The 21 pieces in this collection represent some of the best miniature masterworks in piano literature. These pieces were carefully selected not only for their overall quality and musicality but because they advance very logically from the five-finger position pieces that preceded them in Pathways to Artistry: Masterworks Book 1. For maximum benefit students should work through the skills that are comprehensively presented in Pathways to Artistry: Technique Book 2. Titles: Alpine Dance (Heinrich Wohlfahrt) * Bouree (Felix Le Couppey) * The Cuckoo (Eduard Horak) * English Gigue (Samuel Arnold) * Etude in A Minor (Ludvig Schytte) * Hopak (Alexander Goedicke)* The King's Fanfare (William Duncombe) * Little Scherzo (Ludvig Schytte) * A Lovely Day (Daniel Gottlob Turk) * Melodic Etude Op. 108 No. 12 (Ludvig Schytte) * Minuet in F Major K. 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) * Playful Dances (Jacob Schmitt) * A Pleasant Morning (Jean Louis Streabbog) * Quadrille (Franz Joseph Haydn) * Rain (Nicolai Lyubarski) * Royal Trumpet March (Jeremiah Clarke) * The Shepherd's Song (Nicolai Lyubarski) * Sonatina in C Major (William Duncombe) * Song from For Children (Bela Bartok) * Song without Words (Louis Kohler) * Trio (Anton Diabelli).

The 17 large works in this volume present a varied cross section of the sonata literature from the baroque to the present. Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Handel, and Beethoven are well represented, as are many others. Each piece is in its original form, based on authentic texts. Difficulty varies from easy to advanced. / Piano