Works For Piano For Four Hands

Series One-Like Chopin before him Debussy found new previously unexplored possibilities and refinements in the art of playing and composing for the piano. His compositions for piano four hands and for two pianos are among his most inventive and interesting works. Reprinted from authoritative French editions these works ranging widely in mood display the brilliant pianism at the heart of Debussyâ??s musical imagery.

Works For Piano Duet-'Flee the storms.' Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) put this motto of classical artists at the heart of his music for piano four hands preferring the balance of proportions to the roar of passions the eclecticism of good taste charm and delicacy. Berceuses falls within the French tradition of children's music such as illustrated by Fauré's Dolly and Ravel's Ma mère l’Oye. These seven pieces evoke with refinement the happiness of a cloudless day the effervescence that reigns on Christmas Eve or the gentle syncopated rocking of a young Creole Selfiana. The Variations puériles sur une mélodie de CarlReinecke manifest a free whimsical vein whereas the Trois préludes sur des airs irlandais drink at the pure sources of folk music borrowing their thematic material from the famous collection Songs of Old Ireland which Stanford had brought out in 1882. Published for the first time from a handwritten score the Variations sur un thème de Charles Levadé end with a wild quadrille that takes the heroes of the celebration to the nearest inn. The Pièce en forme d’aria et Bergerie from 1896 finely polished takes up with the ambiance of the pastorale popular in the 17th century.

Franz Schubert's Piano pieces for four hands are among the most varied and significant works in the repertoire. Included in this volume are fifteen of Schubert's best and most popular titles taken from the definitive Breitkopf and Hartel edition. Includes 'Three Military Marches Op. 51' and 'Sonata In C Major Op. 140'.

Arrangement for Piano four-hands-In order to also promote the circulation of his works outside the concert hall Johannes Brahms made Piano arrangements of many of his orchestral works. As the composer he was able to take greater liberties than anyother arranger would have been able to take. And it is precisely due to Brahms’ creative ideas in the Piano scoring that his arrangements have enjoyed renewed interest in the music world over the past decades.Withthis Urtext edition of the Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 based on the musical text in the Johannes Brahms Complete Edition our catalogue now contains all four symphonies in the authentic Piano arrangementsmade by the composer. Once again Andreas Groethuysen has kindly provided the fingerings.

The definitive playing edition of Brahms's complete works for four-hand piano. Reprinted from the Complete Works edition of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Vienna. Edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski.

Piano Duets edited by Michael Aston-Part of Oxford University Press' series for Piano four-hands Piano Duets: American Composers includes arrangements of celebrated Chamber and Orchestral works alongside original duets in a survey of prominent composers and styles from the USA.This collection reflects the indigenous influences of jazz ragtime and folk music and of European styles and genres. Authoritative and expertly edited the collection is designed for intermediate pianists (Grades 5-7) and includes an historical and technical commentary on every piece.

15 preludes. Rota is best known for his Oscar-winning film music, but has also left outstanding works in numerous other genres. His 15 piano preludes were originally written in 1964. The arrangements for piano four hands mostly remain close tothe original. The level of difficulty is usually at a good intermediate level, Primo is somewhat more demanding than Secondo.

Compositeur : Schubert, Franz Instrumentation : Piano, 4-hands Editeur Musicologique : Kahl, Willi Couverture Reliée Contenu : Duo [Lebensstürme] a minor op. post. 144 D 947 Fantasy f minor op. 103 D 940 Fugue e minor op. post. 152 D 952 Grande Marche Héroique a minor op. 66 D 885 2 Marches Caractéristiques C major op. post. 121 D 886 March [Children's March] G major D 928 Rondo A major op. 107 D 951 Variations on a theme from the Opera Marie by Hérold C major op. 82 D 908

The present edition of the Scottish Dances Op.41 (1877) by Antonín Dvorák is based on a version for piano four hands published by Berlin publisher Bote and Bock in 1893.This has been compared with the critical edition of the original version for two hands included in the Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvorák. The editors strove to make the interpretation of this piece easier for young pianists by revising the dynamics adding pedal markings and convenient fingerings and by introducing minute changes into the actual notation which bring the edition somewhat closer to the original version for two hands.