This edition provides a valuable resource of accessible masterworks for busy pianists. It contains 40 piano pieces in their original form appropriate for weddings, funerals, receptions, and other events. To make the selections useful as background music, only short pieces have been included and flashy, concert-like pieces have been avoided. Each piece has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning.
Titles: Bach: Allemande from French Suite in E-flat Major; Gavotte from French Suite in G Major; Prelude in A-flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1; Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 * Beethoven: Adagio cantabile from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, “Pathétique,” Op. 13; Für Elise; Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 * Brahms: Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117, No. 1; Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 * Chopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2; Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. * Clementi: Andante from Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1 * Debussy: Arabesque No. 1; Clair de lune; La fille aux cheveux de lin (Girl with the Flaxen Hair); La plus que lente * Glière: Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 43, No. 1 * Granados: Maria from Six Expressive Studies; Spanish Dance No. 5 * Grieg: Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1; Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 * Joplin: The Entertainer; Maple Leaf Rag * Liszt: Consolation, S. 172, No. 3; Liebeslied, S. 566; Ständchen, S. 560, No. 7 * MacDowell: To a Wild Rose * Mendelssohn: Andante sostenuto, Op. 85, No. 4, from Songs Without Words; Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30, No. 6, from Songs Without Words * Mozart: Adagio from Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 280; Andante from Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545 * Paradisi: Toccata * Rachmaninoff: Adagio sostenuto, Op. 16, No. 5, from 6 moments musicaux * Ravel: Mouvement de menuet from Sonatine * Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 * Schubert: Valse sentimentale, D. 779, No. 13; Waltz in B Minor, D. 145, No. 6 * Schumann: Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2; Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 * Tchaikovsky: October, Op. 37a, No. 10, from The Seasons.
