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JP_at_piano_11.11.10.croppedToccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564, by J. S. Bach 

Transcribed for Piano by John W. Pratt, PDF $14.84

BWV 564 is unusual among Bach's big organ works.  It has a middle movement, an Adagio with an elaborate and gorgeous melody which can benefit greatly from the piano's shaded, nuanced dynamics and articulation.  The fugue, too, is atypical - light and lighthearted, well suited to the piano, with a fading coda that is if anything harder to treat convincingly on the organ than on the piano.  The exuberant Toccata is also highly effective and fun to play on the piano.  

Piano part, 15 pages; Total, 17 pages.

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Benavides Ocon nsmEduardo Ocón y Rivas—Obra completa para piano

Compiled and Edited by Ana Benavides

Solo Piano, Print Edition, 61 pages, paperback, $21.99

Eduardo Ocón was one of Spain's most notable musical personages of the 19th century—an organist and composer, as well as the founder and director of the Malaga Conservatory. This book, Eduardo Ocón y Rivas—Obra completa para piano (copyright © 2007), is a compilation of the complete piano works of Eduardo Ocón, edited, renotated, and with an introduction by Ana Benavides. The works are rare masterpieces of Spanish piano music that have been rediscovered and reprinted in an edition formatted to facilitate reading by professionals and aficionados at any level. Here is a list of the works included in this anthology:
- Rapsodia Andaluza, Op.9
- Recuerdos de Andalucía, Bolero de Concierto, Op.8
- Rheinfahrt. Estudio Fantástico
- Gran Vals Brillante
- Meditación
- Estudio-Capricho para la mano izquierda, Op.10
- Amor inmortal
- En la playa. Barcarola

Ana Benavides is an internationally acclaimed pianist and Steinway Artist who has performed recitals in Europe, Australia, South America, and North America. A regular visitor to international festivals both as soloist and chamber musician, she has maintained a keen interest in rare Spanish piano music of the 19th century. Visit www.anabenavides.com to learn more about the artist and her work.

Eduardo Ocón y Rivas—Obra completa para piano was published by Bassus Ediciones Musicales and is distributed in the USA by Noteworthy Sheet Music. We sell the book in paperback print edition only, not as a PDF, and only for shipment to addresses within the USA.

To order, please use the Contact Us form to tell us which of NSM's print edition publications you would like to purchase, and include your email and USPS mailing addresses in the message. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for your purchase, which will include a $5.95 shipping and handling fee. Once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the publication(s), we will ship your item(s) to the address you provided for delivery in 7-10 business days.

For sales of the book in Europe, please visit the Bassus Ediciones Musicales website.

benavides masters nsmMasters of the 19th Century Spanish Piano Music

Compiled and Edited by Ana Benavides

Print Edition, 98 pages, paperback, $24.99

Ana Benavides is an internationally acclaimed pianist and Steinway Artist who hasAna Benavides web21 photo performed recitals in Europe, Australia, South America, and North America. A regular visitor to international festivals both as soloist and chamber musician, she has maintained a keen interest in rare Spanish piano music of the 19th century. Visit www.anabenavides.com to learn more about Ana Benavides and her work.

Masters of the 19th Century Spanish Piano Music (copyright © 2014) is a compilation of exceptional but little-known and difficult to find works, all carefully selected and edited by Ana Benavides. The works are rare masterpieces of Spanish piano music that have been rediscovered and reprinted in an edition formatted to facilitate reading by professionals and aficionados at any level. The main objective of this publication is to establish a unifying link between the 18th century Spanish harpsichordists and the great nationalists. This outstanding book, an anthology of piano masterworks written by influential Spanish composers with different styles and posing varied degrees of difficulty for the player, is an essential tool for understanding music in Spain during the 19th century.

Please click to view the following preview pages from Masters of the 19TH Century Spanish Piano Music:
p1, from Sonata by Nicolás Ledesma
p19, from No.10 of José Antonio Santesteban's 24 Preludios, Op.84
p98, index of composers and works included in the book

Masters of the 19th Century Spanish Piano Music was published by Bassus Ediciones and is distributed in the USA by Noteworthy Sheet Music. We sell this book in paperback print edition only, not as a PDF, and only for shipment to addresses within the USA.

To place an order, please use the Contact Us form to tell us which of NSM's print edition publications you would like to order, and include your email and USPS mailing addresses in the message. We will then send you a PayPal invoice for your purchase, which will include a small shipping and handling fee. Once we receive notice from PayPal that you have paid for the publication(s), we will ship your items to the address you provided for delivery in 7-10 business days.

For sales of the book in Europe, please visit www.anabenavides.com.

benavides furundarena 245nsmMore Masters of 19th Century Spanish Piano Music - Solo Piano

Selected and Edited by Ana Benavides

Solo Piano Pieces, PDF editions

Please see our article on Masters of the 19th Century Spanish Piano Music, a compilation of rare Spanish masterpieces edited by Ana Benavides that is available in print edition only.

Here we offer seven additional difficult to find 19th century Spanish solo piano works, not included in the aforementioned print volume, for sale as individual convenient PDF downloads. Like the pieces included in the Masters book, these works were all carefully selected and re-notated by Dr. Benavides and provide insight into the music and style of several influential Spanish composers of the period.

With the exception of José Antonio Santesteban's Variaciones Sinfónicas which is 4 pages long, the other pieces listed below are short, 2-page piano works, each sold separately.

Ana Benavides is an internationally acclaimed pianist and Steinway Artist who has performed recitals in Europe, Australia, South America, and North America. A regular visitor to international festivals both as soloist and chamber musician, she has maintained a keen interest in rare Spanish piano music of the 19th century. Visit www.anabenavides.com to learn more about Ana Benavides and her work.

Fabián de Furundarena Menuetto, Op.14 PDF, $3.99
Fabián de Furundarena Mazurca, Op.15 PDF, $3.99
Fabián de Furundarena Zortzico, Op.17 PDF, $3.99
Fabián de Furundarena Adiós, Op.18 PDF, $3.99
Fabián de Furundarena Mazurca, Op.19 PDF, $3.99
Felipe Gorriti Segismunda, Habanera para piano PDF, $3.99
José Antonio Santesteban Variaciones Sinfónicas PDF, $7.99
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Benavides - More Masters, Furundarena-Menuetto, Op.14
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Furundarena-Mazurca, Op.15
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Furundarena-Zortzico, Op.17
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Furundarena-Adiós, Op.18
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Furundarena-Mazurca, Op.19
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Segismunda-Habanera para piano
$3.99
Benavides - More Masters, Santesteban - Variaciones Sinfonicas - Piano
$7.99

brahmsVariations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op.23, by J. Brahms

Transcribed for Piano Solo by John W. Pratt, PDF $19.75

Brahms wrote his beautiful Variationen über ein Thema von Robert Schumann for piano four hands, but essentially all the musical ideas are captured in this transcription for solo piano. The variations range from delicately decorative to spectral to warmly Brahmsian to bravura and even witty. The last, suffused with sadness, solemnity, resignation, and reaffirmation, combines a funeral march with the theme, which is known as Schumann's last idea because it came to him at night shortly before his attempted suicide and final commitment to an asylum. 

Piano score, 21 pages; Total, 23 pages.

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schubert.sonata in c major nsmSonata in C Major, D.613, by Franz Schubert

Completion by John W. Pratt

Piano Score, PDF $7.99

Schubert's D.613 consists of two unfinished movements in C major. The first, in sonata form, includes an entire exposition of 86 bars and 35 bars of development ending in a dramatic turn toward E major.  We complete this beautiful movement here by adding, in Schubert's style, a suitably proportioned return to C major, a regular recapitulation with a modified bridge passage, and a new coda looking toward the heavenly Adagio in E major commonly assumed to be the intended slow movement to follow.

The noted Schubert scholar Brian Newbould wrote the following to Mr. Pratt regarding his completion of D.613: "I find your arguments for completing the piece in the way you do perfectly convincing. .... As for the completion itself, I've read and played it through a few times and it runs well.  You have fulfilled your aims, in just about as self-effacing a way as you can - which is clearly your hope."

Piano score, 8 pages; Total, 12 pages.

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