Short Romantic Pieces for Piano Book II

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 3 and 4 in standard (Associated Board).

Content:

• Rigaudon in D: No. 27 from ‘Esquisses’, Op. 63 [Valentin Alkan]
• Lesson in A, Op. 33 No. 7 [William Sterndale Bennett]
• Innocent Frankness: No. 1 from ‘Miniatures’, Op. 20 [Cui]
• Springtime and Youth [Zdenek Fibich]
• March, Op. 36 No. 29 [Gedike]
• Aquarelle: No. 17 from ‘24 Pieces Caracteristiques pour la Jeunesse’, Op. 34 [Reinhold Glière]
• Mazurka in C [Glinka]
• Serious Moment, A: No. 27 from ‘Der Erste Vortrag’ (First Pieces to Play), Op. 210 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
• Study in Ab, Op. 47 No. 23 [Stephen Heller]
• Clowning: from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, No. 10 [Dmitri Kabalevsky]
• Arabesque in B minor, Op. 6 No. 2 [Karganov]
• Miniature in F, Op. 62 No. 6 [T. F Kirchner]
• Ball Game, Op. 107 No. 4 [Krug]
• Grandmama Tells a Ghost Story, Op. 81 No. 3 [Theodor Kullak]
• Study in G, Op. 37 No. 27 [Lemoine]
• Study in D, Op. 65 No. 18 [Loeschhorn]
• Allegretto scherzando in G [Lyapunov]
• A Passing Thought, Op. 4 No. 1 [Maikapar]
• Hasche mich! (Catch-me-if-you-can): No. 2 from ‘Aus der Jugendzeit’ (From youthful days), Op. 17 [Max Reger]
• Pastoral Sonatina, Op. 206 No. 21: 1st movement, The Echo [Carl Reinecke]
• Allegretto in C: No. 1 from ‘Gefallige Clavierstucke’ (Agreeable Piano Pieces), Op. 80 [Rohde]
• A Tale: No. 3 from ‘Album fur die Jugend’, Op. 62 [X. Scharwenka]
• Grandmother’s Song, Op. 27 No. 10 [Volkmann]
• Innocence, No. 5 from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100 [J. F. F Burgmüller]
• Study in D: No. 6 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 2 [Thomas Dunhill]
• Vieux Noel (Old Christmas Carol) (G minor) [César Franck]
• Stolzer Reitersmann (Proud Horseman), Op. 47 No. 2 [Robert Fuchs]
• Premier Chagrin (First Sorrow), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 6 [Benjamin Godard]
• The Evening Bell, No. 4 from Bocetos [Enrique Granados]
• The Last Saturday Evening, Op. 17 No. 15 [Grieg]
• Scherzo: No. 7 from ‘Skizzen’ (Sketches), Op. 77 [Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann]
• Jumping Jack, Op. 11 No. 4 [Carl Nielsen]
• Valse Miniature, Op. 10 No. 10 [Rebikov]
• Marche des soldats de bois (March of the wooden soldiers), Op. 39 No. 5 [Tchaikovsky]
• Folksong (Volksliedchen), Op. 68 No. 9 [Robert Schumann]