Prelude III

This collection, edited by Dr. Hans Bischoff, consists of the Six Little Preludes, BWV 933-938, along with twelve preludes taken from The Little Piano Book (Clavierbuchlein) of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Also included is an outstanding CD recording from the Alfred library. / Piano

Preludes for Piano: Complete Collection, contains 20 intermediate to late intermediate piano solos that explore and develop lyrical playing. The pieces are appropriate for church services, wedding ceremonies, receptions, and other events where expressive and moving music is needed. / Piano

Edité par Alicia Zizzo. A definitive edition of all the Gershwin preludes. Also contains three extremely rare compositions. Prelude I - Prelude (Melody No.17) - Prelude (Rubato) - Prelude II (Blue Lullaby) - Prelude (Novelette in Fourths) - Prelude III (Spanish Prelude) - P (Used as 3rd movement of Concerto in F) - Prelude (Sleepless Night)

Gregory Stone has transcribed these three selected preludes for one piano-four hands. For much of his life George Gershwin sought to integrate the worlds of jazz and classical music. These pieces are not jazz improvisations but they do show something of the style of his own playing. Gershwin had intended to compose a set of twelve a sort of jazz Wohltemperierte Clavier but his unexpected death from a brain tumour at the age of 38 prevented this. At least seven survive (others may have ended up as songs) and this set of three as published form a satisfying unit. The first opens with a blue-note riff which forms the basis of the first theme.Contrasting material follows making use of a distinctive repeated note figure then the first idea reappears in a quasi-orchestral climax. The second prelude shows a curious kinship with Chopin???s A minor Prelude with its eerie accompaniment and hypnotic melody. The third exploits a similar major/minor ambivalence but dextrous syncopation gives it driving rhythmic energy.

This superb volume brings together in one authoritative playing edition one of the most important segments of Faure's works for piano: all of his nine preludes five Impromptus and four Valse-Caprices. Each of these distinctive compositions reveal Faure's lyrical melodic gifts and innovative harmonies. Pianists of intermediate and advanced skills will find in this volume a unique opportunity to explore one of the most gifted and influential composers of the French School.

Chopin was the only great composer who wrote almost entirely for the piano and his works are of such a uniformly high quality that they are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. They are reproduced here from the authoritative Mikuli edition and available in this one-volume publication.

Chopin's piano works are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. Features 52 pieces in all, including 25 Preludes — Op. 28, Nos. 1-24; Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45. 27 Etudes — Op. 10, Nos. 1-12; Op. 25, Nos. 1-12; and Trois Nouvelles Etudes. Content : Twenty-four Preludes [Vingt-quatre Préludes pour le pianoforte] Op. 28 Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1 Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Prelude in D Major, Op. 28, No. 5 Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9 Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10 Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11 Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 12 Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13 Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 14 Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 (Raindrop) Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 16 Prelude in A-flat Major, Op, 28, No. 17 Prelude in F Minor, Op. 28, No. 18 Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 19 Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22 Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23 Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24 Prelude Op. 45 Prelude in C-sharp Minor Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 10 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 Etude in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2 Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 (Black Key) Etude in E-flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7 Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10 Etude in E-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11 Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 25 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2 Etude in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 (Butterfly) Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind) Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12 Three New Etudes [Trois Nouvelles Études] Etude No. 1 in F Minor Etude No. 2 in A-flat Major Etude No. 3 in D-flat Major

Done with great taste, in a perfectly simple and straightforward manner, Liszt's piano transcriptions of Bach's organ music became the classic models for all future works in this genre. Includes 6 Organ Preludes and Fugues (BWV 543-548) and the world-famous Fantasia and Fugue in G minor (BWV 542). Content : Organ-Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542 • S463) Six Organ Preludes and Fugues Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (BWV 543 • S462/1) Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 544 • S462/2) Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Minor (BWV 545 • S462/3 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in C Major (BWV 546 • S462/4 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in E Minor (BWV 547 • S462/5 Prelude Fugue Prelude and Fugue in B Minor (BWV 548 • S462/6 Prelude Fugue

Half-leather binding-Facsimile of the autograph manuscript in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz.With a Commentary by Christoph Wolff and Martina Rebmann.Series: Documenta musicologica II/5090 pages of facsimile and 28 pages of Commentary (Eng/Ger).Half-leather binding.???The ???Well-Tempered Clavier??? is the Old Testament Beethoven's sonatas the New. We must believe in both.??? (Hans von B?low).The preludes and fugues of ???The Well-Tempered Clavier??? embrace an entire cosmos of compositional devices and musical characters the ???ne plus ultra??? of ???unity through diversity???. Here Bachnot only presented the sum total of keyboard artistry in his day but foresaw its future evolution. His treatment of the keys marked a turning point in music history.The autograph score originally a fair copy contains later revisions and alterations reflecting the composer at work.This new facsimile edition presents the manuscript in high-quality four-colour reproduction. Bach authority Christoph Wolff provides a Commentary to the work???s genesis and the characteristics of Bach???s handwriting.Martina Rebmann(Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) describes the subsequent history of the autograph.Barenreiter Facsimilie:The seal is used exclusively for facsimile editions published by B?renreiter which meet the highest demands in both scholarly and technical terms.The distinguishing features include:??? A facsimile in high-quality colour printing??? Scholarly commentary??? Attractive cover design

When Brahms Mendelssohn and Schumann composed for the organ all three turned for inspiration to the musical style of the late Baroque period. Includes 11 'Choral Preludes' by Brahms three 'Preludes And Fugues' by Mendelssohn six 'Fugues' by Schumann and other works by the composers.

Just back from a trip to Leipzig in the early autumn of 1950 where he heard Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier at the Bicentennial Bach Competition played by the Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva Shostakovich began his own series of 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 based on Bach's model. He composed them quickly starting on October 10 1950 and finishing on February 23 1951. While his work would pay homage to Bach Shostakovich's work would have several fundamental differences. First the order of the individual pieces would be organized around the circle of fifths with a prelude and fugue in the relative minor following each major key piece rather than in ascending semi-tonalorder of Bach's work. Second Shostakovich's pieces would be composed in order — that is C major - A minor followed by G major - E minor followed by D major - B minor — and more significantly this order would have a sort of subliminal narrative sub-text taking the music from the 'innocent' tonal world of the C major Prelude and Fugue to the profound and sublime severity of the concluding D minor Prelude and Fugue. Finally Shostakovich's work although conservative in its counterpoint and harmony — that is there are no examples of invertible or reversible themes or counterpoint and the pieces are for the most part recognizably tonal in language — is still clearly the work of a modernist composer; his counterpoint and harmony may be conservative but the emotional and spiritual worlds of the preludes and fugues is at once sincere and ironic. The result is a work which can not only stand comparison with Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier it is both Shostakovich's masterpiece for the piano and one of the contrapuntal masterpieces of the twentieth century.

These 24 preludes and 17 etudes-tableaux include what are possibly Rachmaninoff's finest compositions for solo Piano. Reproduced from authoritative Russian editions Serge Rachmaninoff: Complete Preludes And Etudes-Tableaux includes the popular C-sharp minor prelude Op. 3 No. 2; the G-minor prelude Op. 23 No. 5; and the B-minor prelude Op. 32 No. 10.

French composer Paul Jeanjean (1874-1928) was known primarily for his Clarinet compositions however he also composed significantly for other wind instruments. His Prelude Et Scherzo for Bassoon and Piano remains prominent in the repertoire. As a noted teacher and composer the Paris Conservatoire often called upon Jeanjean to provide music for their own use. Prelude Et Scherzo was composed to be used as a competition and audition piece at the institution. The Prelude is in 6/8 meter and lyrical contrasted bythe fast staccato Scherzo. For all advanced bassoonists Jeanjean's Prelude Et Scherzo is a challenging yet exciting addition to the repertoire.