ALFRED THE Professional Pianist Classical Solos Edited By Albert Mendoza

Series: The Professional Pianist
Category: Piano Collection
Format: Book
Instrument: Piano
Level: Late Intermediate / Early Advanced

This edition provides a valuable resource of accessible masterworks for busy pianists. It contains 40 piano pieces in their original form appropriate for weddings, funerals, receptions, and other events. To make the selections useful as background music, only short pieces have been included and flashy, concert-like pieces have been avoided. Each piece has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning. Titles: Bach: Allemande from French Suite in E-flat Major; Gavotte from French Suite in G Major; Prelude in A-flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1; Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 * Beethoven: Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, "Pathétique," Op. 13; Für Elise; Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 * Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117, No. 1; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 * Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2; Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. * Clementi: Andante from Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1 * Debussy: Arabesque No. 1; Clair de lune; La fille aux cheveux de lin (Girl with the Flaxen Hair); La plus que lente * Glière: Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 43, No. 1 * Granados: Maria from Six Expressive Studies; Spanish Dance No. 5 * Grieg: Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1; Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 * Joplin: The Entertainer; Maple Leaf Rag * Liszt: Consolation, S. 172, No. 3; Liebeslied, S. 566; Ständchen, S. 560, No. 7 * MacDowell: To a Wild Rose * Mendelssohn: Andante sostenuto, Op. 85, No. 4, from Songs Without Words; Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30, No. 6, from Songs Without Words * Mozart: Adagio from Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 280; Andante from Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545 * Paradisi: Toccata * Rachmaninoff: Adagio sostenuto, Op. 16, No. 5, from 6 moments musicaux * Ravel: Mouvement de menuet from Sonatine * Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 * Schubert: Valse sentimentale, D. 779, No. 13; Waltz in B Minor, D. 145, No. 6 * Schumann: Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2; Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 * Tchaikovsky: October, Op. 37a, No. 10, from The Seasons.

Song List

• Allemande (from French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815) Johann Sebastian Bach
• Gavotte (from French Suite No. 5 in G BWV 816) Johann Sebastian Bach
• Prelude in A-flat Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) Johann Sebastian Bach
• Prelude in C Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) Johann Sebastian Bach
• Adagio cantabile (from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, "Pathétique," Op. 13) Ludwig van Beethoven
• Für Elise Ludwig van Beethoven
• Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven
• Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117, No. 1 Johannes Brahms
• Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 Johannes Brahms
• Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin
• Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. Frédéric Chopin
• Andante (from Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1) Muzio Clementi
• Arabesque No. 1 (from Deux arabesques, L. 66) Claude Debussy
• Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque, L. 75) Claude Debussy
• La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes, Book 1, L. 117) Claude Debussy
• La plus que lente, L. 121 (Valse pour piano) Claude Debussy
• Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 43, No. 1 (from 8 pièces faciles pour piano) Reinhold Glière
• Maria (from Six Expressive Studies) Enrique Granados
• Spanish Dance No. 5 (from 12 Danzas Espagñolas) Enrique Granados
• Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1 (from Lyric Pieces) Edvard Grieg
• Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 (from Lyric Pieces) Edvard Grieg
• The Entertainer (A Ragtime Two Step) Scott Joplin
• Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
• Consolation, S. 172, No. 3 Franz Liszt
• Liebeslied (Love Song), S. 566 Franz Liszt
• Ständchen (Serenade), S. 560, No. 7 Franz Liszt
• To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches) Edward MacDowell
• Andante sostenuto, Op. 85, No. 4 (from Songs without Words) Felix Mendelssohn
• Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30, No. 6 (from Songs without Words) Felix Mendelssohn
• Adagio (from Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 280) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Andante (from Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Toccata (from Harpsichord Sonata No. 6) Pietro Domenico Paradisi
• Adagio sostenuto, Op. 16, No. 5 (from 6 moments musicaux) Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Mouvement de menuet (from Sonatine, M. 40) Maurice Ravel
• Gymnopédie No. 1 (from Trois Gymnopédies) Erik Satie
• Valse sentimentale, D. 779, No. 13 (from 34 valses sentimentales) Franz Schubert
• Waltz in B Minor, D. 145, No. 6 (from 38 Waltzes, Ländler and Ecossaises) Franz Schubert
• Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2 (from 3 Romanzen) Robert Schumann
• Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 (from Kinderszenen) Robert Schumann
• October, Op. 37a, No. 10 (from The Seasons) Petter Ilyich Tchaikovsky