This is a detailed listing of the items contained in the 8 volumes of the collection The World's Best Composers plus that of the expanded collection The World's Best Music
Contents
Volume 2
- J. Ascher: The Fifers of the Guard
- J. Ascher: Second polka militaire
- Johann Christian Bach: Andante
- Morris Baer: Colonial gavotte
- Charles Bohm: La grâce, quasi gavotte
- Brahms: 3 Hungarian dances
- Brahms: Intermezzo
- Frederic Chopin: Nocturne, Op.55
- Frederic Chopin: Nocturne, Op.15 No.3
- Leo Delibes: Intermezzo, et valse lente (from Sylvia)
- Frederic Emerson Farrar: Berceuse
- John Field: Nocturne (ed. Fannie Morris Smith)
- Elsa Flemming: La fête des fleur, valse elegante
- Charles Gounod: Ave Maria after J.S. Bach
- Christoph Glück: Chorus from Iphigenie in Aulis
- Grieg: Norwegian bridal procession
- Grieg: Funeral march in memory of Richard Nordraak
- Grieg: Morning (from the Peer Gynt suite)
- Grieg: Anitra's dance (from the Peer Gynt suite)
- Grieg: Ase's death (from the Peer Gynt suite)
- Alex Guilmant: Tarantelle, Op.48
- A. Henselt: Spring song
- Robert A. Keiser: "Fashions," caprice
- Edgar Stillman Kelley: Album leaf, "Happy New Year"
- E. Ketterer: Valse des fleur
- W. Kuhe: Cujus animam, "Stabat mater"
- Th. Kullak: Russian melody
- Anatoly Lyadov: Berceuse, Op.24 No.2
- Allan Macbeth: Forget-me-not (Intermezzo)
- Pietro Muscagni: Intermezzo sinfonico, from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
- Jules Massenet: Aragonaise from "Ballet du Cid (ed. Fannie Morris Smith)
- G. Meyerbeer: Chorus from Dinora: "O lowly maiden"
- G. Meyerbeer: Coronation march (from the Prophet)
- Mendelssohn: Spring song
- Mendelssohn: Priests' march from Athalia
- Mendelssohn: Hunting song (Song without words)
- Mendelssohn: The wedding march
- Th. Michaelis:Turkish patrol, march
- Mozart: "Turkish march," from Sonata in A major
- G Pierné: Serenade
- David Popper: Gavotte
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude
- Joachim Raff: La fileuse
- Joachim Raff: Cachoucha caprice
- Johann Resch: Etude
- Johann Resch: Arabesque
- Carl Reinecke: Sleep, Dolly, sleep
- Carl Reinecke: Making wreaths
- Anton Rubinstein: Kamennoi-ostrow
- Anton Rubinstein: Etude II, Op.23
- Harry Sanderson: Vale
- Franz Schubert: Adieu
- Ludwig Schytté: Berceuse
- A. Scriàbine: Prelude
- Aug. Söderman: Swedish wedding march
- S. Thalberg: Neapolitan song, Op.70
- Peter Tchaikovsky: Original theme and variations (Abridged)
- T. Valentine: Aria, Alla Scozzese
- Richard Wagner: Tannhauser march
- Emile Waldteufel: Mon-rêve, waltz
- G.D. Wilson: The wayside chapel
- O. Zapff: Berceuse
Volume 3 (WBC)
- J. de Anguera: Spanish retreat
- Anonymous: Silver Lake waltz
- Anonymous: Spanish dance
- N. Artciboucheff: Mazurka
- Paul Beaumont: Con amore, melodie
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Spirit waltz
- Jackues Blumenthal: Song of the swan, melodie plaintive
- F.C. Baumann: Serenata, Op.6
- H. Bohlman: L'enfer quadrilles
- Carl Bohm: Harlequin polka, Op.331 No.6
- F.H. Browne: Love not the quickstep
- V. Dolmetsch: Valse lente, Op.23
- Aug. Durand: "Pomponnette," air à danser, style Louis XV, Op.80
- Aug. Durand: Waltz, Op.83
- Arthur Farwell: Northern song
- Alexandre de Fielitz: Berceuse
- Gabriel-Marie: Serenade badine
- Ernest Gillet: In the mill
- Benjamin Godard: Novellozza
- Louis Gregh: Quietude (Romance without words)
- Edvard Grieg: Solvejg's song, Op.52
- Edvard Grieg: Spring dance
- Edvard Grieg: The old mother
- Edvard Grieg: Love
- E. Haberbier: A flower of spring, Op.53 No.3
- M. Hauser: Cradle song
- A. Henselt: Canzonetta
- J.N. Hummel: Caprice, Op.49
- Th. Kirchner: Berceuse (lullaby), Op.13 No.7
- W. Kuhe: Etude de concert
- Calixa Lavallée: "The butterfly" (Le papillon), etude de concert, Op.18
- Gustav Lange: Flower song
- Louis J.A. Lefébure-Wely: Les cloches du monastère (Monastery bells) nocturne, Op.54
- J. Leybach: Fifth nocturne
- Ch. B. Lysberg: La baladine
- E.A. MacDowell: Witches' dance, Op.17 No.2
- Felix Mendelssohn: Nocturne from Midsummer's night's Dream (arr. Sydney Smith)
- Felix Mendelssohn: The spinning wheel (Song without words)
- Gustav Merkel: Song of Spring
- Erik Meyer-Helmund: Dance
- Moritz Moszkowski: Romanze
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet (from Don Juan)
- Theodor Oesten: Forest roses
- Theodor Oesten: Gondolied
- I.J. Paderewski: Melodie, Op.8 No.3
- E. Pauer: La cascade, Op.37
- Carl Reinecke: Peace at even
- Joseph L. Roeckel: "Air du Dauphin" (ancient court dance)
- Philip Scharwenka: Polish mazurka, Op.33 No.1
- Jos. Schulz-Weida: Love song, Op.216
- Jos. Schulz-Weida: Longing, Op.216
- Jules Schulhoff: Valse brillante
- Robert Schumann: Choral
- Ed. Schütt: Reverie, Op.34 No.5
- Rossini: Prayer from Otello (arr. M. Strakosch)
- Johann Strauss: One heart, one mind, polka-mazurka, Op.233
- Johann Strauss: Thousand and one nights, waltzes, Op.346
- S. Thalberg: Nocturne, Op.21
- Verdi: Quartette from Rigoletto (arr. Fritz Spindler, Op.207 No.4)
- Chas. Voss: Waltz, from opera "Romeo and Juliette," Op.304
- Richard Wagner: Elsa's wedding procession from Lohengrin (arr. Liszt)
- C.M. von Weber: Last waltz
Volume 3 (WBM)
- Grieg: The old mother
- Grieg: Spring dance
- Grieg: Solvejg's song, Op.52
- Lange: Flower song
- Durand: Waltz, Op.83
- Artsybushev: Mazurka
- Kirchner Album leaf
- Mozart: Minuet from 'Don Giovanni'
- Thalberg: Nocturne, Op.21
- Wagner: Elsa's Wedding Procession from 'Lohengrin' (arr. Liszt)
- Mozart: Rondo
- Lavallée: The butterfly = Le papillon (etude de concert), Op.18
- Alex Ilynsky: Berceuse (Lullaby), Op.12 No.7
- Durand: Pomponnette, air à danser, style Louis XV, Op.80
- Scharwenka: Polish mazurka, Op.33 No.1
- Merkel: Song of spring
- V. Dolmetsch: Valse lente, Op.23
- Oesten: Gondolied
- Grieg: Love
- Johann Strauss: One heart, one mind (polka-mazurka), Op.233
- Benjamin Godard: Novellozza
- A. Henselt If I were a bird = Si oiseau j'etais
- Ch. B. Lysberg La baladine
- Rossini: Prayer from 'Otello' (arr. M. Strakosch)
- Gabriel-Marie Serenade badine
- J. Leybach Fifth nocturne
- H. Bohlman L'enfer quadrilles
- E.A. MacDowell Witches' dance, Op.17 No.2
- Ed. Schütt Reverie, Op.34 No.5
- Mendelssohn The spinning wheel (from Songs without Words)
- Robt. Schumann Choral
- Arthur Farwell Northern song
- Anonymous Silver Lake waltz
- Mendelssohn: Nocturne (from Midsummernights' dream (arr. Sydney Smith)
- Beethoven Spirit waltz
- I.J. Paderewski Melodie, Op.8 No.3
- W. Kuhe Etude de concert
- Louis Gregh Quietude (Romance without words)
- C. Reinecke Peace at even
- Lefébure Wely: Les cloches du monastére = Monastery bells
- Lefébure Wely Nocturne, Op.54
- Carl Bohm Harlequin polka, Op.331 No.6
- Jos. Schulz-Weida Longing, Op.216
- Alexandre de Fielitz Berceuse
- Jacques Blumenthal Song of the swan (melodie plaintive)
- C.M. Von Weber Last waltz
- F.C. Baumann Serenata, Op.6
- E. Pauer La cascade, Op.37
- F.H. Browne Love not (quickstep)
- V. Hollaender Canzonetta
- L. Spohr Rondoletto, Op.149
- Jules Schulhoff Valse brillante
- M. Hauser Cradle song
- Johann Strauss Thousand and one nights (waltzes), Op.346
- E. Haberbier A flower of spring
- Erik Meyer-Helmund Dance
- Joseph L. Roeckel Air du Dauphin (ancient court dance)
- Moritz Moszkowski Romanze
- Chas. Voss Waltz (from the opera Romeo and Juliette), Op.304
- J.N. Hummel Caprice, Op.49
- Fritz Spindler Quartette (from Rigoletto), Op.207 No.4
- Anguera Spanish retreat
- Jos. Schulz-Weida Love song, Op.216
- Anonymous Spanish dance
- Paul Beaumont Con amore (melodie)
- Theodore Oesten Forest roses
- Ernest Gillet: In the mill
Volume 4
- Herrmann Scholtz: Variations on a Norwegian air
- The two angels / Jacques Blumenthal --
- Gondoliera / Moritz Moszkowski --
- Amaryllis (air du Roi Louis XIII) / Henry Ghys --
- Serenade / Adolf Jensen --
- Gigue ; Sonata / Balthasar Galuppi --
- Sonata ; Gavotte / Padre Giovanni Battista Martini --
- The fairy (polka de salon) / A. Jaell --
- Little romance / Robert Schumann --
- Air Bohemien / Theo Kullak --
- Nocturne, Op.27 / Fr. Chopin --
- Barcarolle, Op.8 / Jules Schulhoff --
- Balletto / Padre Giovanni Battista Martini --
- Ballet music from "Magic love" / Eduard Lassen --
- Valse styrienne / H.A. Wollenhaupt --
- Le secret (intermezzo pizzicato) / Léonard Gautier --
- Bolero from "The Sicilian vespers" / G. Verdi --
- Bridal song (duet) / Adolf Jensen --
- Long, weary day / L. Streabbog --
- Cradle song / H. Kjerulf --
- Andante, from symphony / L. von Beethoven --
- Tam o'shanter (march) Op.18 / George Wm. Warren --
- Sleep well, thou sweet angel (F. Abt.) Op.277 No.2 / Th. Oesten --
- Springtime, Op.30 / Margaret Ruthven Lang --
- La manita (Cuban Dance No.5, Op.130) / Richard Hoffman --
- Departed days (nocturne) / L. Louis --
- A dream of love (Liebestraum) / F. Liszt --
- Habanera from "Carmen" / Gustav Lange.
- Romance from "Der Freischütz" (terzetto) / C.M. von Weber --
- Spanish dance, Op.12 No.1 (duet) ;
- Spanish dance, Op.12 No.2 (duet) / Moritz Moszkowski --
- Duet from "Der Freischütz" / C.M. von Weber --
- Duet from "Martha" / F. von Flotow --
- Second movement from symphony No.9 (duet) ;
- Menuetto from symphony No.9. (duet) / J. Haydn --
- A song of love, Op.17 No.2 / S. Jadassohn --
- Cantilène / Th. Salomé --
- Andante cantabile, Op.11 / P. Tschaikowsky --
- Canzonetta, duet / Benjamin Godard --
- Twilight reverie, from "Suite Algérienne" / C. Sainte-Saëns --
- Remembrance, serenade, Op.2 / Mrs. Henry Carmichael --
- Romanze / Robert Schumann --
- Gavotte moderne, Op.25 / Berthold Tours --
- The last hope / L.M. Gottschalk --
- Serenade / G. Karganoff --
- Morning star waltz / Lanner --
- Ade, auf wiedersehn / C. Reinecke --
- A little canon / M.K. Kunz --
- Evening star waltz / Lanner --
- Gavotte / Robert Schumann --
- Early morn / Pietro Lanciani --
- The knight of the hobby horse / Robert Schumann --
- Sans souci polka / Johann Strauss --
- The Peri waltzes / Charles D'Albert --
- Cabaletta / Theodore Lack --
- La tzigane (mazurka) / Louis Ganne --
- Prayer from Zampa / Herold --
- Gavotte favorite de Marie Antoinette / Ch. Neustedt --
- Cavatina from "Crociato" / G. Meyerbeer.
Volume 5
- J. Ascher: A simple story (Simple histoire)
- F. Baumfelder: Mignon
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Farewell to the piano
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Für Elise
- F. Behr: French child's song
- F. Behr: In the month of May
- F. Behr: Child's play (Tändelei)
- F. Behr: Petit bal polka
- F. Behr: Turtle-dove polka
- F. Behr: First violet
- C. Chaminade: Pas des Amphores
- C. Chaminade: Scarf dance
- M. Clementi: Rondo
- C.P.L. Delibes: Coppélia
- J.L. Dussek: Les adieux
- R. Eilenberg: Mill in the forest
- A. Ellmenreich: Spinning song
- F. von Flotow: Martha
- C. Gänschals: A forest brook
- T. Giese: Always good-natured
- B. Godard: Au matin
- B. Godard: L'angelus
- C.F. Gounod: Faust
- L. Gregh: The shepherd's pipe
- Edvard Grieg: Butterfly
- Edvard Grieg: To Spring
- C. Gurlitt: The fair
- C. Gurlitt: Serende morning
- C. Gurlitt: Slumber song
- G.F. Handel: Largo
- A. Jensen: The mill
- E. Ketterer: L'Argentine
- T. Lack: Coutly grace
- T. Lack: Idilio
- G. Lange: Little wonaderer
- G. Lange: Pure as snow
- A. Lyadov: The music box
- H. Lichner: Mignonette
- H. Lichner: Parade march
- H. Lichner: Tulip
- E. Liebich: The musical box
- A. Loeschhorn: Good-night
- T. Oesten: A little story
- T. Oesten: Doll's dream
- E. Poldini: Poupée valsante
- J.H. Ravina: Petit bolero
- J. Rummel: Marches facile
- A. Sartorio: Under the lindens (Unter den Linden)
- X. Scharwenka: Polish dance
- Robert Schumann: Träumerei
- Robert Schumann: Slumber song
- H.F. Sharpe: Pavan
- C. Sinding: Rustle of Spring
- F.J. Smith: The hornpipe polka
- S. Smith: Dorothy
- S. Smith: Lady Betty
- A.J. Södermann: Norwegian wedding march
- Streabbog (J.L. Gobbaerts): The book of gold
- Streabbog (J.L. Gobbaerts): Petit carneval
- Streabbog (J.L. Gobbaerts): Morning prayer
- G. Verdi: Il trovatore
- G.D. WIlson: The shepherd boy
- B. Wolff: Joyful wander
- S. Yradier: The dove (La paloma)