The Days of Schubert, Weber and Mendellssohn (The Pianist's Music Shelf), Volume III de Wier, Albert E - 1935

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Softcover. VG (light wear to wraps). Green wraps with white and green lettering, 223 pp, small bw illustrations. Volume 3 of The Pianist's Music Shelf. Fifty compositions by French, German, Russian, Polish and Italian masters of the period from 1781 to 1809. Contents include: The nightingale / Alexander Alabiew -- Nocturne, Op. 82, No. 2 / Julius Benedict -- Damnation of Faust. Ballet des sylphs / Hector Berlioz -- Pastorale / Henri Bertini -- Village dance / Alexander Boëly -- Vesper bells, op. 109 / Friedrich Burgmüller -- On wings of song, op. 139, No. 1 / F.X. Chwatal -- Étude-sonata, op. 268. Scherzo / Carl Czerny -- Sonatina, op. 168, No. 4. Allegro moderato / Anton Diabelli -- Resignation, op. 48 / Ignacy Dobrzynski -- Nocturne in Bb ; Polonaise in Eb / John Field -- Life of the Czar. Mazurka / Michael Glinka -- Novelette, op. 55, no. 2 ; Novelette, op. 55, no. 3 / J.P.E. Hartmann -- Perpetual motion, op. 91 / Henri Herz -- Variations on a German theme / Franz Hünten -- Rondo, op. 41, no. 5 / Friedrich Kuhlau -- Suite, op. 113. Marche / Franz Lachner -- Confidence, op. 19, no. 4 ; Consolation, op. 30. no. 3 ; Funeral march, op. 62, no. 3 ; Rondo capriccioso, op. 14 ; Scherzo, op. 16, no. 2 ; Song without words, op. 19, no. 1 ; Song without words, op. 38, no. 2 ; Song without words, op. 53, no. 4 ; Song without words, op. 102, no. 5 ; Spinning song, op. 67, no. 4 ; Spring song, op. 62, no. 6 ; Venetian gondollied, op. 30, no. 6 / Felix Mendelssohn -- On wings of song / Felix Mendelssohn ; transcription by F.X. Chwatal -- Le prophète. Coronation march / Giacomo Meyerbeer -- Rondo, op. 85. La gaieté ; Serenade, op. 103 / Ignaz Moscheles -- Étude mélodique. op. 25, no. 3 ; Étude mélodique, op. 25, no. 4 / Joseph Nowakowski -- Pavane, op. 14, no. 4 ; Scherzo, op. 14, no. 3 / Henri Reber -- The barber of Seville. Overture / Giacomo Rossini -- Études mélodique, op. 16 ; Scherzo, op. 16 / Aloys Schmitt -- Ballet music from "Rosamunde" ; Entr'acte from "Rosamunde" ; Impromptu, op. 142, no. 2 ; Marche militaire, op. 51, no. 1 ; Moment musical, op. 94, no. 3 ; Scherzo in Bb major ; Mosaic. Waltzes / Franz Schubert -- Waltzes. Lorelei-Rhein-Klänge / Johann Strauss, Sr. -- Invitation to the dance, op. 65 ; Rondo brillane, op. 62 / Carl Maria von Weber.