piano composer: Grainger, Percy Aldridge Vol. 1

Brahms’ popular 16 “Waltzes”, opus 39, composed in 1866 for four hands, were transcribed by Brahms one year later for two hands. At the request of his publisher, Brahms also wrote an easier version of the work for solo piano. Brahms himself described the first version as suitable for "reasonable hands", that is for proficient players, and the easier version as "perhaps for prettier hands", that is, for domestic music-making. He initially described the latter version to his publisher as a "childr

Editor: Ferguson, Howard Series: ABRSM Keyboard Anthology • a collection of pieces which have been set for ABRSM’s piano exams over the years • three series, each containing five graded volumes and reflecting the wide variety of pieces on the syllabuses • the series concentrate on the baroque and romantic sections of the syllabus

Editor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold Preface: François Lesure