Complete Slavonic Dances for Piano Four Hands (Dover Music for Piano)

Both series will delight pianists with their exciting rhythms and fresh, highly individual invention. The two series of piano duets combined in this volume are among Dvoák's most famous compositions and among the most performed works in the piano four hands repertoire. The second set of eight dances, Opus 72 (1886), is slightly more somber and meditative. The composer intended them as artistic stylizations of typical Slavonic dances such as the furiant, the dumka, the polka, the skoná, the odzemek, and the kolo.The first series of eight dances, Opus 46 (1878), is full of joy and vitality. They are reprinted here from the authoritative Czechoslovakian editions of Dvoák's complete works.

"Beautiful Music" according to Dillon J. Ekle. I love Dvorak and I love duets. This is perfect! You have to be willing to put in a little work (as does your duet partner), but the results are worth it! (I personally enjoy Op Beautiful Music Dillon J. Ekle I love Dvorak and I love duets. This is perfect! You have to be willing to put in a little work (as does your duet partner), but the results are worth it! (I personally enjoy Op 46 better than Op 72 [these are the two opuses in this edition] because it tends to be more upbeat and feel more festive, but they are both full of beautiful music.)A. 6 better than Op 72 [these are the two opuses in this edition] because it tends to be more upbeat and feel more festive, but they are both full of beautiful music.)A. Philip A. Carr said It's a bit on the small side.. If only this volume was just a tiny bit larger with more notes on each page. The binding does not allow for easy page turns (I'm starting a crusade for spiral binding EVERYTHING here!) either. BUT the music is just great of course. As with some piano reductions (from orchestral music), some of the voicings are a bit tricky and you will have t. Rissarance said Great Music, Great Price. First, I'll say I knew about this music before I purchased the book on Amazon, so there were no surprises here.I had sight read some duets back in college and remembered the Dvorak being very unusual and very folkish. I found this edition that has both complete works and I love it.If you've never owned a Dover edition before--I'll warn you th