Four-Hand Piano Music by 19th-Century Masters

Música para piano a cuatro manos de los grandes maestros del siglo XIX. Partitura general.

This volume contains a selection of delightful and enduring four-hand pieces - very rarely anthologized and very difficult to find elsewhere. Chosen from the work of the great 19th-century masters, the compositions below will enhance your understanding and appreciation of an extremely enjoyable musical format.
This volume has been specially designed as a playing edition. The noteheads are large a.nd easily readable at the piano. and wide margins allow plenty of room for written notes, fingerings, analysis, etc. To keep the score uncluttered, no editorial suggestions or fingerings have been added to these standard texts, but measure numbers have been added for convenience. .

Unabridged Dover publication (1979) of selected works from original sources. Selection and Notes on the Music by Morey Ritt.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
- Song, "Ich denke dein," with Six Variations, WoO 74

Franz Schubert
- Divertissement à la hongroise (Hungarian Divertimento), Op. 54
Andante-Un poco più mosso
Marcia: Andante con moto
Allegretto

Felix Mendelssohn
- Andante and Variations, Op. 83a

Robert Schumann
- Bilder aus Osten (Pictures from the East): Six Impromptus, Op. 66
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- Two Pieces from "Zwölf vierhändige Clavierstücke für kleine und grosse Kinder" (Twelve Four-Hand Piano Pieces for little and Big Children), Op.85
[No. 9} Am Springbrunnen (At the Fountain)
[No. 12} Abendlied (Evening Song)

Georges Bizet
- Jeux d'enfants (Children's Games)
1. L'Escarpolette (The Swing): Rêverie
2. La Toupie (The Top): Impromptu
3. La Poupée (The Doll): Berceuse (Lullaby)
4. Les Chevaux de bois (The Merry-Go-Round): Scherzo
5. Le Volant (The Shuttlecock): Fantaisie
6. Trompette et tambour (Trumpet and Drum): Marche
7. Les Bulles de savon (The Soap Bubbles): Rondino
8. Les quatre Coins (Puss in the Corner): Esquisse (sketch)
9. Colin-maillard (Blindman's Buff): Nocturne
10. Saute-mouton (Leapfrog): Caprice
11. Petit mad, petite femme! ... (Playing House): Duo
12. Le Bal (The Ball): Galop

Antonín Dvorák
- No. 5, A Major, from Slavonic Dances (Series I), Op. 46
- No. 6, C-sharp Minor, from Legends, Op. 59
- "Silent Woods," No. 5 from the suite From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68 1

Claude Debussy
- Petite Suite (Little Suite)
I. En bateau (Boating)
II. Cortège
III. Menuet (Minuet)
IV. Ballet

Gabriel Fauré
- Dolly, Op. 56
1. Berceuse (Lullaby)
2. Mi-a-ou
3. Le jardin de Dolly (Dolly's Garden)
4. Kitty-Valse (Kitty Waltz)
5. Tendresse (Affection)
6. Le pas Espagnol (The Spanish Dance)