Wilhelm Ohmen

Arrangements for the piano, transcriptions and opera paraphrases take up a large part in Franz Liszt's complete œuvre. He even arranged scenes from the music dramas of Richard Wagner. The transcriptio...

In the last scene of Wagner's opera 'The Valkyrie', Wotan, the father of the gods, punishes his daughter Brünnhilde for her disobedience. He wants to curse her to a deep sleep for her to be helplessly...

The most beautiful classical sonatinas by Muzio Clementi, Thomas Attwood, Ludwig van Beethoven, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler, Domenico Cimarosa, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Fo...

The studies and study works by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) are part of the standard repertoire of piano lessons. These collections count among the most popular and most important works in piano education.

Louis Köhler (1820-1886) made a name for himself as a composer of educational literature in particular. His sonatina in G major (Allegro moderato - Andantino - Rondo Allegretto), too, is intended and...

Thomas Attwood (1765-1838) was a pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1784 until 1787. Since 1795 he worked as organist at the St. Paul's Cathedral in London, since 1821 as organist in the private ch...

Held in high esteem by Ludwig van Beethoven, Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) is regarded as one of those composers who played a significant part in the development of piano sonatina and sonata. His sonatin...

The number of Georg Friedrich Handel's works for piano is reasonably small, compared to that by his great contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach. He was an excellent harpsichordist and improviser. The wor...

The cycle Children's Corner by Debussy created between 1906-08 is one of the standard works used in piano lessons, containing the following pieces: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, Jimbo's Lullaby, Serenad...

The composer Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) from Nuremberg left an extensive Clavierwerk [piano oeuvre] which can be played on the organ, harpsichord or modern piano alike. He was a master of variations...

Das Klavierstück Frühlingsrauschen gilt als die bekannteste Komposition des norwegischen Komponisten Christian Sinding. 1896 im Salon-Stil komponiert, malt das Charakterstück den aufblühenden überschw...

Clair de lune gilt als die bekannteste und meistgespielte Komposition aus der Suite bergamasque von Claude Debussy. Der dritte Satz dieser berühmten Klaviersuite steckt voller bildlicher Inspiration u...

The present volume contains a selection of the best-known and most popular pieces by Satie, including Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, but also two early works (1885), compositions from the neo-Gregorian...

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894), the musical child prodigy from Ukraine, gave his first piano concert at the age of nine. He was one of the most successful and most famous performers of his time. His per...