This original compilation covers three centuries of dance works for the piano,from the minuet to the cakewalk. Its unique, diverse selection comprises 86 captivating miniatures--all of them within reach of intermediate pianists.Ever-popular selections encompass highlights from Bach's French and English Suites, mazurkas by Chopin, Brahms waltzes.

Fun to play and exciting to hear, dances enthrall performers and listeners alike.This original compilation covers three centuries of dance works for the piano,from the minuet to the cakewalk. Its unique, diverse selection comprises 86 captivating miniatures--all of them within reach of intermediate pianists.Ever-popular selections encompass highlights from Bach's French and English Suites, mazurkas by Chopin, Brahms waltzes, Beethoven minuets, Spanish dances by Granados and Albniz, Satie's Gymnopdie No. 1, and a Russian dance by Tchaikovsky. Other featured composers include Mozart, Rameau,Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Grieg, Strauss, and Debussy.This inexpensive treasury of piano classics represents an excellent resource for pianists at a variety of levels, offering a wide range of music to challenge and delight young and old alike. Original Dover (2004) publication. 128pp. 9 x 12.Paperbound.

ALBINIZ, ISAAC

 Zortzico (Op. 165/5)

BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN

 From English Suite No. 2

 Bourre I

 Bourr6e II

 Gigue

 From English Suite No. 3

 Sarabande

 Gavotte I

 Gavotte II

 From English Suite No. 6

 Gavotte I

 Gavotte II

 From French Suite No. 2

 Courante

 From Partita No. 1

 Menuet I

 Menuet II

 Gigue

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

 Six Minuets (WoO 10)

 Six Lindler (WoO 15)

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

 Waltzes (Op. 39)

 No. 2 in E Major

 No. 3 in G-sharp Minor

 No. 11 in B Minor

CHOPIN, FREDIRIC

 Waltz in D-flat Major

 "Minute Waltz" (Op. 64/1)

 Waltz in A Minor (Op. 34/2)

 Mazurka in C Major (Op. 7/5)

 Mazurka in B-flat Major (Op. 7/1)

 Mazurka in F Major (Op. 68/3)

DEBUSSY, CLAUDE

 Passepied

 Golliwogg's Cake-Walk

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE

 Spanish Dance No. 2 (Orientale)

 Spanish Dance No. 4 (Villanesca)

 valses ffoetlcos

 No. 1 in A Major

 No. 2 in F Major

GRIEG, EDVARD

 Valse-Impromptu (Op. 47/1)

 Halling (Op. 47/4)

 Leaping Dance (Op. 47/6)

 Anitra's Dance (Op. 46/3)

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

 Minuet in G Major (K. 1/le)

 Minuet in F Major (K. 2)

 Minuet in F Major (K. 4)

 Minuet in D Major (K. 355/576b)

tAMEAU, JEAN-PHILIPPE

 Allemande

 Venitienne

 Menuet

SATIE, ERIK

 Gymnop4die No. 1

 Gnossienne No. 1

SCHUBERT, FKANZ

 17 Lindler (D. 366)

 8 Ecossaises (D. 299)

SCHUMANN, ROBERT

 Gigue (Op. 32/2)

 Lindler (Op. 124/7)

 Waltz (Op. 124/15)

SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER

 Impromptu la Mazur (Op. 2/3)

STRAUSS, JOHANN, JR.

 On the Beautiful

 Blue Danube (Op. 314)

 Pizzicato-Polka

TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER ILYITCH

 Danse Russe (Op. 40/10)

 Mazurka (Op. 39/11)

 Polka (Op. 39/10)