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Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics Volume Two: 57 Favorite Pieces in Easy Piano Arrangements with Downloadable MP3s (Includes 5 Duets)
by David Dutkanicz

ISBN: 0486812669
Dover Publications Price: $16.95
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Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of 57 piano classics. Each piece has been carefully selected and simplified to help students develop their skills. The special arrangements also offer novices the pleasure and satisfaction of playing music that's usually beyond their grasp. Free MP3 downloads, which provide a valuable tool for practicing, are available for each song.
The selections range from standards to classical works by the masters. Familiar melodies include Chopsticks, Panis Angelicus, Can Can, Cradle Song, and Tarantella. Classical pieces include Rachmaninoff's Ave Maria, Mozart's Exultate Jubilate, Siegfried Idyll by Wagner, works by Gurlitt and Clementi, highlights from Mikrokosmos by Bartók, and many other selections.
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Table of Contents for Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics Volume Two: 57 Favorite Pieces in Easy Piano Arrangements with Downloadable MP3s (Includes 5 Duets)

Introduction

Notes on Duets
Bach, C. P. E.; Pastorale
Bach, J. S.; Prelude No. 3 from The Well-Tempered Clavier
Bartók, Béla; Yugoslavian Melody Imitation and Inversion
Beyer, Ferdinand; Der Nibelungen Hort
Beyer, Ferdinand; Mon étoile
Beyer, Ferdinand; Evening Song
Beyer, Ferdinand; Swiss Melody
Clementi, Muzio; Waltz
Couperin, Francois; The Reapers ("Les Moissonneurs")
Cui, César; Causerie
Duncombe, William; Sonatina
Franck, César; Panis Angelicus from Mass, Op 12
Glazunov, Alexander; Prelude
Goedicke, Alexander; Op. 6, No. 2 
Goedicke, Alexander; Op. 6, No. 4
Goedicke, Alexander; Op. 6, No. 17
Goedicke, Alexander; Op. 6, No. 8
Gossec, François Joseph; Tambourin
Gounod, Charles; Funeral Procession for a Marionette
Grieg, Edvard; Ase's Death from Peer Gynt
Gurlitt, Cornelius; Loss
Gurlitt, Cornelius; Gavotte 
Gurlitt, Cornelius; The Poor Child
Gurlitt, Cornelius; The Clappermill
Loeillet, Jean Baptiste; Cibel
Mahler, Gustav; Symphony No. 1, Movement III
Mendelssohn, Felix; Still, Still with Thee
Moussorgsky, Modest; The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition
Moussorgsky, Modest; Oxcart from Pictures at an Exhibition
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Exultate Jubilate
Offenbach, Jacques; Can Can
Pachelbel, Johann; Fuga
Pieczonka, Albert; Tarantella
Purcell, Henry; Air in E Minor
Rachmaninoff, Sergei; Ave Maria from All-Night Vigil
Rameau, Jean-Philippe; La Boiteuse from Pièces de Clavecin
Rameau, Jean-Philippe; Cyclops from Pièces de Clavecin
Rameau, Jean-Philippe; Minuet from Pièces de clavecin avec une methode 
Rubinstein, Anton; Kameni Ostrov, No. 8
Rubinstein, Anton; Kameni Ostrov, No. 22
Rubinstein, Anton; Romance
Saint-Saëns, Camille; Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
Satie, Erik; Je Te Veux
Schubert, Franz; Valse Noble
Schubert, Franz; Cradle Song
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch; Symphony No.4, Movement II
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch; Symphony No 4, Movement IV
Telemann, Georg Philipp; Gavotte in C Major
Telemann, Georg Philipp; Gavotte in A Minor
Wagner, Richard; Siegfried Idyll
Witthauer, Johann Georg; Gavotte

DUETS

Traditional; Chopsticks
Bach, Johann Sebastian; Chorale No. 96
Beethoven, Ludwig van; Für Elise
Moussorgsky, Modest; Great Gates of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Symphony No 25, Movement I