Contents: Albeniz: Orientale-Tango, Op. 164, No. 2 Bartok: Bagatelle, Bear Dance, Valse (Ma mie qui danse), Op. 6, No. 14 Bellini: Pinocchio Bloch: Chanty (Poems of the Sea) John Alden Carpenter: Impromptu Chabrier: Habanera Chavez: Prelude (Ten Preludes) Debussy: Reverie, Valse Romantique D'Indy: Aarau (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 1; Laufenburg (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 3; Le Chant des Bruyeres (The Song of the Heath) de Falla: Serenata Andaluza Farwell: Sourwood Mountain, Op. 78, No. 3 Faure: Berceuse, Op. 56, No. 1; Impromptu, Op. 31, No. 2 Fibich: Impression, Op. 44, No. 32 Lukas Foss: Grotesque Dance Godowsky: Nocturnal Tangier Grainger: Spoon River Granados: Rondalla Aragonesa Griffes: The White Peacock Guion: The Harmonica, Player (Alley Tunes) Roy Harris: Little Suite Krenek: The Moon Rises, Op. 83, No. 4 Palmgren: Spring Night, Op. 22, No. 8 Pinto: Marcha do Pequeno Polegar (Tom Thumb's March) Prokofiev; Gavotte, Op. 12, No. 2; Marche, Op. 12, No. 1; Vision Fugitive, Op. 22, No. 16 Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1; Prelude in E Flat, Op. 23, No. 6 Ravel: Jeux d'Eau; Pavane Pour une Infante defunte Rebikov: Les Demons s'amusent Reger: Humoresque, Op. 79a, No. 2 Respighi: Notturno Satie: Gymnopedie Scriabin: Mazurka, Op. 25, No. 4; Poeme, Op. 69, No. 1 Shostakovitch: Polka (L'Age d'or, Op. 22) Sibelius: Romance, Op. 24, No. 9 Soro: La Hiladora (The Spinner) R. Strauss: An einsamer Quelle (By the Lonely Spring), Op. 9, No. 2; Traumerei (Revery), Op. 9, No. 4 Stravinsky: Etude, Op. 7, No. 2 Szymanowski: Etude, Op. 4, No. 3 Thuille: Gavot.

Basic Library
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Brahms was extremely fond of Johann Gottfried Herder's folk poetry collection Stimmen der Volker in Liedern (Voices of Nations in Songs) and based the Ballade, Op. 10, No. 1 on the 'Edward' ballade from this poetry collection. The remaining three Ballades of Op. 10 have no direct reference to the performer to develop a greater understanding of the individual pieces and their relationship to each other when performed as a set.

All 66 works from the ten sets of little mood pictures created for piano by the Norwegian composer from 1867 to 1901, reprinted from the authoritative C. F. Peters edition. Technically uncomplicated and reasonably easy to master, these popular works have been favorites of generations of pianists, both amateur and professional.