Classical, Romantic) and Song Highlights (Blues, Gospel, Folk). These enduringly successful audience favourites have one thing in common: they are easy to play and therefore quick to learn, fun to play and always well received.

The Entertainer offers eminently suitable material for beginners’ tuition, returning students and amateurs, who will all enjoy entertaining tunes from classical and pop music. These pieces are ideal for those first performances at music school.

Modern Piano
20th century, Jazz, Blues, Pop, Crossover, New Age, Meditation Music, 90 Inspiring Original Piano Pieces

This book Modern Piano contains 90 easy original pieces from the 20^th and 21^st centuries. The pieces selected display a great variety of styles including New Music, Neoclassicism, Modern Dances, Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, Musical Studies, Meditative Music, New Age Music and more besides: a colourful range of different styles, sometimes blurring the distinction between classical and popular music in ‘crossover’ pieces that bridge the gap between different musical worlds.

The little pieces selected invite us to go on a musical journey of discovery, introducing new experiences using modern sounds and rhythms. All these pieces are suitable for tuition purposes, auditions, examinations and school music competitions – or just as stimulating repertoire for pianists interested in music.