Master Keyboard Series - LudwigMasters

These two pieces by Amy Beach (1867-1944) are each tied together thematically by a hermit thrush at two different times of day: in the morning and in the evening. A Hermit Thrush at Eve is prefaced by...

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) wrote the six French Suites from 1722 to 1725. They are designed after the Baroque dance suite, which includes the allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue. This edi...

This small collection of five smaller works for harpsichord attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) were edited by Ferruccio Busoni. Included: Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 905; Andante i...

In effort to reform the music educational system of Brazil during his tenure as Superindendência de Educação Musical e Artistica, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) compiled folk songs from various parts...

In effort to reform the music educational system of Brazil during his tenure as Superindendência de Educação Musical e Artistica, Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) compiled folk songs from various parts...

Dedicated to the composers sister-in-law, "Marionettes" is comprised of six short character pieces, along with a prologue and epilogue. 1. Prologue 2. Soubrette 3. Lover 4. Witch 5. Clown 6. Villain 7...

Encouraged by a friend, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) wrote the 1st movement of his Sonatine for piano, M. 40, for a competition sponsored by the Weekly Critical Review magazine. The competition was later...

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) drew material for his NORWEGISCHE TÄNZE, Op. 35 (4 NORWEGIAN DANCES), originally scored for piano and four hands, from an 1853 collection of Norwegian folk tunes compiled by L...

Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu's first successful publication, "Puppets" is a cycle of 14 short pieces over a series of three books inspired by famous Italian puppets Pierrot, Columbine, and Harlequi...

Though less-often heard than other later works by this composer, Darius Milhaud's (1892-1974) three-movement SONATA No. 1, Op. 33 offers a look at the composer at his most robust and muscular, althoug...

This collection of works by Modest Mussorgsky features his works titled MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD. This collection, edited by W. G. Karatygin also includes 10 other pieces: Scherzo, Impromptu passioné, In...

Je te veux (I Want You) is a waltz composed by Satie and dedicated to vocalist Paulette Darty. The song, utilizing erotic text by Henry Pacory, was first performed at La Scala cabaret in Paris. Versio...

Written shortly after his Fourth Symphony, the Three Sonatinas, Op. 67, are Jean Sibelius's most successful piano works.

Written in 1916, these Six Concert Etudes (Hat Koncertetud), Op. 28 were written by Hungarian composer, conductor, and pianist Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960). He premiered the work himself in Szeged o...

PASTORALE (HUNGARIAN CHRISTMAS SONG) is based on a traditional Hungarian Christmas carol 'Mennybol az angyal' (The Angel from Heaven). The song is a about the angel who appeared before the shepherds t...

Saint-Saens' Op. 135 is a unique set of six neo-classical etudes written for the left hand only. Ravel studied these etudes when writing his "Concerto for the Left Hand." Etudes: 1. Prelude 2. Alla fu...

Saint-Saens' Opus 111 was first published in 1899, and each of the six etudes are dedicated to a different piano virtuoso. Etudes: 1. Tierces majeures et mineures 2. Traits chromatiques 3. Prelude et...

Posited to be a later work by George Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Easy Fugues and Little Pieces, published in 1737, is a collection of dance suites for the keyboard, each of which is introduced by a...

These four-hand keyboard sonatas by Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), found in this collection edited by Wilhelm Weismann, was likely inspired by a 1765 visit to London by a 9-year-old W.A. Mozart an...

The best-known work by Spanish composer Joaquín Turina (1882-1949), DANZAS FANTÁSTICAS (Fantasy Dances or Fantastic Dances), Op. 22 was written in 1919 between August 11 and 29, first for piano, then...

The fifth child of J.S. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach became one of the preeminent composers of the new Classical style. This collection of 24 short pieces for solo harpsichord or piano was edited b...

Written between 1915-1916, Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) was inspired by three myths to compose MASQUES, Op.34. The three movements are 'Schéhérazade', 'Tantris le bouffon' (taken from the myth of Tri...

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,...