Adult Piano Adventures – Classics (Symphony Themes, Opera Gems & Classical Favorites)
ΠEPIEXOMENA
SECTION 1: BEGINNING CLASSICS
Easy arrangements with simple harmonies
About the Music
- Theme from Symphony No. 104 (London Symphony) – Haydn
- Swan Lake (Overture to Act II) – Tchaikovsky
- Ode to Joy (Theme from the Ninth Symphony) – Beethoven
- Alleluia (from Exultate Jubilate) – Mozart
- Pomp and Circumstance (Op. 39, No. 1) – Elgar
- Finale (from Symphony No. 1) – Brahms
- Air (from the Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook) – Bach
- Autumn, 1st movement (from The Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
- Finale (from Symphony No. 9, From the New World) – Dvorak
- Hornpipe (from Water Music) – Handel
- Huntsmen’s Chorus (from Der Freischutz) – Weber
- Theme from the Fifth Symphony – Beethoven
SECTION 2: CLASSICS IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR
(with I, IV, and V7 chords)
About the Music
Primary Chords in C (I, IV, V7)
- Theme from Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral,” Op. 68) – Beethoven
- Spring, 1st movement (from The Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
- Theme from Finlandia – Sibelius
- Prince of Denmark’s March – Clarke
- Minuet (Op. 14, No. 1) – Paderewski
- Theme from the “Surprise” Symphony – Haydn
- Caro Nome (theme from Rigoletto) – Verdi
- Rondeau (from Suite de Symphonies, No. 1) – Mouret
- The Trout (Die Forelle) – Schubert
- Spring Song (from Songs Without Words, Op. 62, No. 6) – Mendelssohn
- Variations on a Theme by Haydn (St. Anthony’s Chorale) – Brahms
- Aria (theme from La Traviata) – Verdi
SECTION 3: CLASSICS IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR
(with I, IV, and V7 chords)
About the Music
Primary Chords in G (I, IV, V7)
- Theme from Sonata in A Major (K. 331) – Mozart
- March of the English Guard – Clarke
- Theme from The Magic Flute – Mozart
- Laughing Song (from Die Fledermaus) – J. Strauss, Jr
- Autumn, 3rd movement (from The Four Seasons) – Vivaldi
- See, the Conquering Hero Comes (from the oratorio Joshua) – Handel
- Theme from Don Giovanni (La ci darem la mano) – Mozart
- Liebestraum (Dream of Love) – Liszt
- Farandole (from L’Arlesienne) – Bizet
- Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann) – Offenbach
- O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) – Puccini
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