Prelude In C Minor

Easier Piano Pieces 18-This is a delightful collection of 18 short preludes composed by J.S. Bach and edited here for Piano by Hedwig McEwen and Kethleen Long.The preludes are here grouped in three sets of six each. The first group comes from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook compiled by J.S. Bach for the instruction of his eldest son. However Nos. 3

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.

Includes 'Chaconne In D Minor', 'Prelude And Fugue In E Flat' (St. Anne) and 'Ten Chorale Preludes'. Authoritative German editions.

Bach: Complete Organ Works Vol. 1 Preludes and Fugues I - with CD-ROM - ed. by David Schulenberg As close as possible to Bach In his ?Preludes and Fugues,? Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the many transmitted sources: hardly any autographs, but all the more copies. The genesis of the works and the question of versions associated with it are described at length in the introduction. In his new edition, editor David Schulenberg occasionally makes a new evaluation of the transmitted sources. To do so, he based himself as faithfully as possible on the manuscripts that can be traced back to Bach or to his circle. Here the American Bach expert generally chooses one source as his principal one. Divergences from other sources are documented in the Commentary. On the whole, the new Urtext edition sometimes also emends some long-cherished readings of ornaments, voice leading and notation. Also printed in Volume 1 is, for example, the early version of the C major Prelude BWV 545 as well as the inserted Trio movement of the three-movement version of this work. As with the previously published volumes, the CD-ROM enclosed in Volumes 1 and 2 contains dubious works and secondary versions for comparison with the principal versions. This time, the CD-ROMs are completely in German and English and feature the English version of the Commentary.

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

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.

Description Includes 'Chaconne In D Minor', 'Prelude And Fugue In E Flat' (St. Anne) and 'Ten Chorale Preludes'. Authoritative German editions. Songlist [Unknown] Chaconne In D Minor 'durch Adams Fall Ist Ganz Verderbt,' Bwv 705 'herr Gott, Nun Schleuss Den Himmel Auf,' Bwv 617 'ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ,' Bwv 639 In Dir Ist Freunde,' Bwv 615 'jesus Christus, Unser Heiland,' Bwv 665 'komm, Gott Schopfer, Heiliger Geist,' Bwv 667 'nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen Gmein,' Bwv 734a Nun Komm' Der Heiden Heiland [Herzogenberg, H von] Prelude And Fugue In D Major, Bwv 532 Prelude And Fugue In E-flat Major ('st. Anne'), Bwv 552 (From Clavierubung, Part Iii) Ten Choral-preludes: Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565 Toccata In C Major (Prelude, Intermezzo And Fugue), Bwv 564 'wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme,' Bwv 645 (Fourth Movement Of Cantata Bwv 140)