Waltzes, Op. 39 (Piano) Avec Doigtés

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PianoComposed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Christian Kohn. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Performance score. Opus 39. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09602. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09602).Item Number: BA.BA09602ISBN 9790006541140. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Text Language: German/English. Preface: Christian Kohn.Brahms' popular 16 Waltzes , opus 39, composed in 1866 for four hands, were transcribed by Brahms one year later for two hands. At the request of his publisher, Brahms also wrote an easier version of the work for solo piano. Brahms himself described the first version as suitable for reasonable hands , that is for proficient players, and the easier version as perhaps for prettier hands , that is, for domestic music-making. He initially described the latter version to his publisher as a children's edition . The catchy and musically easily accessible pieces are among the composer's most popular works and are particularly suitable for piano students and lovers of the Romantic repertoire.Both versions of the Waltzes op. 39 (BA 9602, BA 9603) are available in separate editions and form an important contribution to Barenreiter's series of Brahms's works in scholarly-critical Urtext editions. Both editions include fingering, a well-presented musical layout and optimum page-turns. The Urtext editions are complemented by explanations on performance practice used by Brahms, an informative foreword on the genesis, sources and significance of the works together with comments on the primary sources.