The Professional Pianist: Classical Solos

Publisher: Alferd Music
40 Piano Masterworks in Their Original Form
Level: Late Intermediate / Early Advanced
ISBN: 9781470620301

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. Each piece has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning.

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
• Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier
  
  

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
  
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