C. Saint-Saëns: "Danse Macabre" and Other Works for Solo Piano
By Camille Saint-Saëns
Series: Dover Edition
Category: Piano Collection
Format: Book
Instrument: Piano
Level: Advanced
This splendid compilation features a variety of the composer's best piano works, including "Danse Macabre" (presented here in the brilliant arrangement by Liszt), "Allegro Appassionato," "Album" (consisting of 6 pieces), "Rhapsodie d'Auvergne," "Theme and Variations," plus 6 etudes, 3 waltzes, and 6 etudes for left hand alone. Reproduced from authoritative sources.
Product Code
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0-486-40409-9
Shipping Weight
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0.50 kilograms
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The instrumental ballad was a popular musical form in the 19th century and these four pieces for piano are Brahms’s only contribution to the genre. The composer wrote the ballades during the time of his close friendship with Clara Schumann, and they exude an intimacy more typical of a vocal ballad. The pieces, which Schumann enthusiastically praised, were described by Brahms as being “not too difficult to play and even less difficult to understand.”
Brahms’s music does not have to be difficult or melancholy – our selection here proves it. Even less advanced pianists will find playable, immediately appealing pieces amongst his works for piano.