The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) [Plastic Comb]

Hal Leonard Corp. (Creator)

Book Description

Series: Piano Collections | Publication Date: October 1, 1999

This book is designed to be the cornerstone of your personal music library. This collection contains 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the pianist who loves classical music. Includes over 125 great masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Eras.

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Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 402 pages
• Publisher: Music Sales America (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825617693
• ISBN-13: 978-0825617690
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Collection - Recommended, April 2, 2003

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"snobird3" (Lakeview, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) (Plastic Comb)

Good Collection to have in your library. The piano pieces are the originals with fingerings, not simplified arrangements. The orchestral transcriptions are okay, although I have seen better from Schirmer, e.g. "Dance of the Reed Flutes". Still, they are not over-simplified arrangements, as I found to be the case in "The Definitive Classical Collection", which I returned. Over all a good addition to your musical library, especially when put together with Amy Appleby's "Piano Classics". Difficulty level is advanced-intermediate to advanced.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Piano Bench of Classical is Fantastic, January 24, 2005

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Deborah L. Tedeschi "music teacher" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) (Plastic Comb)

This 400 page book edited by Amy Appleby includes the best of every book I've ever studied from. It contains over 125 great masterpieces. There are 24 Renaissance and Baroque (e.g. Purcell, Scarlatti, Bach and Handel), 21 classical (e.g. Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart) , 28 Romantic (e.g. Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky), 16 Impressionist and Modern Composers (e.g. Debussy, Dvorak, and Rimsky-Korsakov), 10 Light Classics (e.g.Gounod, Strauss and Waldteufel), 10 opera themes (e.g. Bizet's 'Carmen,' Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' and Sullivan's 'H.M.S. Pinafore'), 10 scenes from the ballet (e.g. Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and the Nutcracker) and 7 duets by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Diabelli, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Tchaikovsky. The book is beautiful bound with a rugged plastic binding that stays open on the piano.The pages are bright with legible notes. I would recommend this book for the serious student who is playing four years or more. This would make an excellent holiday or special occasion gift for piano enthusiasts. It is an excellent value. You may want to throw away all of your old piano books and just keep this one with all of your favorites.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My new best piano book, a must have!, March 14, 2007

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Heather Manfredi (the swamp) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) (Plastic Comb)

I was shocked when this book arrived, it's so thick packed with 400 pages, thank goodness for the plastic coil binding. This book includes a huge selection of songs, many of the well-known pieces that I already had in several other books, but also a wide variety of new songs that I haven't heard/played before. The level is intermediate to advanced-intermediate. I'm picking up piano again after a very LONG hiatus and I'm absolutely thrilled to have found this gem. If I had to give up all of my books and keep just one, THIS WOULD BE IT! And I would still have enough to play for a very long time. I highly recommend this book.