Description
The Romantic Sketchbook series is an imaginative selection from the Romantic piano repertoire. Each volume balances works by leading Romantic composers, such as Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, with unfamiliar pieces by lesser-known figures. Volumes are carefully graded and offer a variety of keys, time signatures, textures and tempi. There are a variety of moods and styles presented to develop interpretative skills
Five volumes available here
A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano Book I contents:
- Lesson in F, Op. 487 No. 38 [Adolf Brunner]
- Lesson in D, Op. 487 No. 41 [Adolf Brunner]
- Study in D, Op. 187 No. 49 [Carl Czerny]
- Study in F, Op. 176 No. 17 [Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy]
- The Industrious Student, Op. 31 No. 3 [Hermann Bischoff]
- Cuckoo, Op. 46 No. 21 [Emil Breslauer]
- Water Music, Op. 46 No. 10 [Emil Breslauer]
- Waltz, Op. 46 No. 25 [Emil Breslauer]
- Roundelay, Op. 39 No. 2 [Josef Bohuslav Förster]
- The Echo [Carlo Albanesi]
- Melody (Arabian Air), No. 28 from ‘ABC du piano’ [Felix le Couppey]
- Dedication, Op. 138 No. 1 [Stephen Heller]
- Study in C, Op. 65 No. 3 [Albert Loeschhorn]
- Study in G, Op. 65 No. 9 [Albert Loeschhorn / Adrian Taylor]
- Study in C, Op. 50 No. 3 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- Serenade, No. 18 from Album for the Young, Op. 140 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- On the Playground, Op. 210 No. 5 [Louis Köhler]
- Piano Piece for the Young, No. 13 [Heinrich Henkel]
- New Scene from Childhood, Op. 55 No. 4 [Theodor Kirchner]
- Scherzino, No. 112 from ‘Kinder-Klavierschule’ [Václav Emanuel Horák]
- A Jolly Moment [Nikolay Ladukhin]
- On Reflection, Op. 36 No. 12 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
- Lullaby, Op. 36 No. 15 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
- A Sad Tale, Op. 39 No. 16 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Country Dance, Op. 39 No. 17 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Galloping, Op. 39 No. 15 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Study in C, Op. 340 No. 1 [Charles Mayer]
- Simplicity, Op. 254 No. 10 [Carl Reinecke]
- To begin with, Op. 81 No. 1 [Nicolay von Wilm]
- Go to sleep [Gustave Sandré]
- Study in D, Op. 34 Part II No. 4 [Moritz Vogel]
- Who is there? Op. 783 No. 9 [Antonio Sartorio]
- Two Frogs, Op. 783 No. 12 [Antonio Sartorio]
- On Tip-toe, Op. 783 No. 8 [Antonio Sartorio]
- Catch Ball, Op. 35 Book I No. 3 [Tobias Matthay]
- Wandering, Op. 109 No. 1 [Hermann Zilcher]
- Chinese Statuette, No. 13 from ‘Christmas Gifts’ [Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov]
- Piano Piece for Young and Old, Op. 53 No. 1 [Carl Nielsen]
- Plaintive Waltz [Arthur Somervell]
- A Quiet Morning [Samuil Moiseyevich Maikapar]
- Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
- Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 7 [Anton Diabelli]
- Study in G: No. 6 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 1 [Thomas Dunhill]
- Melody: No. 5 from ‘12 Easy Pieces’ [George Dyson]
- Banges Herzelein (Sad at Heart), Op. 47 No. 5 [Robert Fuchs]
- Farewell, Op. 98 No. 4 [Alexander Grechaninov]
- Child’s Song, Op. 48 No. 1 [Alexandre Guilmant]
- Profiter de ce qu’il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau: No. 3 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’ Tiresome Prank No. 3 [Eric Satie]
- Sailor’s Song: No. 11 from ‘Work and Play’ [Felix Swinstead]
- The Wild Horseman (Wilder Reiter), Op. 68 No. 8 [Robert Schumann]
