Detail 01
Level: Beginner
The selections were simplified to support developing piano skills.

Independent shopping perspective
A beginner piano collection with 88 classical pieces selected and simplified to help students build their skills. The book ranges across composers including Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky, while also making room for Borodin, Gluck, Rameau, and Tallis. Familiar works sit alongside newly adapted piano versions of several orchestral pieces, giving early players a varied classical reading collection in one Dover Edition volume.

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What matters in use
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Detail 01
The selections were simplified to support developing piano skills.
Detail 02
Provides a substantial single-volume collection of classical repertoire.
Product questions
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Yes. It is a beginner-level piano collection, with each selection simplified to help students develop skills.
Yes. Several orchestral pieces are newly adapted for piano, including selections from Swan Lake, Carnival of the Animals, Xerxes, and The Nutcracker.
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