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WELL-KNOWN

SOLOS

PIANO

//

TO

HOW

THEM

PLAY

BV

CHARLES

W.

WILKINSON

REVISED

EDWARD

ELLSWORTH

BY

HIPSHER

PHILADELPHIA

THEO. 1712

PRESSER Chestnut

CO. Street

by Copyright,

Theo.

igis,

Presser

Co.

Index

by Composers

(For Alphabetical Index,

see

281.)

page

PAGE

Coucou,

Le

Arensky:

Op.

No.

34,

2

13

Bach:

in A

Bourree

Fantasia

Gigue Loure

in G

:

16

Chromatica

in G

Barili

(English Suites)

Minor

17

(French Suite) (Third

Cradle

20

Suite)

Violoncello

Song, Op.

22

26

18

Beethoven: in G, No.

Minuet "

Moonlight First

"

"

Movement

"

Movement

31

"

33

35

Andante

"

"

Variazioni

con

.

"

Second

Movement

Third

Eroe

d'lm

First

"

Sonata

con

Third

Borowski:

Brahms^

"

46 "

48 "

52

Fuoco

con

Minor, "

Grave

"

"

Presto

in C

Op. and

"

"

54

13:

Molto

Allegro e

"

57

Movement

Adagio

"

"

Movement

"

"

60

"

Rondo

62

Spinnradchen Mazurka, Variations

Brahms:

"

44

Menuetto "

"

"

Second

Morte

"

Scherzo

"

"

Movement

sulla

3:

Allegro "

Movement

Brio

No.

"

Pathetique

First

Bendel:

"

Movement

Fourth

Allegro

31, "

Movement

Third

Philipp:

38

43 "

Flat, Op.

Second

.

41

Funebre

Marcia

"

Movement

.

"

Movement

in E

Sonata

" "

.

"

Scherzo

"

Movement

Fourth

:

26: "

Movement

2

"

Presto

"

Flat, Op.

in A

Allegretto

"

27, No.

"

Sostenuto

Adagio

"

"

Third

First

Sharp Minor, Op.

in C

Movement

Second

Sonata

29

2

Sonata

65 Op.

and

2, in C

Fugue

Hungarian

Minor

on

a

67 Theme,

Handel

Dance, iii

"*"50*"f?'"

No.

7

Op.

24

71

76

iv

Index

by Composers PAGE

ChaminadE:

Op.

Automne,

Pierette, Op. Scarf

No.

35,

82

41

(Scene

Dance

Serenade,

80

2

Ballet)

de

84

Op.

29

86

Op.

57

89

Chopin:

Berceuse,

P|iiHp in

Flat, Op.

G

Nocturne

in F

Nocturne

in

G, Op.

Pplonaise

in

C

Prelude,

Sharp

Op.

5

Major, No.

37,

Sharp

Flat,

in A

Prelude

No.

10,

Op.

15,

2

93

96

2

Minor,

No.

91

No.

Op.

26

98

17

28, No.

loi

15

Valse

in A

Minor,

Op.

Valse

in C

Sharp

Minor,

in

Flat, Op.

103

34

-

104

Op. 64,

No.

106

2

.

,^lse

D

64, No.

108

i

Debussy: Deux

Arabesques,

No.

i

Deux

Arabesques,

No.

2

Plus

La

D^LiBES:

Pizzicati

Durand:

First

Dvorak:

Humoresque,

Elgar:

"

from

Waltz,

116

Sylvia

Op.

"

119

83

Op.

d' Amour,

Salut

115

Valse

Lente-

que

112

121

No.

loi.

Op.

7

123

126

12

Godard:

Second

Mazurka,

Second

Valse,

Valse

Op.

Op. 56

Chromatique,

Gottschalk:

Last

128

54

130

Op.

88

133

Hope

136

Grieg: Berceuse,

Op.

Butterfly, In

Mine

38, No.

Op. Own

Once

upon

Norwegian

Wedding

141

Time

Bridal

Day

No.

43, a

140

43

Country,

Birdling, Op. "

i

at

Op.

43,

No.

3

143

4 "

and

144 "

Puck,"

Procession,

Troldhaugen,

Op. Op.

Op. 19,

Nos.

71,

No.

65, No.

i

and

3

145

148

2

6

150

Index

by Composers

v

PAGE

La

GuTmann:

Sympathie,

Op.

154

39

Handel: in G

Chaconne

(Lecons

Blacksmith

Harmonious

Tarantella

Heller:

The

Jensen:

Le

The

85, No.

2, No.

No.

160

3

163

4

166

3

Op.

82

168

Papillon, Op.

18

171

Second

Leschetizky:

Op.

17,

Arabesque,

LavallEE:

Lladow:

Flat, Op.

in A

Mill, Op.

Valse

Lack:

158

d'Amour,

Repos

HensELT:

156

III)

Op.

Nocturne,

Music

173

12

Box

175

Liszt: Veneziana

Regata

177

Waldesrauschen

MacD

1

79

dwell:

A "

Tone

Scottish

MDCXX,"

Of

Op.

B'rer

To

a

To

the

Picture,

Op.

No.

55,

No.

31,

182

2

184

3

Rabbit,

Op.

61, No.

2

186

Rose,

Op.

51,

No.

i

188

Wild

Sea, Op.

No.

55.

189

i

Mendelssohn:

Spinning Spring

(Songs Without

Song

Etincelles, Serenata,

36, No.

Op. Op.

Op.

73,

30) No.

194

198

i

200 201

i

(Symphony

Menuet

Mozart-Schulhoff:

No.

192

6

No.

15,

Words,

Venitienne,

Esquisse

Moszkowski:

in E

Flat)

204

'

Paderewski

:

Melodic, Minuet, PiEczonka:

La

Ravina:

Rheinberger:

16, No.

Op.

Op.

14,

Polish

No.

208

i

Chivalry

Fileuse, Op. Etude

206

2

211

in C

Prelude

Rachmaninoff: Raff:

Without

(Songs

Song

34)

No.

Words,

157,

de

Style

La

Chasse,

No.

Sharp

Minor,

Op.

3,

No.

2 .

.

213 215

2

217

Op.

5,

No.

i

219

vi

by

Index

Composers PACE

Rubinstein: Melodic

No.

3,

Flat,

222

i

Op.

No.

44,

225

i

Cavalerie

du

Scarlatti

Op.

E

in

Romance

Trot

F,

in

227

Burlesca

:

229

Scarlatti-Tausig:

Pastorale Polish

Scharwenka:

Capriccio

e

Op.

Dance,

3,

231

No.

232

i

Schubert:

Impromptu

in

A

Flat,

Op.

90,

Impromptu

in

A

Flat,

Op.

182

Ave

ScnuBERT-LiszT:

No.

234

4

236 238

Maria

Schumann:

Op.

Arabesque, Aufschwung, In

der

18

241

Op. Op.

Nacht,

Op.

Nachtstiick,

No.

12,

Op.

2

246

5

No.

23,

F,

in

Novelette

244

12

249

4

No.

1

25

i

,

Papillons, Bird

Op.

Song, Valse

Sibelius: Sinding:

ThalbERG:

Op.

Prophet,

as

Slumber SchuTT:

253

2

Op.

Rustle

Deux

24,

No.

16, No.

263

2

265

9

(Friihlingsrauschen),

Spring

Airs

258

16

Op.

Op. of

No.

124,

Mignonne,

Romance,

260

82

Op.

Russes

32,

No.

3

267

270

Tschaikovsky: Chant

June -Iroika

Sans

Paroles

(Barcarolle), (November),

in

Op.

F, 37,

Op.

Op.

2,

No

6

37,

No.

No.

3

273

276 11

279

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Coucou,

34, No.

Op.

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"Moonlight

Sonata"

"Moonlight

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31

2

Op. 27, No.

Sonata," BEETHOVEN

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"Moonlight

Beethoven"

Sonata,"

27, No.

Op.

2

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27, No.

2

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Sonata," Op. BEETHOVEN

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26

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3

31, No.

BEETHOVEN First None than

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31,

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find

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Flat, Op.

31, No.

3

BEETHOVEN Second The artists Dream

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on

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versatility

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Beethoven

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in E

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54

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E

No.

3

BEETHOVEN Third

Movement""

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Solos

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54

Flat, Op. 31, No.

E

3

BEETHOVEN Fourth the

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37, No.

G, Op.

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26

Op.

CHOPIN The

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7.

tenth

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spoiled.

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26

Op.

difficultyis aggravated for

9 this

in measure

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Prelude, Op. 28,

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Prelude, Op. 28,

No.

15

103

15

No.

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two

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Valse

in

Minor,

A

34

Op.

CHOPIN Much and Valse and

of

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although

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composer's

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music is

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yet its discontented

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deplore

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in

with

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second

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were

fingers

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and

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air.

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register

tenor

from

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by singing

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retiring personal nature;

of

melancholy.

springs

however,

105

34

reflex

the

and

depression,

sorrows,

melody,

toned

Minor, Op.

a

probably

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minor

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Valse

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Chopin.

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;

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melody

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this

this

Piano

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again

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high

toward

up

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octaves, theme.

2

No.

Op. 64,

CHOPIN

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Valse

in

Flat, Op. 64, No.

D

1

CHOPIN This

little gem

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to

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third

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the

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the

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keyboard, At

64,

65

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is

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measure

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43

chord

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notes

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Op. 54

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grace

begin

it be

unless

being introduced, notes.

said

be

may

note,

the

flowing

hand

right

no

clearly,

notes

if the

of the

at

be

hand.

using

2,

in

quarterthe

small, you

3,

same

might

63 place the

At i,

six

material

2

on

the

four

Piano

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276

work

in

and

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diminuendo

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out

beautiful,

follow.

which

sixteenth-notes

Solos

last

the very

ures meas-

carefully.

It

is

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of

vein

characteristic

the

eight

kovsky.

6

37, No.

(Barcarolle),Op.

*June

TSCHAIKOVSKY

reverting

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measure,

of

motion

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is also

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rhythm.

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the A

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indicated,

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of

half-note

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to

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soft,

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notes

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for

model

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June

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sustained

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floats

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arpeggio

water,

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Troika,

"

Troika,

Op.

No.

37,

Op. 37, No.

11

279

11

TSCHAIKOVSKY

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the

of

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this

year,

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accompaniment

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piano pieces

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chords have

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heads.

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gait; a

it is

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as

Index

Alphabetical

PAGE

Op.

Arabesque,

Op.

Aufschwung, Op.

Automne, Ave

No.

Op.

38,

Berceuse,

Op.

57.

in

BirdUng,

Op.

140

89 16

Bach

Op.

82.

No.

4.

260

Schumann

Grieg

i44

Scarlatti

Op.

Chaconne

in

Chant

229

Grieg

43.

in

Song,

Airs

Deux

Arabesques,

No.

Arabesques,

No.

Russes.

Etude

de

Etude

in

Op.

No.

Valse,

in

Harmonious

G

Flat,

Op.

Op.

Hungarian

2.

273 26

270

Debussy

112

Debussy

115

73,

No.

Moszkowski

i.

Moszkowski

6.

No.

200

Dance,

Chopin

5.

91

Bach

17

Durand

121

Bach

Suites).

loi.

No.

20

158

Handel

Blacksmith.

Op.

198

217 10,

83.

(French

Humoresque,

Tschaikovsky

3.

Ravina

Chroraatica.

Fantasia

i

Op.

36,

Style. G

No.

2,

.

Venetienne,

Etincelles,

Op.

Thalberg

Deux

Esquisse

F,

156

Handel

Barili

18.

Op.

141

III).

(Legons

G

Paroles

Sans

Cradle

Gigue

Grieg

Chopin

43,

Butterfly,

First

238

i.

Minor.

A

Burlesca.

Deux

80

Chaminade

2.

No.

Prophet,

as

244

Schubert-Liszt

Berceuse,

Bird

241

Schumann

12.

35,

Maria.

Bourree

Schumann

i8.

No. 7.

7.

Dvorak

123

76

Brahms-Philipp

Impromptu

in

A

Flat,

Op.

90,

Impromptu

in

A

Flat,

Op.

182.

No.

4.

Schubert 281

Schubert

234

236

Index

Alphabetical

282

PAGE

In

der

In

Mine

June

Op.

Nacht, Own

No.

12,

(Bacarolle), Op.

Chasse,

Op.

La

Fileuse,

Op.

La

Plusque

Lente-Valse.

La

Sympathie,

Last

Op.

Coucou.

Le

Papillon, Op. in

Mazurka,

Op.

Melodic,

Op.

Op.

Op.

No.

First

No.

Op.

Nocturne

in F

Nocturne

in G,

"Once

in

"

C

166 208

Minor,

Sharp

Pastorale

Pierettc,

c

Op.

No.

27,

2.

Presto

"

31

"

33

"

35

23,

Op.

i75

No.

4.

Major, 37,

No.

Procession, 21,

Op. Time"

No.

61, No. and

Schumann

Op.

15,

249

No.

2.

Chopin

93

96

Chopin

2.

Op. i.

2.

19,

No.

2.

Grieg

148

Schumann

251

1S6

Macdowell

"Puck,"

Op.

Grieg Papillons, Op.

Op.

Sostenuto"

"Allegretto

"

Sharp

a

204

Laidow

Rabbit, upon

Mozart-Schulhoff

29

Adagio

"

in F, Op.

Novellette

206

:

Bridal

Norwegian

222

Beethoven

2.

Movement

Nachtstiick,

Rubinstein

Paderewski

"

The.

184

Jensen

3.

Movement

Box,

67

Macdowell

Flat).

i.

Movement

Third

22

Paderewski

2.

Sonata"

Second

Bach

Borowski

i.

in E

No.

Suite).

3.

No.

No.

14,

171

Minor.

3,

17,

Moonlight

B'rer

154

Violoncello

Beethoven

Of

116

Lavallee

16, No.

in G,

Music

215

13

(Symphony

Mill, The,

"

Raff

136

55,

F, Op.

in

Minuet

219

Gutmann

in C

Op.

Minuet,

276

Debussy

18.

2,

MDCXX,"

Menuet

Tschaikovsky

6.

2.

39.

(Third

G

Melodic

143

Arenski

Le

"

Grieg

3.

Rheinberger

i.

No.

157,

246

Gottschalk

Hope.

Loure

No.

No.

43,

No.

37,

La

5,

5.

Op.

Country,

Schumann

71,

Nos.

i

and

3.

I45 2.

Schumann

Capriccio. 41

Scarlatti-Tausig

Chaminade .

253 23

1

82

Index

Alphabetical

283 FAGS

Pizzicati

"

from

Polish

Chivalry.

Polish

Dance,

Polonaise

C

Op.

Prelude

No.

3,

Flat, No.

17.

Op.

in E

Romance

Romance, Rustle

of

Op.

98 loi

103

No.

3,

2.

RachrnaniuolT .

.

2,

No.

24,

Henselt

4. No.

44,

Rubinstein

i.

225

Sibelius

9.

265 32,

No.

Sind-

3.

ing

267

Salut

d'Amour,

Scarf

Dance

Op.

Picture,

Mazurka,

Op.

Second

Nocturne,

Op.

Second

Valse,

Op.

Serenade,

Op.

29.

Serenata,

Op.

15,

Sonata

Song, in A

First

A, Op. 54. 12.

No.

31,

84

2.

Macdowell

182

Godard

128

Leschetizky

173 130

Chaminade No.

Op.

No.

124,

Flat, Op.

"

Schumann

16.

Andante

"

201

258

Beethoven:

26.

" "

"

Movement

86

Moszkowski

i.

Movement

Third

Chaminade

Godard

56.

Movement

Second

126

Ballet).

de

Second

Slumber

Elgar

12.

(Scene

Tone

Scottish

"

38

"

Scherzo

41

Marcia

"

variazioni

con

Funebre

sulla

Morte

d'un

Eroe" Fourth Sonata

First

43 "

Movement

in E

"

Flat, Op.

Movement

Second Third

"Sonata

"

Movement

"

44 Beethoven:

3.

46 "

Scherzo

48

"

"

Menuetto

"

"

Movement

Movement

"

"Allegro"

"

Pathetique"

First

Allegro No.

31, "

Movement

Fourth

213

163

(Friihlingsrauschen), Op.

Spring

.

i77

No.

Flat, Op.

Op.

Chopin

Liszt

d'Amour,

Repos

232

Chopin

Minor,

Veneziana.

Regata

Op.

26.

Chopin

15.

Sharp

Scharwenka

i.

Minor,

28, No.

in C

119 211

Sharp

in A

Prelude,

Delibes

Pieczonka

Op.

in

Prelude

Sylvia."

in C "

Presto

Fuoco

con

Minor,

Grave

"

52

Op.

"

and

13. "

Molto

"

54 Beethoven:

Allegro

e

con

Brio" 57

Second Third

"

Movement Movement

"

" "

"

Adagio

Rondo

60 "

62

Alphabetical

284

Index

PAGE

Spinning

(Songs

Song

To

a

in

Wild

Troika Trot

Flat,

A

Op.

(November), du

Valse

Chromatique,

Valse

in

A

Minor,

Valse

in

C

Sharp

Valse

in

D

Valse

Mignonne,

Op.

i.

37,

Mendelssohn

Heller

3.

Op.

88.

Macdowell

i.

Op. Op.

Fugue

Op.

64,

No.

16,

on

No.

a

Macdowell

189

No.

Tschaikovsky

11.

279

227

168 Godard

133

64,

104 No.

Chopin

2.

106

Chopin

i.

108

Sciihtt

2.

263

Theme,

Handel

Op.

24.

Liszt

Day

at

Troldhaugen,

194

188

Chopin

34.

Minor,

Flat,

192

160

Lack

82.

Op.

Waldesrauchen.

Wedding

Mendelssohn

Rubinstein

Arabesque,

and

No.

Op.

Cavalerie.

Valse

Variations

34).

30).

No.

No.

85,

51,

No.

55,

Words,

Op.

Op.

Rose,

Sea,

the

No.

65 Without

(Songs

Song

Tarantella To

Words,

Bendcl

Spinnriidchen.

Spring

Without

Brahms

71

179

Op.

65,

No.

6.

Grieg

150

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