Beethoven Masterpieces for Solo Piano: 25 Works (Dover Classical Piano Music)

A great 'fun' songbook, especially if you are an advanced pianist who is good at sight reading. Nothing here is crazy hard, and I'd say that this book tends to chose fun and flashy pieces, BUT many of them have substance. "Tempest", "Moonlight" and "Pathetique" are not very difficult but very fun. This book also includes many of Beethoven's Bagatelles which are really great for sight reading. Not to mention "Rage over a lost penny" which I read today.I found that this was a much better buy then getting a book such as "the best of Beethoven's sonatas" or a book of his small works, this book is surprisingly useful, because it tends to have what you are looking for at least half the time, and it is a good enough of a binding to not be a hassle.

I love beethoven

I am very pleased that I purchased this book.

It's basically what the title says. I've been trying to a good collection classical piano pieces with all of the important ornamentation in it, (e.g. crescendo, decrescendo, etc.), but it's been difficult, and this one is no different. I remember "Für Elise" having a bunch of different dynamics for it when I had to play it for a competition, and I found this book missing all of them. If you don't care about that sort of thing, then the book is fine.

It may be just personal taste, but it has a collection that I like. Not an expert, so I can't comment on different styles of sheets for same piece people talk about.

Just what we wanted

Complete and well-bound. Some of the scores seem to be a bit crowded on the page compared to music in familiar with. Good quality and clear printing.

Most popular pieces with clear notations. Original arrangements for the piano, not adaptations. Great for skilled players. Not for novices.Shipped immediately and packaged well.

This book has no fingerings or bar markings, The print is small and hard to read. The quality of paper could be better.