Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas [Paperback]

Frederic Chopin (Author), Classical Piano Sheet Music (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music for Piano | Publication Date: September 1, 1981

This edition includes Ballades — No. 1, Op. 23; No. 2, Op. 38; No. 3, Op. 47; No. 4, Op. 52; Impromptus — No. 1, Op. 29; No. 2, Op. 36; No. 3, Op. 51; No. 4, Op. 66 (Fantaisie-Impromptu) Sonatas — No. 1, Op. 4; No. 2, Op. 35; No. 3, Op. 58.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486241645
• ISBN-13: 978-0486241647
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chopin's Ballads, Impromptus, and Sonatas, April 6, 2000

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Michael Tallon (Miramar, Florida (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas (Paperback)

This is a great book. I have used it on numerous occasions and can give no more than an absolute satisfactory report. Often, publishers write incorrect fingering and/or dynamics, and this book appears to have not subdued to that level. The publishers obviously knew what Chopin wanted and delivered just that instead of placing marks they thought were appropriate.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good collection, good price., May 12, 2009

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Yives "I'm alive" (Littleton, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas (Paperback)

This collection is well-offered. However there are a few things you should be wont to know:

First off, the pages are scripture-thin. I prefer a heavier page.

More importantly, the editor often mixes the right and left hand cleffs. what I mean is, the editor places the right hand and left hand on the same cleff when it is convenient for him. I however, find this more difficult to sight read because you can't tell where one hand's chord ends and the others begins. It's like the laziest kind of writing.

Also the printing is not perfectly sharp (but it is acceptable).
So there are probably better (clearer) editions if that's what you're looking for. I would buy this again for its price, however.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sturdy, clear, beautiful, well loved, March 12, 2003

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Paul J. Papanek "latoxdoc" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas (Paperback)

I've had this book for several years, and have marked it up, dog-eared it, spilled coffee on many pages, and otherwise treated it with familiar reverence. It has become a great friend.

The type-setting is crystal-clear. The edition notes are instructive. The pages never fall out, even if you crease the spine to keep the book flat against the piano stand.

Then, of course, there's the glorious music itself. So much magnificent music in one volume. Perhaps we should even see this as one of the Great Books of the Western World.