FOUR-HAND PIANO MUSIC BY NINETEENTH-CENTURY MASTERS
EDITED BY MOREY RITT

PAGES: 288
PUBLISHER: DOVER PUBLICATIONS
SERIES: DOVER CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC: FOUR HANDS
PUBLICATION DATE: 1ST JANUARY 1980
TRIM SIZE: 9.25 X 12.2 IN
FORMAT: PAPERBACK
BISACS:
MUSIC / GENRES & STYLES / CLASSICAL
MUSIC / PRINTED MUSIC / PIANO & KEYBOARD REPERTOIRE

DESCRIPTION:
-THIS VOLUME CONTAINS A SELECTION OF DELIGHTFUL AND ENDURING FOUR-HAND PIECES VERY RARELY ANTHOLOGIZED AND VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND ELSEWHERE. CHOSEN FROM THE WORKS OF THE GREAT NINETEENTH-CENTURY MASTERS, THE COMPOSITIONS BELOW WILL ENHANCE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF AN EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE MUSICAL FORMAT.

-BEETHOVEN: SONG, 'ICH DENKE DEIN,' WITH SIX VARIATIONS
-BIZET: JEUX D` ENFANTS
-DEBUSSY: PETITE SUITE
-DVORÁK: SLAVONIC DANCE NO. 5 (OP. 45); LEGEND NO. 6 (OP. 59); SILENT WOODS (FROM THE -BOHEMIAN FOREST), OP. 68, NO. 5
-FAURÉ: DOLLY, OP. 56
-MENDELSSOHN: ANDANTE AND VARIATIONS, OP. 83A
-SCHUBERT: DIVERTISSEMENT À LA HONGROISE, OP. 54
-SCHUMANN: BILDER AUS OSTEN, OP. 66; AM SPRINGBRUNNEN, OP. 85, NO. 9; ABENDLIED, OP. 85, NO. 12

-THIS VOLUME HAS BEEN SPECIALLY DESIGNED AS A PLAYING EDITION. THE NOTEHEADS ARE LARGE AND 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 OF FINGERINGS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THESE STANDARD TEXTS, BUT MEASURE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ADDED FOR CONVENIENCE.

DOVER ORIGINAL.

CONTENTS:
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'
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
'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. 10] 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 MERR-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 MARI, 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'
'SILENTS WOODS,' NO. 5 FROM THE SUITE FROM THE BOHEMIAN FOREST, OP. 68'

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-O
3. LE JARDIN DE DOLLY (DOLLY`S GARDEN)
4. KITTY-VALSE (KITTY WALTZ)
5. TENDRESSE (AFFECTION)
6. LE PAS ESPAGNOL (THE SPANISH DANCE)