Schott Piano Classics

This collection provides a historical selection of 40 original piano pieces which have been influenced by extra-musical incidents or ideas: It begins with scenes from nature, describes the fascination...

Smetana's 'Vlatava' can be regarded as a prime example of programme music. The composition is a hymn to Smetana's home country of Bohemia, describing the course of the river Vltava from the source to...

In 1759 Leopold Mozart compiled a notebook as a present for his daughter Maria Anna (usually called 'Nannerl'), it was intended as a series of instructive exercises and practice pieces. The notebook t...

The subject of 'water' has been a source of fascination and inspiration for countless composers. This collection contains 25 original compositions from three centuries which use the tonal and virtuosi...

These charming 18th-century miniatures in progressive order, edited by Hans-Günter Heumann, are ideal articulation studies. In addition, they train cantabile playing as well as interpretation and help...

Nikolai Kapustin, born in 1937, is considered a pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. His music combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. This anthology contains some of his most popular piano wo...

The piano fantasias by Telemann compiled in this edition are a small selection of his three times twelve fantasias which have been accessible to a wide audience thanks to a scientific reprint by Max S...

The prelude has a long history. Originating in the 16th century from the improvisatory use of an instrument and the introduction of a key, it reached its apogee in the Baroque period with Bach, Handel...

The Nutcracker Suite is a piano arrangement of the concert version of the ballet of that name. Tchaikovsky used only part of the music for the ballet in the suite. The Overture and the March, which is...

Piano duet playing has always been very popular in and outside music lessons. Playing piano together is much more fun; thanks to the rich harmony and the extended piano setting, even beginners and int...

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade performer's certificate)

These sonatas for piano duet will, it is hoped, be a welcome addition to the domestic and educational music repertoire. Even amateurs will have little trouble with them.The sonatas were arranged in th...

This collection of easy arrangements for piano of well-known choral, organ and orchestral works by J. S. Bach has enjoyed great popularity since its first appearance. Another easy arrangement has been...

In the autograph of his 'Inventions', J.S. Bach set out the aim of these pieces, formulating a dual purpose: the keyboard player should, on the one hand, practise polyphonic playing with two obligator...

New and proven piano editons from Bach to Satie; available at affordable prices with introductions in English, French and German.

The pieces in the present volume are taken for the most part from Mozart's so-called 'London Sketch Book', written on his English tour in the year 1764, at the age of eight. There are also several ear...

Grieg's Lyric Pieces are among the most popular piano pieces ever written. Works such as Papillon, Fairy-Dance and To Spring have become 'cult pieces' in the repertoire of domestic music-making. It is...

On his sister Fanny's birthday on 14 November 1828 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy surprised her with a piano piece in E flat major entitled 'Lied'. A little later, Fanny called the work 'Lied ohne Worte'...

Erik Satie was an unconventional composer, 'one of those natures who are out of opposition to everything that is in existence, who question everything and are willing to start all over their lives' (K...

Telemann published these pieces in 1737 with the title Galanterie-Fugen und kleine Stücke fürs Clavier. [Gallant-fugues and little pieces for the Clavier]. Each fugue is followed by three or four brie...

To this day Theodor Kirchner (1823-1904) has failed to gain the recognition he deserves. A friend of Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann, the artist has been labelled a mere follower of Schumann. His d...

Georg Benda was born on 30. Juni 1722 in Bohemia, and 1997 was the 275. anniversary of his birth. He is the most celebrated member of the musical Benda family and besides works for the stage he wrote...