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Although little is known about the Italian composer and violinist Giovanni Battista Marella, it is known that in 1750 he became concertmaster of the Band of Musick at the New Gardens in Dublin and lat...

The latest volume in the New Karl Scheit Guitar Edition presents another very attractive duo composition by Fernando Sor who was once referred to as the 'Schubert of the guitar'. The suggested fingeri...

I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series, said Arvo Pärt in 199...

Die Gitarrenabenteuer von Igel Gigel gehen weiter! Im zweiten Band ist Siegfried Steinkogler erneut eine Mischung von bezaubernden Kompositionen und kindgerechten Arrangements gelungen. Bekannte Melod...

Alban Berg's Sonata Opus 1 for Piano has often been termed as a milestone in early 20th century music. The sonata clearly stems from the Romantic period, but the 'modern' harmonies and complex themati...

Like so many famous virtuosic works, Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin was said, by its commissioner, Yehudi Menuhin, at first sight, to be unplayable! Of course, Menuhin soon changed his opinion, later...

Béla Bartók’s 'For Children' is one of the best known pedagogical works for piano teachers of the twentieth century, second only perhaps to the same composer’s 'Mikrokosmos'. It was based firmly on th...

Anton Webern's late instrumental works have always been admired as examples of a systematic, innovative application of twelve-tone technique. From our perspective today, however, the reliance on older...

Bartók’s 'Mikrokosmos' needs no introduction, even to non-pianists. A pillar of piano tuition throughout many decades, it has inspired many compositions and arrangements. Now it is the turn of Siegfri...

Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been used by countless piano teachers and their students all over the world since its conception in the early twentieth century. It provides a solid foundation on which to bui...

Immerse yourself in the consummate elegance and poetic brilliance of Frédéric Chopin's masterpieces with "Waltzes National Edition Series B Vol 27", published by the renowned Universal Edition. This f...

Universal Edition presents 23 of Schubert's well-known melodies in easy settings for solo piano. Among others, Alexander Steinbrecher adapted the Impromptu, the Military March and the Waltz as well as...

Eine Auswahl der reizenden 'Deutschen Menuette', Kontretänze, Ländler und Märsche für Klavier zu 4 Händen Diese Zusammenstellung von Tänzen und Märschen ist besonders anspruchsvoll und lässt Mozarts S...

This revised edition has been prepared after comparison of the previous edition with all available sources. Manuscripts, or their copies with additions in the composer's handwriting, of the two-piano...

In this album piano students learn the four-handed piano. The pieces increase in level of difficulty and thereby facilitate rapid progress. One of our most popular educational works for piano four-han...

Originally written for piano, four hands, Universal Edition proudly announces a fresh reissue of German composer Max Reger’s Six Waltzes, arranged for piano, two hands. For advanced players.