Easy Classical Favourites for Piano

Description

Easy Classical Favourites for Piano brings together 25 timeless pieces arranged for early intermediate pianists.

Featuring music by composers including Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, Handel, Haydn, Chopin, Brahms, Bizet, Verdi and Strauss, this collection offers a varied introduction to well-known classical repertoire from across the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.

Each piece has been carefully prepared in a clear, modern format, with selective fingering, dynamics, articulation and expression markings to support confident playing and musical development.

Ideal for lessons, independent study and performance, the book helps pianists develop:

• technique and coordination
• phrasing and musical expression
• sight-reading confidence
• familiarity with contrasting classical styles
• a broader and more rewarding repertoire

Includes favourites such as The Merry Peasant, Minuet in G, Blue Danube Waltz, The Toreador’s Song, The Harmonious Blacksmith, Waltz from Faust and more.

A practical and enjoyable collection for developing pianists, teachers and adult learners.

Contents

About

Glossary

The Merry Peasant | Robert Schumann

Minuet in G | Attributed to Ludwig van Beethoven

Andante in G | Édouard Batiste

The Sandman | Johannes Brahms

Sweet and Low | Joseph Barnby

Spring Song | Gustav Merkel

Gavotte (The Musical Box) | François-Joseph Gossec

Soldier’s March | Robert Schumann

Air | Joseph Haydn

The Young Recruit | Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken

Huntsmen’s Chorus | Carl Maria von Weber

The Reaper’s Song | Robert Schumann

The Fairy Wedding | J. W. Turner

Blue Danube Waltz | Johann Strauss

La Donna è Mobile | Giuseppe Verdi

Waltz from Faust | Charles Gounod

Le Désir | Henri Cramer

Soldiers’ Chorus | Charles Gounod

The Toreador’s Song | Georges Bizet

Boccaccio March | Franz von Suppé

The Harmonious Blacksmith | George Frideric Handel

The Slice of Bread and Butter | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Tempo di Menuetto in C | Johann Wilhelm Hässler

‘Prelude’ from Suite No. 1 in G | Henry Purcell

Mazurka in A minor | Frédéric Chopin