This wonderful collection explores the language, attitude, dissonance, and drama of the piano music of the twentieth century in the works of Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky, Piston, Ives, Ravel, Hindemith, and 35 other contemporary composers. Pieces range from the intermediate to the advanced level and include: Bear Dance (Bartok); Clair de lune (Debussy); First Arabesque (Debussy); Prelude from "Pour le Piano" (Debussy); Seven Variations on an Ukrainian Folk Song (Kabalevsky); Valsette (Kodaly); Passacaglia (Piston); Sonatine (Ravel); Gymnopedie, No. 1 (Satie); Preludes (Scriabin) and many more.