Product Description:
Finland’s greatest composer created imaginative, individualistic works for keyboard, drawing upon the wealth of folkloric traditions associated with his native land. This unique compilation presents the best of Sibelius' piano music in one convenient, inexpensive volume. Carefully chosen selections include original piano transcriptions by the composer of the tone poem Finlandia and Valse triste. Also featured: Six Impromptus, Sonata in F Major, Kyllikki (Three Lyric Pieces), Three Sonatinas, Two Rondinos, three flower pieces, five tree pieces, and an assortment of six character pieces. Authoritative editions.
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Product Details:
ISBN 10: 0486411621
ISBN 13: 9780486411620
Author/Editor: Jean Sibelius
Format: Music Scores
Page Count: 160
Dimensions: 9 x 12
Publication date: January 2010
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Table of Contents:
Original piano transcriptions by the composer
"Finlandia: Tone poem, Op. 26"
"Valse triste, from Op. 44"
Larger works for piano
"Six Impromptus, Op. 5"
No. 1 in G minor
No. 2 in G minor
No. 3 in A minor
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in B minor
No. 6 in E major
"Sonata in F major, Op. 12"
I. Allegro molto
II. "Andantino -Presto, -Tempo I"
III. Vivacissimo
"Kyllikki: Three lyrical pieces, Op. 41"
I. Largamente
II. Andantino
III. Commodo
"Three Sonatinas, Op. 67"
No. 1 in F-sharp minor
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro moderato
No. 2 in E major
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Allegro
No. 3 in B-flat minor
I. Andante-Allegro moderato
II. Andante-Allegretto
"Two Rondinos, Op. 68"
No. 1 in G-sharp minor
No. 2 in C-sharp minor
Impressions of nature
"Three flower pieces, Nos. 3, 4, 5 from Op. 85"
The iris
The snapdragon
The bell-flower
"Five tree pieces, Op. 75"
When the mountain ash blooms
The solitary fir tree
The aspen
The birch tree
The sapin
Six character pieces
"Romance in D-flat major, Op. 24, No. 9"
"Dance air, Op. 34, No. 2"
"Mazurka, Op. 34, No. 3"
"Scherzino, Op. 58, No. 2"
"The twinflower of the north, Op. 76, No. 11"
"Capriccietto, Op. 76, No. 12"