Classical Sheet Music

The Clavierübung published in four sections belongs to the few works of Bach that he allowed to be printed during his lifetime. Part I, which appeared in print in 1731, contains the six Partitas; Part...

This middle piece of the early set of three early sonatas op. 2 dedicated to Joseph Haydn was probably composed in the winter of 1794/95. To this day it stands - unjustly -- in the shadow of its more...

As with the three sonatas that form opus 2, the trio of works forming opus 10, written between 1796 and 1798, offers a collection of three sonatas with entirely different characters. With its distinct...

Composed in 1800, this work was published two years later under the title 'Grande Sonate' in order to demonstrate the resumption of an earlier, four-movement sonata model. Beethoven proudly announced...

This small volume comprises three variation cycles of Beethoven's which are brought together in Urtext editions that are technically fairly easy to master (level of difficulty 3-5). Two of them, the V...

Haydn's E-flat major Sonata is connected to no fewer than two great female musicians and musical centres: according to its autograph it was written in London in 1794 for the pianist Therese Jansen, wh...

Haydn's piano sonatas were long disseminated solely in the form of copies; it was not until 1774 that a printed edition also appeared, containing the sonatas Hob. XVI:21-26 and dedicated to Haydn's ar...

Despite its unusual form - a structure with two sections, each comprising two movements that are to be played without interruption - this work from 1875 enjoyed great success from the start. In its ba...

Like the 'Eroica Variations' op. 35, the Variations op. 34, were composed in 1802 on an original theme. The 'new fashion' Beethoven declared for both works to his publisher becomes apparent in opus 34...

After his 15 Hungarian peasant songs (HN1404), these Improvisations on Hungarian peasant songs are the second of Bartók's works to feature the words 'Hungarian peasant songs' in their title. The manne...

The seven years that the Spanish composer Falla spent in Paris (from 1907 to 1914) marked a turning point in his compositions. His encounter with contemporary, French Impressionist music made a big im...

This Haydn sonata has previously not been available in the Henle catalogue as an individual Urtext edition. Nevertheless, it numbers among Haydn's famous piano works. It was written in 1789 (thus maki...

In Schubert's cheerful E flat major Sonata, the listener is unaware that the composer struggled for a long time to arrive at its final version. Initial sketches date back to 1817, then still in a thre...

Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata op. 143 in a minor was composed in February 1823 following his large “Wanderer Fantasy”. With its formal coherence and mature originality, the a-minor Sonata initiated a...

The piano does not lack for virtuoso showpieces. But this Etude in d-sharp minor from Scriabin's op. 8 definitely ranks among the highest in terms of popularity. A Horovitz concert without this explos...

This masterpiece's famous nickname 'Appassionata' (the passionate) does not stem from Beethoven, but was assigned to the sonata by posterity. However, it could hardly be more appropriate! Beethoven's...

Selections of individual numbers or scenes from large-scale stage works have always been a tried and tested means of making operas or incidental music accessible to a wider audience. Thus, even before...

In the second volume, Italie, published in 1858, of the three-part Années de pèlerinage the great names of Italian art and poetry occupy centre stage. Among these was also Petrarch and his collection...

Bach's French Suites are among his most popular keyboard works, and are also much used as teaching material. This was already the case at the time of their composition, so that today a vast number of...

Isaac Albéniz understood his "Iberia Suite" as "Spanish music with a universal touch". He succeeded perfectly with the colourful piano cycle, even though at the end, plagued by serious illness, he had...

With this Urtext edition compiled by the expert pianist and piano instructor Walter Georgii, the budding pianist is offered a little overview of the variety of classical-romantic piano literature. The...

The "English Suites" number among the pinnacles of keyboard literature. They strike a magnificent tone that provides an impressive picture of the virtuosic and sumptuous harpsichord style that Bach ha...

It is said that in a recital given on 23 March 1783 with the celebrated composer Christoph Willibald Gluck most likely in attendance, Mozart improvised variations on the song 'Unser dummer Pöbel meint...

With its appealing opening melody, this piece is widely known and beloved under the title Andante favori. It was written as the slow movement of the famous 'Waldstein' Piano Sonata in C major, op. 53....

The works in this volume show the development of keyboard instruments in an exemplary manner: the early works were intended for harpsichord, two of which were for an instrument with the so-called 'Vie...