Short Romantic Pieces for Piano Book I

A five-volume graded anthology of short piano pieces from the Romantic era. As well as featuring the great German composers from the period, this collection includes works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Moszkowski, Glazunov, Albeniz, Granados, Delius and many others.

The pieces in this book are about Grade 1 and 2 in standard (Associated Board).

Content:

• The Bells: No. 4 from ‘Esquisses’, Op. 63 [Valentin Alkan]
• Study in A minor, Op. 101 No. 93 [Ferdinand Beyer]
• Going to Sleep, Op. 31 No. 2 [K. J. Bishkoff]
• A Romp, Op. 46 No. 32 [Emil Breslauer]
• Study in D, Op. 777 No. 15 [Carl Czerny]
• Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 6 [Anton Diabelli]
• Night in the Woods, Op. 36 No. 32 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
• Sad Song, Op. 36 No. 39 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
• Polka in D minor [Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka]
• Study in D, Op. 187 No. 51 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
• Undismayed: No. 7 from ‘The Friend of the Family’, Op. 197 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
• Melody in C, Op. 44 No. 1 [G. Hasse]
• Little Song: from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, No. 1 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
• Waltz in D minor, Op. 39 No. 13 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
• Prelude in A minor, Op. 65 No. 2 [Theodor Kirchner]
• A Fairy Story (There was once a princess . . .): No. 1 from ‘Kinderleben’ (Youthful Days), Op. 62 [Theodor Kullak]
• A Slight Misunderstanding [Nikolay Ladukhin]
• Study in A, Op. 17 No. 7 [Felix le Couppey]
• Invention in F sharp minor [Aleksandr Lyapunov]
• A Miniature, Op. 4 No. 3 [Samuil Moiseyevich Maikapar]
• Children’s March, Op. 31 No. 1 [Gustav Merkel]
• Allegretto: No. 2 from ‘Piano Music for Big and Small’, Op. 53 [Carl Nielsen]
• ‘Marziale’, No. 7 from Piano Music for Young and Old, Op. 53 [Carl Nielsen]
• Prelude: Serenade in C, Op. 183 No. 1, 1st movement [Carl Reinecke]
• Sonatina in A minor, Op. 127A No. 6: 2nd movement, Ein Marchen (A Fairy Tale) [Carl Reinecke]
• Dance of the Dragonflies, Op. 76 No. 7 [Eduard Rohde]
• Down in the Dumps: No. 5 from ‘For the Little Ones’ [Gustave Sandré]
• To My Little Friends, from ‘For the Little Ones’ [Gustave Sandré]
• German Dance in A: No. 3 from Three German Dances, D. 972 [Franz Schubert]
• Grandmother’s Song, Op. 27 No. 4 [Robert Volkmann]
• Allegro in c, from ‘Piano Method for Children’ [Heinrich Wohlfahrt]
• Waltz in C, from ‘Piano Method for Children’ [Heinrich Wohlfahrt]
• All Forlorn: No. 1 from ‘Odd Moments’ [William Alwyn]
• Swaying Branches: No. 11 from ‘First Year Pieces’ [Thomas Dunhill]
• Waltz in F: No. 2 from ‘12 Easy Pieces’ [George Dyson]
• Der kleine Trompeter (The Little Trumpeter), Op. 32 No. 4 [Robert Fuchs]
• Herzeleid (Heartache), Op. 32 No. 2 [Robert Fuchs]
• Mazurka in B minor, Op. 98 No. 13 [Alexander Grechaninov]
• Scabious, Op. 138 No. 14 [Stephen Heller]
• Melodie, Op. 77 No. 5 [Heinrich Hofmann]
• Vivace in A minor, Op. 55 No. 23 [Theodor Kirchner]
• Catch-me-if-you-can (Haschemann) [Robert Schumann]
• Hide-and-Seek (Gukkuk in Versteck) [Robert Schumann]
• Gavotte in G: No. 1 from ‘Six Sketches’ [Charles Villiers Stanford]
• Scherzo in F: No. 2 from ‘Six Sketches’ [Charles Villiers Stanford]
• Old French Song, No. 16 from Album for the Young, Op. 39 [Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky]