World's greatest orchestral, opera & ballet themes for piano: 57 best-loved compositions by the finest composers
selected and arranged by Dan Fox
- Resource Type:
- Music Score (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- [Van Nuys, CA] : Alfred, [2006]
- Copyright:
- ©2006
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- Table of Contents:
- Also sprach Zarathustra / R. Strauss
- An American in Paris (blues theme) ; Rhapsody in blue (main theme) / Gershwin
- Andaluza (Spanish dance no. 5) / Granados
- Andante cantabile ; Pathétique symphony (1st movement theme) ; Romeo and Juliet (love theme) ; Sleeping beauty (waltz theme) ; Waltz (Symphony no. 5) / Tchaikovsky
- Anitra's dance (Peer Gynt) ; In the hall of the mountain king (Peer Gynt) / Grieg
- Anvil chorus (Il trovatore) ; Grand march (Aïda) ; La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) / Verdi
- Artist's life ; The blue Danube / Johann Strauss, Jr.
- Barcarolle (The tales of Hoffman) ; Can can (Orpheus in the underworld) ; La belle Hélène waltz / Offenbach
- Symphony no. 5 (opening theme) ; Symphony no. 6 (Shepherd's song) ; Symphony no. 7 (2nd movement theme) ; Ode to joy (Symphony no. 9) / Beethoven
- Symphony no. 1 (4th movement theme) ; Symphony no. 3 (3rd movement theme) / Brahms
- Colonel Bogey / Alford
- Coppélia waltz / Delibes
- Dance of the hours (La Gioconda) / Ponchielli
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik (opening theme) ; Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) / Mozart
- Elegie / Massenet
- Evening prayer (Hänsel and Gretel) / Humperdinck
- Funeral march of a marionette / Gounod
- Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana) / Mascagni
- Largo ("New world" symphony) / Dvořák
- Love theme (Scheherazade) / Rimsky-Korsakov
- M'appari tutt' amor (Martha) / von Flotow
- March of the kings (L'Arlésienne) ; Toreador song (Carmen) / Bizet
- Mazurka (The barber of Seville) ; William Tell overture / Rossini
- Musetta's waltz (La Boheme) ; O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) ; Un bel dì (Madame Butterfly) / Puccini
- Pavane / Fauré
- Piano concerto no. 2 (1st movement theme) ; Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini / Rachmaninoff
- Rondeau ("Masterpiece Theater" theme) / Mouret
- Serenade ; Surprise symphony (2nd movement theme) / Haydn
- Serenade ; Unfinished symphony (1st movement theme) / Schubert
- Serenade / Toselli
- Sheep may safely graze / J.S. Bach
- The skater's waltz / Waldteufel
- The sorcerer's apprentice (main theme) / Dukas
- Spring (The four seasons) / Vivaldi.
- Contributors:
- Subjects:
- Performance Medium:
- 1 performer: piano
- General Notes:
- For solo piano; with chord symbols.
Includes brief background note on each of the selections.
Easy piano (information from publisher's website). - Physical Description:
- 1 score (127 pages) ; 31 cm
- Call Numbers:
- M38.3 .W67 2006
- ISBNs:
- 073904379X (pbk.)
9780739043790 (pbk.) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Publisher Number, Alfred: 26256
- OCLC Numbers:
- 122275281