French Piano Music: The Ultimate Collection, Part 1

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This CD Sheet Music™ collection brings together over 140 works for solo piano, piano duo, and piano four-hands by both familiar and lesser-known French composers active in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Works include: Alkan (Saltarelle, Symphony, from 12 Études; Concerto, from 12 Études, Le Festin d'Ésope, Theme & Variations); Bizet (Variations Chromatiques de Concert, Jeux d'Enfants Parts 1&2); Chabrier (Pièces Pittoresques, Bourrée Fantasque, 3 Valses Romantique); Chaminade (Air de Ballet, Scarf Dance, Scène de Ballet); D'Indy (Poème de Montagne, Sonata in E); Dukas (Variations, Interlude et Finale,sur un thème de Rameau) Franck (Danse Lente, Prélude, Aria et Final, Short Pieces (originally for Harmonium), Variations Symphoniques); Ibert (Histoires I-X, Matin sur l'Eau); Koechlin (Paysages et Marines I-XII); Massenet (10 Pièces de Genres, Toccata); Milhaud (Saudades Dos Brasil); Poulenc (3 Movements Perpétuels, Cinque Impromptus); Ravel (Gaspard de la Nuit, Miroirs, Ma Mère l'Oye (arr for solo piano), Sonatine, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et sentimentals); Roussel (Des Heures Passant..., Rustiques, Sonatine); Saint-Saëns (Danse Macabre, Romance without Words, 3 Mazurkas, Études Books I&II, Variations sur un Thème de Beethoven); Satie (3 Gymnopédies, 3 Gnossiennes, Embryons Desséchés, Descriptions Automatiques, Embroyons Desséchés, Sports et Divertissements, Morceaux en forme de Poire); Schmitt (Musiques Intimes, Books I&II); Vierne (Suite Bourguignonne), and more

Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians

2300+ pages

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