Description

This volume, centered on performance and pedagogy, delves into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It highlights a diverse array of suggested performance ensembles and provides extensive insights into performance practices. Additionally, it includes theoretical, stylistic, and biographical information for each composer, enriching the reader's understanding of the era's musical landscape.

Songs / Content

• An Old Music BoxDéodat De Séverac (composer)
• Bagatelle [Sz. 38:4]Béla Bartók (composer)
• Bear Dance [Sz. 39: 10]Béla Bartók (composer)
• Etude in E Minor [Op. 7, No. 2]Igor Stravinsky (composer)
• From a Wandering Iceberg [Op. 55, No. 2]Edward MacDowell (composer)
• Humoreske [Op. 3, No. 2]Sergei Prokofiev (composer)
• Impromptu [Op. 5, No. 1]Jean Sibelius (composer)
• Le Petit Nègre -- Cakewalk [L. 114]Claude Debussy (composer)
• Minuet Sur le Nom d'HaydnMaurice Ravel (composer)
• Nuances [Op. 56, No. 3]Alexander Scriabin (composer)
• Of the EdriophthalmaErik Satie (composer)
• Pine Apple RagScott Joplin (composer)
• Postludium [Op. 13, No. 10]Ernst Von Dohnányi (composer)
• Prelude [Op. 31, No. 4]Alexander Scriabin (composer)
• Rêverie [L. 68]Claude Debussy (composer)
• Romance [Op. 10, No. 6]Sergei Rachmaninoff (composer)
• Sea BathingErik Satie (composer)
• Short Piano Piece [Op. 19, No. 2]Arnold Schoenberg (composer)
• Swedish Dance [Op. 63, No. 7]Max Bruch (composer)
• The Sussex Mummers' Christmas CarolPercy Grainger (composer)