Romantic piano music is particulary suitable for awakening and encouraging the pupil's desire to play with expression. In Volumes 2 and 3 of The European Piano Method (ED 7931, 7932, 7933) this expressive, cantabile playing is particularly encouraged. The two romantic supplementary books are specifically intended to further these qualities.
All the great masters of the Romantic era, from Schubert to Reger, are represented by small yet typical pieces. There are no pieces from Schumann's 'Album for the Young' as the complete album is essential teaching material. / Partition /

With the new Urtext Primo series, the Wiener Urtext Edition wants to close the gap arising at the point of transition to additional lessons after having studied a piano method. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116), Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8), works by three different composers are selected for each volume of the Urtext Primo series, with the aim of offering piano pupils (or even adults who want to resume piano playing) a wide range of repertoire pieces on the basis of which they can enhance their technical and musical skills. The pieces' range of levels of difficulty is relatively narrow so that the volume can be used continuously over a period of about two years. This is what distinguishes the Urtext Primo approach from almost all common anthologies. The selected repertoire takes into account not only pieces of the classic canon of lessons, but also lesser known works which are in no way of less importance for piano lessons. The Urtext Primo volumes are published in the internationally recognised standard of the Wiener Urtext editions. The explanations included in each volume shall help to deepen the knowledge of musical styles, music history and piano playing. A repertoire chart at the end of each volume gives a rough overview of the levels of difficulty of the selected pieces.Volume 4 combines works of the German Romanticism by Schumann, Brahms and Theodor Kirchner. Apart from well known pieces from Schumann's 'Album for the Youth' and the easiest waltzes from opus 39 (in the easier version) by Brahms, the selection contains the attractive set of variations from Schumann's first Youth Sonata Op. 118/1 and Brahms' Saraband in A minor WoO 5/1 as well as a number of pleasant pieces by Theodor Kirchner which continue the tonal air of Schumann and Brahms in easy playable pieces. / Piano

Cette anthologie de morceaux gradués belle, présentés dans un ordre progressif comprend un nouveau répertoire pour le cadre graduée. Il contient un large éventail stylistique des oeuvres, qui ont été choisis pour développer installation musicale et technique de l'élève.Le répertoire est adapté pour les compétitions et comprend à la fois grand public et moins connues de l'époque. Il fonctionne comme une progression naturelle à partir Anthologies Romantic Piano volumes 1-3 (ED12912-4). Il totalisera, tous les quatre volumes contiennent 94 pièces par 41 compositeurs de 13 pays.Livre 4 est adapté pour les étudiants ayant une expérience au moins 7 ans: Grades 7-8, et est livré avec un CD d'accompagnement qui montre tous les morceaux joués par Nils Franke lui-même. / Piano

Thirty-seven easy pieces for Piano by various composers written 1830-1950. The pieces in this album are suitable for Grades 3-4 and have been selected to provide a variety of tempi styles and moods. With a composer background with each piece and includeing works by Brahms Grieg Kabelevsky and Bridge this is a fabulous volume of satisying pieces to add to your repertoire.

With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms??? early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851???53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public???s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article ???New Paths??? in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: ???They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand???. This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich. With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms??? early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851???53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public???s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article ???New Paths??? in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: ???They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand???. This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich.

A year after their composition in 1866, Brahms?s popular 16 Waltzes op. 39 for piano duet were arranged by the composer for piano solo, thus fulfilling the request of his publisher for a simplified version.

Brahms himself described the first version as suitable for reasonable hands , that is for proficient players, and the easier version as perhaps for prettier hands , that is, for domestic music-making. He initially described the latter version to his publisher as a children?s edition . The catchy and musically easily accessible pieces are among the composer?s most popular works and are particularly suitable for piano students and lovers of the Romantic repertoire.

Both versions of the Waltzes op. 39 (BA9602, BA9603) are available in separate editions and form an important contribution to Bärenreiter?s series of Brahms?s works in scholarly-critical Urtext editions. Both editions include fingering, a well-presented musical layout and optimum page-turns. The Urtext editions are complemented by explanations on performance practice used by Brahms, an informative foreword on the genesis, sources and significance of the works together with comments on the primary sources.

- A key work in the Romantic piano repertoire
- All known sources and the latest research findings taken into account
- Well-presented musical layout with optimum page-turns
- Includes fingering
- Suggestions on performance practice and interpretation (Ger/Eng)
- Informative foreword (Ger/Eng) and critical commentary (Eng)

The editor
Christian Köhn has been awarded several scholarships as well as winning major international music competitions in Germany.
He has released 24 CDs to date, including the first ever complete recording of the piano duo works of Johannes Brahms. Christian Köhn is a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Detmold. / [Valses op. 39 / Versions Simplifiées] / Classique / Partition / Agrafé /

The Library Of Romantic Music is a comprehensive collection of the greatest works of the Romantic period. Featuring composers like Frédéric Chopin Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré the works represented heretruly some of the most beautiful ever composed. Now they're all in one conveniently spiral-bound volume arranged for solo Piano for your sheer playing pleasure. Like the Baroque and Classical periods before it Romantic music existed within a broader artistic intellectual and literary movement. Emerging in the early 19th century it reflected a time of preoccupation with things mystical spiritual legendary andsupernatural. This collection comprises fantastic original Piano works and beautiful arrangements from all the greatest composers of this era including: Albéniz Berlioz Bizet Brahms Chopin Dvorák Debussy Elgar Fauré Grieg Mahler Liszt Mendelssohn Puccini Ravel and so many more. Spanning the 19th century the Romantic movement was a reaction to what had come before. Music proved to be aparticularly rich medium of expression for a new Zeitgeist that prized individualism and spirituality. Drawing together composers whose background was as diverse as the music they created the period proved to be a very broadchurch indeed. This makes The Library Of Romantic Music?particularly exciting because the extraordinarily rich and expressive music is collected here in a single volume that is durable convenient and issure to be a mainstay of your music stand. For a simply stunning compendium of some incredible pieces of music composed by the masters The Library Of Romantic Music?is essential. Thegreatest compositions from such a fantastically rich period have been collected in this single volume perfect for pianists looking for beautiful additions to their repertoire.

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. The Piano Pieces Op. 119 are less a loose collection of pieces than a self-contained cycle. Johannes Brahms's piano work reach their conclusion and fulfilment in these pieces, and the forebodings of death in the E-flat minor Intermezzo Op. 118 #6 are metamorphosed into late-Romantic otherworldliness. Johannes Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann about the Intermezzo Op. 119 #1: 'I am tempted to copy out a little piano piece for you, since I would like to know how you find it. It is full of dissonances! They may be correct and legitimate - but perhaps not to your liking, in which case I wish they were less correct but more appealing and to your taste. The little piece is exceptionally melancholic, and it would be an understatement to say that it must 'be played very slowly'. Every bar and eyery note must sound ritard., as if one wanted to squeeze the melancholy with ecstasy and contentment out of every single one of those dissonances! Oh God, the description alone will make you eager!' Ulrich Mahlert has revised this edition of the 'Klavierstücke' Op. 119 on the basis of the author's copy of the composer, and wrote a detailed and informative preface to the new edition./ Répertoire / Piano

La collection en deux volumes 'Romantic Piano Music 'en tire le vaste répertoire de la musique du 19e siècle pour piano à quatre mains. Les 23 pièces sont réels 'bijou' - injustement oubliés ou oeuvres moins connues qui sont portées à l'esprit nouveau avec ces deux volumes. En conséquence, rarement joué des oeuvres de grands compositeurs comme la recherche de Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Schumann, Brahms, Fauré, Moszkowski et sont à côté de compositions inconnues jusque-là par Johann Ludwig Bohner, Heinrich Hofmann, Friedrich Gernsheim ou Julius Röntgen, entre autres. Une collection créative d'ajouter au répertoire piano à quatre mains. / Niveau : Moyen / Recueil / Piano

The two-volume collection 'Romantic Piano Music' draws from the vast repertoire of 19th-century music for piano duet. The 23 pieces include real 'gems' unjustly forgotten or lesser known works which shall be brought to mind again with these two volumes. As a consequence rarely played works of great composers such as Schubert Mendelssohn Dvo ák Schumann Brahms Fauré and Moszkowski are next to hitherto undiscovered compositions by Johann Ludwig Böhner Heinrich Hofmann Friedrich Gernsheim or Julius Röntgen among others. A creative collection to add to the piano duet repertoire.

Easy Piano Pieces with Practising Tips-With the new Urtext Primo series the Wiener Urtext Edition wants to close the gap arising at the point of transition to additional lessons after having studied a Piano method. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116) Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8) works by three different composers are selected for each volume of the Urtext Primo series with the aim of offering Piano pupils (or even adults who want to resume Piano playing) a wide range of repertoire pieces on the basis of which they can enhance their technical and musical skills. Thepieces' range of levels of difficulty is relatively narrow so that the volume can be used continuously over a period of about two years. This is what distinguishes the Urtext Primo approach from almost all common anthologies. The selected repertoire takes into account not only pieces of the classic canon of lessons but also lesser known works which are in no way of less importance for Piano lessons. The Urtext Primo volumes are published in the internationally recognised standard of the Wiener Urtext editions. The explanations included in each volume shall help to deepen the knowledge of musical styles music history and Piano playing. A repertoire chart at the end of each volume gives a rough overview of the levels of difficulty of the selected pieces. Volume 4 combines works of the German Romanticism by Schumann Brahms and Theodor Kirchner. Apart from well known pieces from Schumann's 'Album for the Youth' and the easiest waltzes from opus 39 (in the easier version) by Brahms the selection contains the attractive set of variations from Schumann's first Youth Sonata Op. 118/1 and Brahms’ Saraband in A minor WoO 5/1 as well as a number of pleasant pieces by Theodor Kirchner which continue the tonal air of Schumann and Brahms in easy playable pieces.

24 short pieces in all keys-Lyric Preludes is an introduction to the whole Romantic period -- from Chopin and Schumann to Brahms and Debussy. Like Chopin Gillock has written 24 preludes featuring all major and minor keys. But his preludes aren't just imitations of other composer's styles they are valid original works. An essential book for all pianists.

For The Beginning Pianist-This beginner's piano book spotlights the music of one of the Romantic movement's most influential composers Robert Schumann. Its easy-to-play renditions of Schumann's beloved works progressively increase in difficulty and are accessible to novices of all ages.Contents include selections from Forest Scenes Scenes from Childhood Album for the Young and Carnaval a collection of short pieces representing revelers at a masked ball. Selections include 'Traumerei ' 'Happy Farmer ' 'Papillons ' and other melodies for solo piano.Dover Original.

The piano collection contains a wealth of wonderful pieces: 50 of the finest classical piano pieces written by 22 composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. These perennial favourites, which are all of medium difficulty, are ideally suited for advanced pupils, students, adults returning to the instrument, and all lovers of great piano music. This is a 'treasure trove' for piano tuition and recreational music-making.

This album represents astonishing value for money! / Partition /

Instrumentation : Pf29 pieces by Brahms, Chopin, Dvorák etc. Editor :Herrmann