THE FRENCH COLLECTION

Songbook for piano solo

A definitive collection of music for solo Piano by France's greatest composers, this 160-page volume is packed with great music from the 17th to the 20th centuries by composers that include Ravel, Couperin, Berlioz, Debussy, Poulenc and Bizet.

A specially-written foreword places the music in historical and national context and includes biographical details of many of the featured composers. The arrangements are intended for the intermediate to advanced player, but the book will give any pianist a unique practical and historical insight into France's immense contribution to the world of music.

Songlist :

Agnus Dei (Requiem) [Fauré, Gabriel]
Après Un Rêve [Fauré, Gabriel]
Aragonaise (Le Cid) [Massenet, Jules]
Au Fond Du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) [Bizet, Georges]
Ave Maria [Gounod, Charles-François]
Bacchanale (Samson And Delilah) [Saint-Saens, Camille]
Barcarolle (The Tales Of Hoffmann) [Offenbach, Jacques]
Bolero [Ravel, Maurice]
Clair De Lune (Suite Bergamasque) [Debussy, Claude]
Czardas (Coppélia) [Delibes, Léo]
Dance Of The Sylphs (The Damnation Of Faust) [Berlioz, Hector]
Danse Macabre (Op.40) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
Elegie [Massenet, Jules]
Espana [Chabrier, Emmanuel]
Feuillet d'Album (Albumleaf) [Chabrier, Emmanuel]
Flower Duet (Lakmé) [Delibes, Léo]
Gnossienne No.1 [Satie, Erik]
Golliwogg's Cakewalk (Children's Corner) [Clair De Lune]
Gymnopedie No.1 [Satie, Erik]
Habanera (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
Havanaise (Op.83) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
In Paradisum (Requiem) [Fauré, Gabriel]
Le Tombeau De Couperin (Movement 5: Menuet) [Ravel, Maurice]
Les Papillons [Couperin, Francois]
March To The Scaffold (Symphonie Fantastique) [Berlioz, Hector]
Meditation (Thais) [Massenet, Jules]
Mother Goose Suite [Ravel, Maurice]
Novelette No.1 In C (Three Novelettes) [Poulenc, Francis]
Panis Angelicus [Franck, Cesar]
Pavane (Op.50) [Fauré, Gabriel]
Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte [Ravel, Maurice]
Piano Concerto In G (Movement 1: Allegramente) [Ravel, Maurice]
Pizzicato (Sylvia) [Delibes, Leo]
Prelude (L'arlesienne Suite No.1) [Bizet, Georges]
Rêverie [Clair De Lune]
Sonata For Violin And Piano In A (Movement 1) [Franck, César]
Tambourin (Pieces For Harpsichord) [Rameau, Jean-Philippe]
The Can-Can (Orpheus In The Underworld) [Offenbach, Jacques]
The Sorcerer's Apprentice [Dukas, Paul]
The Swan (The Carnival Of The Animals) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]
The Toreador's Song (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
Valse (Cendrillon) [Massenet, Jules]
Valse Lente (Coppelia) [Delibes, Leo]
Waltz (Faust) [Gounod, Charles-François]