The Big Book of Classical Music

Great collection however there’s no editing or fingerings anywhere. Would have been better and more helpful (especially when i use with students) if there were some fingerings.

I had the  Piano Pieces for Children (Everybody's Favorite Series, No. 3)  back when I was a kid learning to play the piano. That book was organized according to difficulty level so a number of pieces were simplified. I have been looking for a collection of original pieces and I'm happy to have finally found it! This book is definitely not for beginners. It contains a lot of my favorites like Bach's Jesu, Air on the G string, Beethoven's Adagio Cantabile, Offenbach's Barcarolle, Schubert's Serenade, Saint-Saens' The Swan and many more. I was a little surprised, though, that there was none from Liszt. I was hoping Liebestraume would be included. On a lighter note, my eyes almost popped out when I saw Engelbert Humperdinck in the table of contents! I've heard of the opera called Hansel and Gretel before but the only E.Humperdinck I've always known of was the British crooner back in my mom's day. But a quick google search showed me that the British singer actually got his stage name from the German opera composer. Nice to know!I'm planning to get  The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) . It contains some nice pieces not included here, i.e., Chopin's Nocturne in E Flat, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Liszt's Liebestraume, Debussy's Claire de Lune, just to name a few.

The book is very good. I wish it had a spiral back because it can get a bit difficult to keep the book open from time to time. This book is for advance level pianist. My one big issue I have with this book is that pedal markings are removed from all pieces. There are pieces were the composer clearly marked pedal but on the arrangements here the pedal markings are gone. Overall is a good buy but not for beginners, advance-intermediate to advance level pianist will get the most out of it.

all original composition

I have had a wonderful time with this book since purchasing it a year ago. I play from it nearly every day and it got me excited about playing regularly again. It has a wonderful variety of music from popular (classical) composers, and there were many pieces I had heard before but didn't know the name or composer.From the Bach's delicate "Prelude in C Major" to the Handel's majestic "Hallelujah Chorus", from the slow "Resurrection" by Mahler to the Hadyn's brisk "Gypsy Rondo", there is a style to match just about any mood or occasion.I wish I had purchased this book years ago. I highly recommend it!

This is a great source of music. It would be better with a spiral binding. Very difficult to keep open.

I love this book because it has a sampling of many of the great composers. It contains music of a great variety of abilities as far as levels of playing ability are concerned. Certainly not for the beginning student, but nevertheless it's a wonderful compilation of great music. If you have a pretty good basic grasp of the piano and you're willing to work, you can probably find something in here to work on! And if you're an accomplished musician, you also can find something (many somethings!) in here to enjoy.

My biggist need for piano music bought online is to know exactly how difficult the music is. I play a lot of classical...this book has mostly pieces which have been transcribed from orchestral...such as adagio for strings. They are nice transcriptions, many not found elsewhere, and only of moderate difficulty (I actually prefer them to be a bit harder but it is by no means an easy or beginner book) so it is a good book for sight reading practice. There is out there the same book with easier versions of the music...I have forgotten the title. Nice collection.

I was looking for a selection of classical music to play as I want to keep trying something new and I need something to stretch me a bit. I learnt the piano as a child but then didn't play at all from the time I was 15 until last year when I bought a piano. I'm in my fifties now so that was a very long time to go rusty - but I'm really enjoying playing now as I never did as a child!I think I got to about Grade 3 before I stopped learning, so I find that some of the pieces in this book are too difficult for me, but I aspire to be able to play them one day. Others are much easier so there is a very good range. I find that some of the arrangements of pieces not originally written for piano require you to play more notes with one hand at the same time than I'm really capable of doing.There is something here by every composer I've ever heard of and a few I haven't, ranging in time roughly from Bach to Sullivan. The book is nicely produced and stays open properly on the music rack without either splitting along the spine or shutting itself up when you don't want it to. I would recommend it to an enthusiastic amatuer pianist like me who wants to learn to play a variety of music.

This book is brilliant - there's loads of classical pieces you might not recognise until you play them, and there's loads of well-known ones. They're written well so that they're not too easy and with a bit of practice lots of them are playable. I really enjoy going through this book and finding new pieces I hadn't realised were in there before!

Difficult to hold down the pages when playing, but this happens with most very large books. Otherwise it's easy to read music and has a large selection which will keep me occupied for a long time and a book which will help progressing learning. Late Intermediate onwards I would say. I've found 5 pieces I can play which are very enjoyable and plenty more to go.

A large book containing a great range of popular classical music by a wide range of composers. The book stays open on the piano so it is easy to read the music. The notes are very clear and easy to follow. I’m really glad I chose it, it is going to give me many months of new music to try.

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