Masters of the Early Contemporary Period

This performance- and teaching-oriented volume focuses on the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Emphasizing variety, a list of suggested performance groups is provided. Comprehensive information on performance practices is offered, along with theoretical, stylistic and biographical background on every composer.

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