James Gibbon Huneker (1857-1921) was a distinguished American newspaper critic, an essayist, and a prolific author. His writing style is remarkable ? unrestrained, informal, full of brilliant insight ? and this style plus Huneker's wide knowledge of art and literature as well as music has kept his literacy work alive. Chopin: The Man and His Music reflects the intimate, thorough knowledge of Chopin's music that Huneker acquired while studying to be a concert pianist and his unusually keen insight into the character of the great Polish composer whose music he adored. The book is divided into two parts. The first treats Chopin's life ? his youth in Poland, his emigration to Paris, the famous George Sand episode, his sickness and death ? and comments on Chopin as a teacher and as a pianist and performer. The second part discusses the entire body of Chopin's music, piece by piece. Huneker notes his own overall impression of the individual compositions as well as the impressions of Schumann, George Sand, Chopin's biographer Frederick Niecks, many of the great pianists, and others. He directly compares differing editions of Chopin's Études, Preludes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Sonatas, and other works edited by von Bülow, Kullak, Riemann, Mikuli, and Godowsky in their detailed treatment of fingering, phrasing, pedaling, tempo indication, and so forth. Huneker's entire work is reprinted here unchanged, thoroughly edited in running footnotes by Herbert Weinstock to correct the exuberant Huneker's inaccuracies and to add information that modern musical scholarship has unearthed. Weinstock has also provided an engrossing introductory essay on Huneker, and has amplified the bibliography to include modern books and articles on Chopin. A classic in musical biography and commentary, this work is unsurpassed for sympathetic understanding and insight into Chopin's life and music. It will interest equally music students, pianists, and music lovers.

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

A selection of original piano music exactly as written by the master composers of three centuries. The music provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for player and listener alike. Compiled and edited by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 2-3 standard.

A selection of original Piano music exactly as written by the master composers of three centuries. The music provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for player and listener alike. Compiled and edited by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 1-2 standard.

Piano-Original quality repertoire for the absolute beginner. Includes 40 very easy original keyboard miniatures the majority of them in five-finger positions. Contents: 'Dudelsack' (Unknown) 'Old German Dance' (Praetorius) 'Curtain Raiser' (Turk) 'Carefree' (Turk) 'Roundelay' (Von der Hofe) 'Echo Dance' (Philip Hainhofer) 'Allemand' (Praetorius) 'Gavotte' (Handel) 'Minuet' (Reinagle) 'Scherzino' (Reinagle) 'Etude Melodique' (Martin) 'Bagatelle' (Diabelli) 'Minuetto' (Hook) 'Duettino' (Attwood) 'Song in Parallel Motion' (Kohler) 'Two Little Inventions' (Jan Jakub Ryba) 'Quadrille' (Haydn) 'Little Suite' (Wohlfahrt) 'Two Little Canons' (Spindler) 'TheWayside Rose' (Kohl) 'Bear Dance' (Schumann) 'Contredanse' (Wohlfahrt) 'Pass in Review' (Gurlitt) 'Evening Song' (Chovan) 'Morning Call' (Chovan) 'Hungarian Play Tune' (Bartalus) 'Canzonetta' (Horvath) 'Russian Dance' (Goedicke) 'Black Key Frolic' (Gnessina) 'Promenade' (Gnessina) 'Ukrainian Folk Tune' (Kabalevsky) 'Little Polka' (Kabalevsky) 'Cradle Song' (Kabalevsky) 'Spring Song' (Bartok) 'Dialogue' (Bartok) 'Fanfare' (Agay) 'Galloping Home' (Kalmanoff).

A selection of original piano music exactly as written by the master composers of three centuries. The music provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for player and listener alike. Compiled and edited by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 5 standard.

A selection of original piano music exactly as written by the master composers of three centuries. The music provides the pianist with a repertoire which is enjoyable for player and listener alike. Compiled and edited by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 1-2 standard.