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This five-volume boxed edition of Mozart's complete oeuvre for piano will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth on January 27, 2006. The volumes contain the definitive Urtext from Barenreiter's New Mozart Edition in a well-presented, large format. For the first time, everything written for solo piano by the man who was perhaps the greatest genius in music history will be presented in this unique special edition. All works have been meticulously checked to reflect the latest in musicological research. Detailed prefaces in English and German provide information on the genesis of the music and details on its performance. This is the buy of a lifetime! This boxed set makes a beautiful gift.

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Inventions Nos. 1-15, BWV 772-786; Sinfonias, Nos. 1-15, BWV 787-801.

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In 1945 Bela Bartok described Mikrokosmos as a cycle of 153 pieces for piano written for "didactic" purposes, seeing them as a series of pieces in many different styles, representing a small world, or as the "world of the little ones, the children." Stylistically, Mikrokosmos reflects the influence of folk music on Bartok's life. The rhythms and harmonies he employed create music that is as modern today as when the cycle was written. The 153 pieces making up Mikrokosmos are divided into six volumes arranged according to technical and musical difficulty. Major teaching points highlighted in Volume 1 include unison melodies, question and answer, imitation and inversion. Volume 2 includes staccato, legato, accompaniment in broken triads, and accents. Volume 3 covers triplets, broken chords, and chromatic invention. Volume 4 covers thumb under, crossed hands, and triplets in 9/8 time. Volume 5 covers chords together and opposed, studies in double notes, and the whole tone scale and Volume 6 includes divided arpeggios, minor seconds, major sevenths, and ostinato. Standard editions contain text in English, French, German, and Hungarian. Universal editions contain text in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Japanese. All volumes contain a preface by the editor, Peter Bartok (Bela Bartok's son), and a preface by the composer.

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Piano Pieces, Op. 76; Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79; Fantasies, Op. 116, Nos. 1-7; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Piano Pieces, Op. 118 and Piano Pieces, Op. 119.