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You are listening Chopin's Etude Op.25 No.9 "Butterfly"

You can also select a song from the following list and listen to it! They are perhaps the best among the classical collection.

Choose a song: Bach's Badinerie Concerto Beethoven's Für Elise Chopin's Butterfly Etude Chopin's Contredanse Chopin's Souvenir de Paganini Godowsky's Badinage Etude Liszt's La Campanella Mozart's Don Giovanni Mokkie's Love Dream Mokkie's Valse Polonaise Schubert's Serenade

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Classical Composers
1. Chopin
2. Godowsky
3. J. S. Bach
4. Beethoven
5. Mozart
6. Schubert
7. Liszt
8. Miscellaneous
• Contemporary Composer -- Simon Mok ;-)
• Favorite Links
• Sheet Music Downloads
• Guestbook

Introduction

Here I try to collect the music from different composers. So unlike some other midi libraries, this one is intended to collect only the best pieces rather than a complete library. I also try to group the midi files by composers, then by type (if there are many files for one composer). Enjoy!

Also, disclaimer: (actually this is not very important, but just in case when I am asked ...)

This is a section of a homepage, rather than an official music page. Things may get subjective, and you see my writing is rather informal (possibly with typo and such).

Composers

The animated piano bar "" shows the difficulty of the pieces written by a composer on average. The more piano bars the harder the pieces. Ratings:

• Grade 5-6 (quite easy)
• Grade 7-8 (challenging)
• Grade 8+ (demanding)
• Grade ?10? (only played by professional pianist)
• Grade ??12?? (I doubt if the composer himself could play it ... basically impossible to play)
• (six pianos rating -- there is only one piece that deserves such rating -- Godowsky's Etude of Chopin's Op.25 No.1 "Aeolian Harp" Version 2))

Chopin

Chopin is the most famous composer for piano solo. His works includes Etudes, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Polonaises, Impromptus, Preludes, Variations and some other miscellaneous compositions. Here I prepare the best (I think!!! and don't argue thanks!!) midi files of Chopin for download:

• Etudes
1. Variations on Op.25 No.1 in 29.3 kb; a mixture of "Aeolian Harp" with Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata Movement 2!!
2. Op.10 (Complete) zipped in 79.5 kb
3. Op.25 (Complete) zipped in 84.2 kb
• Waltzes
1. No.11 (Op.70 No.1) in 12.4 kb
2. No.18 (Posthumous) in 14.0 kb
• Nocturnes
1. No.20 (KK IVa No.16) in 10.7 kb
2. No.21 (KK IVb No.8) in 8.9 kb
• Mazurkas
1. No.41 (Op.63 No.3) in 8.9 kb
2. No.44 (Op.67 No.3) in 6.8 kb
• Polonaises
1. No.06 (Op.53) "Heroic" in 57.7 kb
2. Op.22 "Grande Polonaise Brillante" zipped in 49.0 kb
• Variations
1. No.2 "Don Giovanni" [No.07 "La ci darem la mano" Duettino] zipped in 45.7 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (14 pages; difficulty rating: 4 pianos)
2. Souvenir de Paganini in 12.6 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (2 pages; difficulty rating: 2 pianos)
• Miscellaneous
1. Contredanse in 6.6 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (1 page; difficulty rating: 1 piano)
2. Impromptus: No.4 "Fantaisie Impromptu" in 29.1 kb
3. Preludes: Op.28 (Complete) zipped in 101 kb
4. Prelude in Ab Major (No.26) in 8.0 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (1 page; difficulty rating: 2 pianos)
5. Scherzos: No.2 zipped in 25.7 kb
6. Ballades: No.3 zipped in 24.6 kb

Difficulty ranking (from easiest to hardest; and *very* subjective - don't argue -)

Prelude: <very easy> 7, 20, 4, 6, 2, 15, 21, 11, 9, 17, 13, 10, 23, 3, 14, 1, 18, 5, 12, 19, 22, 24, 8, 16 <very hard>
Marzuka: <very easy> 5, 9, 43, 4, 47, 11, 41, 18, 6, 44, 45, 49, 14, 31, 16, 8, 12, 39, 14, 42, 22, 46, 24, 19, 34, 15, 20, 50, 25, 36, 3, 2, 1, 27, 10, 48, 40, 29, 7, 37, 30, 23, 28, 17, 13, 21, 26, 32, 33, 38, 51 <medium>
Waltze: <easy>12, 9, 3, 10, 7, 8, 6, 13, 11, 14, 4, 5, 1, 2 <hard>
Ballade: <medium> 3, 1, 2, 4 <hard>
Scherzo: <very hard> 2, 4, 3, 1 <very hard> ;-)

Godowsky -- now Godowsky has his own page!!

J. S. Bach

J. S. Bach is the Father of Music. His work ranged from some tiny piano solo pieces to some grand concerti. My favorite pieces are as follows:

• Prelude and Fugue:
  1. No.17 in 13.3 kb
  2. No.48 in 7.8 kb
• Miscellaneous:
  1. Invention No.13 in 4.5 kb
  2. Little Fugue in 13.2 kb
  3. Orchestral Suite No.2 (BWV 1067.7) "Badinerie" in 22.3 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (1 page; difficulty rating: 2 pianos)

Beethoven

Many people like Beethoven's work (me included). His work covered almost all types of music (Concerto, Piano Solo, Symphony, Duet etc.). Here you can download some of the great music by Beethoven:

• Piano Sonatas:
  1. No.08 Movement 3 "Pathetique"
  2. No.14 (Complete) "Moonlight" -- zipped
  3. No.17 Movement 3 "Tempest"
  4. No.21 (Complete) "Waldstein" -- zipped
• Piano Concertos:
  1. No.1 Movement 1 -- zipped
  2. No.1 Movement 3 -- zipped
  3. No.5 Movement 3 "Emperor" -- zipped
• Symphonies:
  1. No.3 Movement 3 -- zipped
  2. No.5 Movement 1 -- zipped
  3. No.6 Movement 1 -- zipped
• Miscellaneous: (0 piano)
  1. Für Elise -- the easiest piece on this page!

Mozart

Less great than Beethoven, I personally think ;-)! The harmony and melody are usually not rich enough ... anyway I'll pick some pieces with nice melody ...

• Piano Sonatas:
  1. K331 (Complete) -- zipped
  2. K545 (Complete) -- zipped
• Miscellaneous:
  1. Piano Concerto No.17 Movement 3 -- zipped
  2. Don Giovanni -- the origin of Chopin's "Variation No.2"; the piano score can be downloaded here (2 pages; difficulty rating: 2 pianos)

Note: There is a concert paraphrase to Mozart "Turkish March" (Sonata K331 last movement) by Volodos. It is amazing ... !!

Schubert

Another great composer in the Romantic era.

• Impromptus:
  1. Op.90 (Complete) -- zipped
  2. Op.142 No.2 in 37.6 kb
  3. Op.142 No.3 -- zipped
  4. Op.142 No.4 in 31.3 kb
• Moments:
  1. No.3 in 9.4 kb
  2. No.4 in 24.9 kb
• Miscellaneous:
  1. Serenade in 14.2 kb

Liszt

A composer with similar style of that of Chopin. Some expressive romantic pieces were written, and the technical play of Liszt's work was even more demanding that that of Chopin's. A bit off from the "pure romantic" style.

Personla note: for the Transcendental Etudes, I just played the two that I think they are the best: "Mazeppa" and "Restlessness". Both are pretty demanding, fast, exciting, challenging, amazing ... both require long fingers ;-)

• Transcendental Etudes
  1. No.04 "Mazeppa" -- zipped
  2. No.10 "Restlessness" in 27.8 kb
• Miscellaneous:
  1. Mephisto Waltze No.1 -- zipped
  2. Paganini Etude No.3 "La Campanella" in 43.9 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (8 pages; difficulty rating: 4 pianos)
     -- or version 2 of the piano score can be downloaded here (8 pages; difficulty rating: 4 pianos)
  3. Liebestraume No.3 "Dream of Love" in 18.3 kb
  4. Transcription of Mozart's "Don Juan" No.07 Duo (Don Giovanni) -- zipped in 110 kb; the piano score can be downloaded here (4 pages; difficulty rating: 3 pianos)

Of course I forgot to mention Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody #2!! This one is one of my favourites!! You can probably grab its midi from the net very easily -- don't need me! ;-) btw Horowitz played both Mephisto Waltz No.1 and HR #2 back in the 1970's. The recordings were amazing, with moderate to big transcriptions to both pieces, making the close-to-impossible pieces straight to the impossible land! I love Horowitz!!! :-)))))

Miscellaneous

Here are some other cool music that do not belong to anyone listed above ;-)

• Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 (difficulty: 2 pianos)
• Grieg: Anitra's Dance (difficulty: 2 pianos)
• Grieg: In the Hall of Mountain King -- zipped
• Joplin: The Entertainer (difficulty: 1 piano)
• Joplin: The Maple Leaf Rag (difficulty: 1 piano)
• Mendelssohn: Song Without Words Op.62 No.2 "Spring Song" (difficulty: 1 piano)
• Mendelssohn: Song Without Words Op.102 No.5 "Happiness" (difficulty: 1 piano)
• Paganini La Campanella in 15.3 kb (difficulty: 3 violins)
• Rimsky-Korsakov The Flight of Bumble Bee in 39.6 kb (difficulty: 3 pianos)
• Tschaikowsky: Romance No.5 (difficulty: 2 pianos)
• Vivaldi: Winter No.1 in 36.3 kb (difficulty: 3 violins??!!))

Try the following too. They are not available here but can be found easily from the net anyway.

• Rachmininoff: Piano Concerto No.2
• ... more later ;-)

Contemporary Composer -- Simon Mok ;-)

Simon Mok / Mokkie (1983 - ) is my real friend. While Chopin wrote Variations on "Don Giovanni" at his age of 17, Mokkie now composes various pieces that are at very high standard (and they are really difficult too, which deserve the difficulty rating of 4 pianos). I must add that although he is a "contemporary" composer (in the sense that he is living in the 20-21 century), his work ranges from Classical style to Romantic and Modern style. My favorite is his "Valse Polonaise" (second favorite: "Love Dream"). I don't think there is a need to say more here. Just go to our Genius Composer's Music Page and have a look!

• Mokkie's HomePage

P.S. It would be even greater if such a music composer and web programmer is also a top Bricks player ... :-) Mokkie, I wish you good luck in getting the Super Genius rating in Bricks I (that's 46201 points or more)!!

Favorite Links (don't forget more links are on the main page!)

• Sheet Music Archive -- an ideal place for downloading sheet music for free! (Note: the domain has been changed from .com to .net since July 2001)
• 8notes -- very comprehensive links to free sheetmusic.
• Free Sheetmusic Guide -- it has a collection of links to many free sheetmusic sites (on the other hand if you can provied some sheetmusic you could submit your site as well).
• Free Scores Link -- another link site which provides links to many free sheetmusic sites.
• Music News (sheets) -- you may get rare sheets (transcriptions) if you are lucky ... ;-)
• Chopin's Music Competition -- here you can download some mp3 files recorded from the Chopin's Music Competition.
• Melody Assistant 5.8.1 -- a program that prints sheetmusic from midi files, as well as exporting midi to bitmap sheets! It's also a midi player which plays with a good quality.
• MidiNotate -- this program displays midi file in score form. It also have a "split hands" function with which you can split staff intellegently (by computating the distance between notes etc.
• Anvil Studio -- a midi sequencer that can merge staffs together ... (which Melody Assistant can't; so they are somewhat complementary)
• Chopin's page containing piano scores, midi and mp3 for Edutes, Waltzes and Nocturne!! -- Those piano scores are great!
• Classical midi library -- this site is the most comprehensive gathering (> 11, 000 entries) of Classical music in midi format!
• Classical Music Connection (CMC) -- another comprehensive Classical midi site!
• Romantic Modern Songs -- a collection of some popular music scores and midis, free of course!
• More Romantic Modern Songs -- another collection of some popular music scores and midis, free too!
• Chopin's midi page -- this site is the most comprehensive gathering of Chopin's work in midi format!
• Piano Practicing Tips -- a comprehensive site which provides hints on how to practice the piano. Advanced players will find it helpful too!
• Sheetmusic in CD -- in about $16 US you can buy a complete library of Chopin's work!!! There are more CDs available and they are all in great deal!!!
• Napster -- share mp3 with other PC users! You can download mp3 from remote PCs for free! Unfortunately it is experiencing some troubles with copyright issues ...

Potential favorite links (not very complete at the moment, but who knows about the future?!)

• Classical Piano Page -- has "some" midi and sheet music (expanding).

Sheet Music Downloads

Note: My intention is to post sheet music that is not available anywhere else on the web (there's no point to duplicate resources). If you want a "complete" collection, the Sheet Music Archive is probably able to give you some help ;-)

If you can't find your pieces here, first go to Sheet Music Archive before asking me ...

I did some cut and paste on some scores to make them fit in a Microsoft Power Point file with fewer pages. However if you haven't got Power Point installed, you can always get the gif equivalent from me by e-mail!
Scores with a shiny ball "" are with extremely good quality!!!

• Chopin's Variation No.2 ["Don Giovanni" No.07 "La ci darem la mano" Duettino] -- Version 1.1 draft (17.07.00)
• Chopin's Variation in A "Souvenir de Paganini" -- 2 pages in 354 kb (300 dpi)
• Chopin's Prelude in Ab Major (No.26) -- 1 page in 168 kb (300 dpi)
• Chopin's Waltze in A Minor (No.17) and Chopin's Contredanse in Gb Major -- 1 page in 211 kb (300 dpi)
• Mozart's "Don Giovanni" No.07 "La ci darem la mano" Duettino -- 1 1/3 pages in 298 kb (100 dpi)
• Bach's Orchestral Suite No.2 (BWV 1067.7) "Badinerie" piano version -- 1 page in 155 kb (300 dpi)
• Brahms' Five Piano Studies No.1 (after Etude Op.25 No.2 by Chopin) -- 5 pages in 241 kb (150 dpi)
• Brahms' Study after Schubert's Impromptu -- 9 pages in 353 kb (150 dpi)
• Liszt's Paganini Etude No.3 "La Campanella" Version 1 -- 8 pages in 463 kb (150 dpi)
• Liszt's Paganini Etude No.3 "La Campanella" Version 2 -- 8 pages in 583 kb (200 dpi)
• Liszt's Paganini Etude No.6 (Variations) Version 1 -- 9 pages in 453 kb (150 dpi)
• Liszt's Paganini Etude No.6 (Variations) Version 2 -- 9 pages in 504 kb (150 dpi)
• Liszt's Large Bravure Fantasy on Paganini's "La Campanella" -- theme and first variation only; 6 pages in 353 kb (150 dpi)
• Liszt's Transcription of Mozart's "Don Juan" No.07 Duo (Don Giovanni) -- 4 pages in 300 kb (200 dpi)
• Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Flight of Bumble Bee" -- 2 pages in 417 kb (300 dpi)
• Schubert's Three Piano Studies D.946 No.1 -- 8 pages in 430 kb (150 dpi)
• Schubert's Three Piano Studies D.946 No.3 -- 8 pages in 417 kb (150 dpi)

53 more pieces are on my Godowsky's Page :-)

1. Variations on Chopin's Etude Op.25 No.1 "Aeolian Harp" combined with Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata Movement 2 -- 5 pages in ??? kb (300 dpi)
2. Chopin's Variation No.2 ["Don Giovanni" No.07 "La ci darem la mano" Duettino] -- Final Version; 10 pages in ???? kb (300 dpi)
3. Beethoven's Synphony No.5 Movement 1 -- 6 pages in ??? kb (150 dpi)

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