American Piano Classics 39 Works by Gottschalk, Griffes, Gershwin, Copland, and Others

by Smith, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780486413778
• ISBN10: 0486413772
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-06-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Attractive and inexpensive anthology includes, among other noted works, Copland'sThe Cat and the Mouse,Gottschalk'sThe Banjo,andIndian Summerby Victor Herbert. Additional pieces by Zez Confrey, Henry Cowell, Scott Joplin, Harry T. Burleigh, and other American composers. Informative introduction by Joseph Smith.

Table of Contents

Beach, Amy (1867-1944)
A Hermit Thrush at Morn	1	(7)
Scottish Legend	8	(2)
``Blind Tom'' Bethune (1849-1908)
Water in the Moonlight	10	(3)
Burleigh, Harry T. (1866-1949)
On Bended Knees	13	(3)
Carpenter, John Alden (1876-1951)
Polonaise Americaine	16	(5)
Chadwick, George W. (1854-1931)
Scherzino	21	(11)
Confrey, Zez (1895-1971)
Kitten on the Keys	32
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)
The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo Humoristique)	27	(9)
Passacaglia	36	(8)
Cowell, Henry (1897-1965)
The Tides of Manaunaun (Explanation of Symbols 43)	44	(2)
Frisking	46	(2)
Europe, James Reese (1881-1919) & Ford T. Dabney (1883-1958)
Castles' Half and Half	48	(3)
Farwell, Arthur (1872-1952)
From Mesa and Plain (Op. 20)
Navajo War Dance	51	(3)
Pawnee Horses	54	(2)
Prairie Miniature	56	(2)
Wa-Wan Choral	58	(2)
Plantation Melody	60	(1)
Foote, Arthur (1853-1937)
Poem (after the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam)	61	(3)
Foster, Stephen C. (1826-1864)
The Village Bells Polka	64	(3)
Santa Anna's Retreat from Buena Vista	67	(3)
Gershwin, George (1898-1937) & Will Donaldson (1891-1954)
Rialto Ripples (Rag)	70	(2)
Gilbert, Henry F. (1868-1928)
Negro Dance No. 2	72	(5)
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (1829-1869)
O, ma charmante, epargnez-moi!
(Creole Caprice)	77	(5)
(Author's Note 76)
The Banjo (Grotesque Fantasie)	82	(14)
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (1884-1920)
Three Tone-Pictures (Op. 5)
(Epigraphs 95)
The Lake at Evening	96	(3)
The Vale of Dreams	99	(4)
The Night Winds	103	(6)
Guion, David (1892-1981)
Sheep and Goat-- ``Walkin' to the Pasture''	109	(5)
Hanson, Howard (1896-1981)
Clog Dance	114	(4)
Herbert, Victor (1859-1924)
La Coquette	118	(6)
Indian Summer (An American Idyl)	124	(4)
Joplin, Scott (1868-1917)
Fig Leaf (A High Class Rag)	128	(4)
Bethena (A Concert Waltz)	132	(6)
Lamb, Joseph (1887-1960)
Ragtime Nightingale	138	(4)
Lane, Eastwood (1879-1951)
The Land of the Loon (A Camp-fire Story)	142	(2)
MacDowell, Edward (1861-1908)
The Joy of Autumn	144	(7)
Nevin, Ethelbert (1862-1901)
At Home (June Night in Washington)	151	(11)
Ornstein, Leo (b. 1892)
Dance of the Dwarfs	162
Paine, John Knowles (1839-1906)
Birthday Impromptu	160