44 Pieces By Rachmaninoff Scriabin Mussorgsky and Others-Nineteenth-century Europe's immersion into Romanticism fostered a 'back to nature' movement in which artists turned toward folk music for inspiration. This collection spotlights the works of important Russian composers who drew upon and popularized folk melodies of their native country. Forty-four stirring pieces reflect the influence of Russia's peasant songs as well as the tonality and rhythms of music from the Russo-Greek Orthodox Church and Tartar culture. Suitable for intermediate-level pianists of all ages this collection features contributions from Michael Glinka hailed a century ago as 'the father of Russian musical art.' Additional contributors includeAlexander Borodin Modest Mussorgsky Nikolas Rimsky-Korsakov Alexander Scriabin Sergei Rachmaninoff and other composers. Reprint of the Carl Fischer New York 1915 edition.

This collection presents music played by the character of Captain Corelli himself and original pieces evoking the sounds and events of the book. The extraordinary story of love contrasted with the brutality of war played out amongst the beauty of its Greek-island setting has captured the hearts of readers all over the world. Alongside pieces inspired by the novel little-known manodolin music is idiomatically arranged for piano by Richard Harris and contrasted with Neopolitan songs and folk songs from Latin America and Greece.