With this Urtext edition compiled by the expert pianist and piano instructor Walter Georgii, the budding pianist is offered a little overview of the variety of classical-romantic piano literature. The selection and organization is chiefly oriented on the beauty, popularity and performability of the pieces. Behind this is the intent to present to the player a kind of colourful spectrum of interesting works ranging from clear across a wide variety of eras, next to the “great” names, one can also make surprising discoveries of lesser known composers.Volume I contains the easier pieces, while only two reach difficulty level 5, most of the others lie between levels 2 and 4.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: La Stahl (from Musikalisches Mancherley) Wq 117, 25
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Fugue from Eight Fugues E flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle D major op. 33, 6
Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle A major op. 119, 4
Frédéric Chopin: Prelude b minor op. 28, 6
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka a minor op. post. 68, 2
Edvard Grieg: Little Bird
Johann Wilhelm Hässler: Allegro from Six Easy Sonatas B flat major
Stephen Heller: Etude A flat major op. 47, 23
Adolf Jensen: Intermezzo from Songs and Dances G major op. 33
Franz Liszt: Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Edward Alexander MacDowell: From an Indian Lodge op. 51
Edward Alexander MacDowell: A deserted Farm from Woodland Sketches op. 51
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Allegretto from Children's Pieces G major op. 72
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andantino E flat major KV 236 (588b)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Courante from the Suite KV 399 (385i) E flat major
Modest Mussorgskij: Méditation op. post. 70, 17
Modest Mussorgskij: Eine Träne op. post. 70, 18
Franz Schubert: Scherzo B flat major D 593
Robert Schumann: Eintritt from Forest Scenes op. 82
Robert Schumann: Einsame Blume from Forest Scenes op. 82
Marko Tajcevic: 2 Pieces from Lieder von der Mur-Insel