TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Eight Klavierstücke - mvts. II and IV (von Herzogenberg)

• Theme in E-flat Major (Schumann)

• Three Melodies, Op. 4 - mvt. II (Mendelssohn-Hensel)

• Excerpt from “Danse Infernale” (Lang)

• Andantino con moto, Op. 4 (von Weber)

• Can-Can from "Orphée aux enfers" (Offenbach)

This collection of solos serves as the continuation of a series of books begun several years ago by the publishing company TUX People’s Music. At the creation of this series, Geritt Davenport and Cody Myre were particularly interested in featuring historical works from composers written during specific periods of music history, primarily as a means to introduce specific repertoire (much of which often overlooked) for instrumentalists seeking to develop their skills and craft. The first book of this series, compiled and edited by Cody, provided a comprehensive overview of French literature for clarinet and piano. At his suggestion of exploring the German Romantic period, I have approached this particular book in similar fashion for flute and piano.

This first volume represents well-known and not-so-well-known composers and/or pieces in roughly equal fashion. Robert Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, and Jacques Offenbach are all included here - while Offenbach in particular spent a significant portion of his life in France (with his compositional style and work reflecting this), he was born and raised in Germany for much of his childhood, and so I felt this warranted the inclusion of one of his most popular works in an accessibly arranged format. Carl Maria von Weber’s famous “Andantino con moto, Op. 4” (which would go on to inspire in part Paul Hindemith’s own “Symphonic Metamorphosis”) is represented here in a new arrangement, one which functions more as a transcription of von Weber’s original composition. Balancing out this book are excerpts and arrangements of pieces by composers Elisabeth von Herzogenberg and Josephine Lang. Lang’s “Danse Infernale” in particular is a highly theatrical solo piano work that was incredibly fun to arrange - its lovely mazurka has been excerpted and arranged specifically for this volume.