The Symphony: Easy to Intermediate Piano Solo (World's Great Classical Music)

Carefully selected highlights of the greatest music ever written for orchestra have been transcribed for easy to intermediate piano solo for this handsome collection. The music lover now can play authentic sounding arrangements of symphonic classics. More than 50 symphonies are represented by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Elgar, Franck, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nielsen, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss and Tchaikovsky. There are introductory biographies for each composer included.

This collection in The World's Great Classical Music series features 60 excerpts from 46 symphonies by a dozen beloved composers, faithfully transcribed for easy to intermediate piano solo. Composers represented are: Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Tchaikovsky. The book also gives a brief biography of each composer. Also available for Intermediate to Advanced Piano Solo (00220032).

Excerpts from: Symphony no. 1, op. 21 ; Symphony no. 2, op. 36 ; Symphony no. 3, op. 55 : Eroica ; Symphony no. 4, op. 60 ; Symphony no. 5, op. 67 ; Symphony no. 6, op. 68 : Pastoral ; Symphony no. 7, op. 92 ; Symphony no. 8, op. 93 ; Symphony no. 9, op. 125 / Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphonie fantastique : op. 14 / Hector Berlioz — Symphony no. 1, op. 68 ; Symphony no. 2, op. 73 ; Symphony no. 3, op. 90 ; Symphony no. 4, op. 98 / Johannes Brahms — Symphony no. 4 : Romantic ; Symphony no. 7 / Anton Bruckner — Symphony no. 8, op. 88 ; Symphony no. 9, op. 95 : From the New World / Antonâin Dvoérâak — Symphony no. 94 : Surprise ; Symphony no. 101 : The clock ; Symphony no. 104 : London / Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony no. 1 : Titan ; Symphony no. 2 : Resurrection ; Symphony no. 4 : Ode to heavenly joy ; Symphony no. 5 ; Symphony no. 8 : Symphony of a thousand / Gustav Mahler — Symphony no. 3, op. 56 : Scottish ; Symphony no. 4 : Italian / Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony no. 25, K. 183 ; Symphony no. 29, K. 201 ; Symphony no. 35, K. 385 : Haffner ; Symphony no. 36, K. 425 : Linz ; Symphony no. 38, K. 504 : Prague ; Symphony no. 39, K. 543 ; Symphony no. 40, K. 550 ; Symphony no. 41, K. 551 : Jupiter / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony no. 4, D. 417 : Tragic ; Symphony no. 5, D. 485 ; Symphony no. 8, D. 759 : Unfinished ; Symphony no. 9, D. 944 : The great / Franz Schubert — Symphony no. 1, op. 38 : Spring ; Symphony no. 3, op. 97 : Rhenish / Robert Schumann — Symphony no. 3, op. 29 : Polish ; Symphony no. 4 ; Symphony no. 5 ; Symphony no. 6 : Pathâetique / Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky.