Spartiti per pianoforte

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...

Compiled primarily for intermediate students, this collection contains an appealing selection of 15 works by Brahms. Included is an intriguing history of the composer's life, education and gift as a c...

Brought together in the early part of the 19th century, some of the pieces in this collection are transcriptions of instrumental works. However, these masterfully constructed miniatures are well suite...

One of Chopin's finest works, Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 is a sonata movement with short lento, sostenuto and adagio sostenuto sections. This edition contains numerous performance suggestions, and inc...

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

Whereas Schumann composed the Album for the Young for children, his Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen) are reflections of childhood for adults. Like many of his character pieces, Schumann notes that...

Irish composer John Field had a strong influence on the works of Chopin, Mendelssohn and Schumann, and his collection of nocturnes was praised by Franz Liszt for their beauty. This particular nocturne...

The G-major Sonata, Opus 79, is a lighthearted romp in its two outer movements, but these enclose a romantic and lyrical Andante movement. In this Maurice Hinson edition, performance and practice note...

Dedicato a Gabriel Faure, Ravel prefigura questo pezzo di "poesia liquida" con un verso di Henri de Regnier: "Il dio del fiume ride dell'acqua che lo solletica". Ravel ha dichiarato che voleva che l'o...

Grieg's signature Norwegian folksong flavoring colors this soothing 'night piece,' written in C Major, and is accessible for the late intermediate level pianist. Rhythmic variety in the right hand car...

This Masterwork Edition of the well-known Impromptu is complete with performance suggestions, historical notes and footnotes within the score. This piece offers a wonderful mix of accompaniment and me...

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...

One of Debussy's most ambitious Impressionistic sea-pieces for piano, composed in the summer of 1904 when he was visiting an island in the English Channel. Ravel called this piece 'an orchestral reduc...

Edited by Maurice Hinson, this is Beethoven's complete Sonata, Opus 13. There are also historical notes about the work and the composer, as well as illustrations, performance suggestions, and notes by...

The famous Spanish composer Albeniz is mostly known for his guitar masterpieces, and yet his recognizable styling is beautifully suited to this 6/8 piano sonata, composed in the short, one movement fo...

This diversified collection guides students to develop stylistic performances of Bach's keyboard works. Among the 27 selections are numerous menuets, 'short' preludes and suite movements. The introduc...

Dr. Hinson suggests that 'this appealing sonata was composed before 1780 and provides an example of the good-humored Haydn; it was intended for amateurs.' It is a light-hearted and very playable sonat...

This beautiful edition of one of Haydn's finest sonatas is nicely spaced, very readable, and features biographical information on the composer as well as many helpful performance notes for correct exe...

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...

Presumably inspired by Charles Sainte-Beuve's collection of poems, this set of six pieces provides a wonderful introduction to Liszt's melodic invention, mood evocation and harmonic language. The most...

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the six harpsichord suites, later known as the 'French Suites' while he lived in Cothen, Germany, between 1722 and 1725. They were written 'in the French style' accordin...

Two Scriabin compositions are presented here for performance by the left hand only, with performance notes and practice suggestions included. For pianists of advanced proficiency these will represent...