Publisher's Synopsis
Forty relatively short and easy Romantic-Era pieces by 40 different Romantic-Era composers for classical guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga, THEME (from Variations for String Quartet, Op. 17); Ludwig van Beethoven, ODE TO JOY (from Symphony No. 9, Fourth Movement); Sterndale Bennett, LENTO SOSTENUTO (from Preludes & Lessons, Op. 33); Hector Berlioz, THE SHEPHERDS' FAREWELL (from L'enfance du Christ); Georges Bizet, LES DRAGONS D'ALCALA (from Carmen Suite No. 1); Aleksandr Borodin, TRIO (from Paraphrases: "Mazurka"); Johannes Brahms, SYMPHONY NO. 1 (Fourth Movement Theme); Frédéric Chopin, CANTABILE (B. 84); Carl Czerny, STUDY NO. 82 (from 100 Progressive Studies, Op. 139); Anton Dvorák, SLAVONIC DANCE (Op. 72, No. 2); Edward Elgar, POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE (Op. 39, No. 1); John Field, NOCTURNE NO. 8 (H 30); César Franck, PRELUDE (from Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18); Charles Gounod, FUNERAL MARCH OF A MARIONETTE; Edvard Grieg, GRATITUDE (Op. 62, No. 2); Franz Liszt, LIEBESTRAUM (Notturno No. 3); Fanny Mendelssohn, LENTO APPASSIONATO (from 3 Mélodies, Op. 5); Felix Mendelssohn, WEDDING MARCH (from A Midsummer Night's Dream); Giacomo Meyerbeer, PREGHIERA (from Dinorah); Moritz Moszkowski, SPANISH DANCE NO. 2 (from 5 Spanish Dances, Op. 12); Modest Mussorgsky, UNE LARME (A Teardrop); Jacques Offenbach, LA CHACONNE (from Monsieur et Madame Denis); Nicolò Paganini, ANDANTE INNOCENTEMENTE (from Sonata for Violin and Guitar, Op. 3, No. 6); Amilcare Ponchielli, DANCE OF THE HOURS (from La Gioconda); Giacomo Puccini, O MIO BABBINO CARO (from Gianni Schicchi); Anton Reicha, MINUETTO (from Horn Trio No. 14, Op. 82); Carl Reinecke, ELEGY (from 5 Serenaden für die Jugend, Op. 183); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, THE KALENDAR PRINCE (from Scheherazade); Gioachino Rossini, QUANDO CORPUS MORIETUR (from Stabat Mater); Anton Rubinstein, MELODY IN F; Camille Saint-Saëns, AVE MARIA (from 20 Motets); Franz Schubert, IMPROMPTU (Op. posth. 142, No. 3); Clara Schumann, ROMANCE NO. 1 (from Drei Romanzen, Op. 21); Robert Schumann, OF FOREIGN LANDS AND PEOPLE (from Scenes from Childhood); Bedrich Smetana, L'INNOCENCE (from Bagatelles and Impromptus, JB 1:19); Johann Strauss Jr., ROMANCE NO. 2 (Op. 255); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY (from The Nutcracker); Francis Thomé, ANDANTE RELIGIOSO (Op. 70); Giuseppe Verdi, PROLOGUE (from Simon Boccanegra); Richard Wagner, BRIDAL CHORUS (from Lohengrin).
