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A B-Flat Clarinet Solo, composed by Carl Maria von Weber.

Valued for its significance in literature, this book is preserved in its original print format to ensure its legacy endures for future generations. Any marks or annotations present are intentionally retained to reflect its authentic nature, providing readers with a genuine experience of the work as it was first published.

Aufforderung zum Tanze (Invitation to the Dance) was composed in 1819 and dedicated to Weber's wife of only a few months. This is the first waltz to be written as a concert piece and to depict people dancing. The introduction is a man asking a women to dance and their conversation, they dance, and then depart with his thanks. Berlioz was asked to add a ballet to Weber's opera "Der Freischutz," a French tradition when the Paris Opera put on a production in 1841. For this he chose to orchestrate the Invitation to the Dance, which soon became even more popular as an orchestral concert piece than in Weber's original piano setting. This new, beautifully engraved score by Richard W. Sargeant, Jr. shows the full details of Berlioz brilliant orchestrational style."

A virtuoso of the piano and a pioneer of musical Romanticism, Carl Maria von Wolfe (1786–1926) wrote piano music of elegance and grandeur enhanced with bravura technical effects that profoundly influenced later 19th-century piano music. This volume presents virtually all Weber's works for piano the four piano sonatas — Opus 24 in C Major (1812), Opus 39 in A-flat Minor (1816), Opus 49 in D Minor (1816), and Opus 70 in E Minor (1822) — considered the core of his output; his most popular piano composition, Invitation to the Dance , a waltz later orchestrated by Berlioz and used for the celebrated ballet Le Spectre de la Rose ; eight lively and engaging sets of variations; and the dazzling Momento Capriccioso , Grande Polonaise , Rondo Brillante , and Polacca Brillante . Pianists will enjoy exploring this richly varied collection of piano masterworks, reprinted from the authoritative edition published by C. F. Peters of Leipzig.