Master Keyboard Series - LudwigMasters

These three very short pieces (each under one minute) were inspired by poems of J. Cocteau and were dedicated to Erik Satie. Like much of Milhaud's early work, they are light and full of good humor. P...

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) composed his THREE SEA PIECES for piano between 1916 and 1919. All three are available from the publisher, with SEA PIECE No. 1, IL RAGGIO VERDE, Op. 9 in one boo...

Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14, composed in 1912 and premiered in Moscow in 1914 by the composer himself, marks an early triumph in his career. Dedicated to his close friend...

Composed with the intent to make a name for himself as both a composer and pianist, it is no surprise that Prokofiev's first four opuses are impressive, technical piano works. Movement Titles:  I...

"Visions fugitives" is a cycle of 20 piano miniatures written between 1915 and 1917, many for friends of the composer.  The miniatures are vignette-like, and the overall effect is Impre...

A reprint edition of this important piano work by the turn-of-the-century French composer, Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944). Affiliating herself with nationalist composers such as Saint-Saëns and Gounod,...

Sibelius's "tree cycle" is one of the finest examples of the composer's sensitivity. The popularity of the opus speaks for itself.

Reprint edition of these Romances by the famous pianist and wife of Robert Schumann.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote DEUX MÉLODIES HÉBRAÏQUES (TWO HEBREW SONGS) for voice and piano for soprano Alvina Alvi, who premiered the two songs in June of 1914. While both songs includ...

Clara Schumann (1819-1896), then Clara Wieck, wrote this collection of Four Characteristic Pieces (Qautre Pièces Caractéristiques), Op. 5 in 1835-1836, when she 16 or 17 years old. Op. 5 was performed...

A diverse collection of piano miniatures, 13 Pieces contains several very popular works composed between 1911 and 1919. Highlights include Etude, a violinistic technique exercise; Arabesque, a swift a...

Clara Schumann (1819-1896), then Clara Wieck, wrote this collection of six Soirées musicales in 1835-1836, when she 16 or 17 years old. Reflecting the influence of Mendelssohn and Chopin, each melodic...

English composer, writer, and occultist Cyril Scott (1879-1970) saw his collection of ten short piano pieces, For My Young Friends, published in 1920, although the original title was Young Hearts. Pie...

The transcription of melodies contained in this collection has been praised as "the most complete expression of Mr. Coleridge-Taylor's native bent and power." Using native songs of Africa and the West...

Clara Schumann (1819-1896) wrote this work in 1853, creating seven variations on her husband's theme from his Bunte Blätter, Op. 99, No. 4 (Albumblätter) for piano. She presented the piece to Robert S...

The transcription of melodies contained in this collection has been praised as "the most complete expression of Mr. Coleridge-Taylor's native bent and power." Using native songs of Africa and the West...

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) composed the original version of RAPSODIA ESPAÑOLA (Spanish Rhapsody) in D minor, Op. 70/T.16 for piano and orchestra in 1887. That version premiered on March 21, 1887, in Ma...

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) composed this first (Op. 33) of two sets of piano études in 1911 at his Ivanovka estate in Tambov, Russia. The title Études-Tableaux translates as "study pictures." But...

These two works for solo piano by Amy Beach (1867-1944) include: 1. Farewell, Summer, and 2. Dancing Leaves.

"In the Bottoms" is a Suite of five numbers giving pictures of moods or scenes peculiar to African-American life in the river bottoms of the South.  It is similar in its expression, and...

Max Bruch (1838-1920) was a German composer and contemporary of Johannes Brahms, with a style very much in the same Romantic classicism camp as that of his better known friend. Best known for his viol...

Henry Dixon Cowell was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. In the early 1950's, his music was summed up by Virgil Thomson as having "a wider range in bot...

Originally written as the 2nd movement from SIX PIECES for solo harp, this light and challenging piece works exceedingly well on piano.

Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) wrote Enchantment: A Romantic Suite for the piano on an Original Program in 1922. A programmatic piece in four movements, Dett offers text at the beginning for each m...