The Symphony (Intermediate to Advanced)

The Symphony (55 Excerpts from Symphonies by 18 Composers) ** By Various. For solo piano. The World's Great Classical Music. Classical Period. Difficulty: medium-difficult to difficult. Collection. Standard notation, fingerings and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). 232 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

This new collection features 55 excerpts from 47 symphonies by 18 of the world's greatest composers, faithfully transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo. Composers represented are: Beethoven * Berlioz * Brahms * Bruckner * Dvorak * Elgar * Franck * Haydn * Mahler * Mendelssohn * Mozart * Nielsen * Prokofiev * Rachmaninoff * Schubert * Schumann * Strauss * and Tchaikovsky. The book also gives a brief biography of each composer.

Contents:
* Symphony No. 3 In Eb Major ["Eroica"], First Movement Excerpt (Ludwig van Beethoven)
* Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68, Fourth Movement Excerpt (Johannes Brahms)
* Symphony No. 8 In G Major, Op. 88, Third Movement Excerpt (Antonin Dvorak)
* Symphony No. 1 In Ab Major, Op. 55, First Movement Excerpt (Edward Elgar)
* Symphony No. 94 In G Major ["Surprise"], Second Movement Excerpt (Franz Joseph Haydn)
* Symphony No. 1 In D Major ["Titan"], Third Movement Excerpt (Gustav Mahler)
* Symphony No. 3 In A Minor ["Scottish"], Op. 56, First Movement Themes (Felix Mendelssohn)
* and many more