Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano) [Paperback]

Johannes Brahms (Author), Classical Piano Sheet Music (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music for Piano | Publication Date: June 1, 1971

The entire corpus of Brahms' short piano pieces is featured in this one affordable volume. It includes the familiar Waltzes; the effective Scherzo in E Flat Minor; the satisfying Eight Pieces; the two Rhapsodies; the Fantasies; and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications; Later Printing edition (June 1, 1971)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486226514
• ISBN-13: 978-0486226514
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Brahms piano book, August 9, 2007

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Amy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

The entire collection of Brahms short piano pieces is contained in this volume. The wonderful Op. 39 waltzes which are reduced from 4 hands to 2 hands in this edition. The Scherzo in E flat Minor, the eight pieces Klavierstucke, Op. 76, the two Rhapsodies Op. 79, and the seven Fantasies Op. 116. This book also includes the most beautiful music he ever wrote which were his complete set of Intermezzos from Op.117, Op.118 and Op.119 along with the hard to find Romanze and his only Ballade Brahms ever composed. The music is taken from Brahms own manuscript and is unabridged. One thing I thought was neat about this book is there are two sets of the Op. 39 Waltzes. There is the original version and there is also a simplifed version for those that are inbetween intermediate and advanced levels. That way you can start out with the simplified version and gradually increase to the original with practice. That is how we all progress to being better players. So, don't be intimidated by this book if you don't quite consider yourself at the advanced level yet. There is something for everyone to enjoy in this book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Edition, July 26, 2003

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Alan Beggerow (Sterling, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

Good edition of some pretty difficult piano compositions. But if you feel adventurous, you can't go wrong for the price. Dover Editions are always well printed and an excellent value. This edition is no exception.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good edition, horrible binding, August 14, 2009

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A. M. Paravati (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

This is a great collection of some beautiful works. The problem is that the book is bound horribly. The pages are glued rather than stitched, so the book does not open flat, and when force is applied to "wear in" certain pages, the glue does not hold and the pages begin to fall out of the book. Also some pages aren't printed very well, and the print has a "shadow".

If only I could find this same collection with better production quality, it would be perfect; I regret buying this, however. It's cheaply made-- and I know you generally get what you pay for, but for this same price I got an amazing Schirmer's edition of Chopin's Preludes, Waltzes, and Nocturnes. For Brahms, however, next time I will look elsewhere for a more expensive edition. Don't buy this unless you don't mind your pages falling out, all the while the book refusing to stay open.