By Melody Bober Series: Grand Solos for Piano Category: Piano Collection Format: Book Instrument: Piano Level: Elementary 10 Pieces for Elementary Pianists with Optional Duet Accompaniments

Haydn’s piano sonatas are indispensable in the moderately difficult piano repertoire – not just because of their sheer playability, but also because of their humour and inventiveness. Besides several easy individual movements, our volume also includes two complete sonatas so that the performer can experience the broader dramatic trajectory of a multi-movement work. Dimensions : 24 x 31 x 0.5 cm

Editor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann Fingering: Klaus Schilde Pages: 27

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.”