Originally compiled and edited by Louis Kí_hler, this edition contains some of the most popular keyboard sonatinas, rondos and other works (including symphonic transcriptions) of Beethoven, Clementi, Haydn, Kuhlau and Mozart, among others. In clarifying this edition, editor Allan Small has removed impractical fingerings and unnecessary accidentals found in other editions.

This essential collection of 100 piano études is divided into 15 units that survey the technical challenges at the early intermediate, intermediate, and late intermediate levels. The early units review technical issues that students experience at the elementary levels, such as five-finger patterns and articulations. The later units introduce more difficult technical challenges that prepare students for advanced repertoire, such as playing ornamentation, octaves, and large chords. Each unit contains between five and ten études written by master composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. Within each unit, the études are arranged in order of difficulty. Each piece appears in its original form; notes have not been added or removed. The composers' original dynamics, tempo marks, phrase indications, and articulations have been preserved. Ornamentation is realized in footnotes. Added measure numbers provide easy reference, and editorial suggestions for fingering and pedaling have been provided. A concise foreword discusses technique at the intermediate levels. Two indexes are included: one by unit and technical skill, and another by level and composer. Unit listing: * Five-Finger Patterns * Articulation * Coordination between the Hands * Scales * Triads, Inversions, and Broken Chords * Double Notes * Left-Hand Development * Velocity * Arpeggios * Finger and Hand Independence * Repeated Notes * Accompaniment Patterns * Ornamentation * Octaves * Four- and Five-Note Chords Titles: * Alla Tarantella (from 12 Études), Op. 39, No. 2 (MacDowell) * Étude in A Minor ("Arabesque") (from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies), Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) * Étude in B-flat Major (from 25 Melodious Studies), Op. 108, No. 10 (Schytte) * Étude in C Major (from Practical Method for the Pianoforte), Op. 249, No. 65 (Köhler) * Étude in F Major (from The First Steps of the Young Pianist), Op. 82, No. 39 (Gurlitt) * Étude in G Major (from 25 Elementary Studies), Op. 176, No. 20 (Duvernoy) * Étude in D Minor ("Warrior's Song") (from 25 Melodic Studies), Op. 45, No. 15 (Heller) * Étude in G Minor (from Training of the Left Hand), Op. 89, Book II, No. 6 (Berens) * Exercise in C Major (from Étude for the Pianoforte), Op. 39, No. 1 (Cramer) * Little Étude (from Album for the Young), Op. 68, No. 14 (Schumann) * Maria (romanza sin palabras) (from Six Expressive Studies) (Granados) * Menuetto (from First Term at the Piano), Sz. 53, No. 16 (Bartók) and many more!

Classical/Opera Piano Solos

All 25 Easy and Progressive Etudes by Burgmuller, Op. 100 For Piano.

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists. Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretative suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by renowned artists/teachers, these publications provide an accurate, well-informed score resource for pianists. Johann Friedrich Burgmuller (1806-1874) was born into a German musical family: both his father and brother were also well-known composers. Settling in Paris after 1832, his light and intimate playing style won popularity in the salons of the day. Originally titled 25 Etudes faciles et progressives, composees et doigtees expressement pour l'etendue des petites mains , his Opus 100 pieces are perennial favorites among piano students and their teachers. Editor & recording artist: Margaret Otwell

The 25 progressive pieces are short compositions with evocative and descriptive titles. Each composition proposes to the students one of the many aspects of the piano technique with particular attention to phrasing, articulation, agogics and dynamics of which the piano music of romanticism is often imbued. Tunlike older public domain editions, this brand new edition is very clearly printed and paginated. Particular attention was paid to the care of phrasing and fingerings.The publication conforms to historical editions.Compositions included in this work op.100: La Candeur (Sincerity) * L'Arabesque (Arabesque) * La Pastorale (Pastorale) * La Petite Reunion (The Little Party) * Innocence * Progress (Progress) * Le Courant Limpide (The Limpid Stream) * La Gracieuse (Gracefulness) * La Chasse (The Chase) * Tendre Fleur (Tender Flower) * La Bergeronnette (The Young Shepherdess) * L'Adieu (The Farewell) * Consolation * La Styrienne (Austrian Dance) * Ballad * Douce Plainte ( Gentle Lament) * La Babillarde (The Chatterbox) * Inquietude (Restlessness) * Ave Maria * La Tarentelle (Tarantella) * L'Harmonie des Anges (The Harmony of the Angels) * Barcarolle * Le Retour (The Return) * L'Hirondelle (The Swallow) * Chivalrous (Gallantry)