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- in the closing decades of the 18th century London played a leading role in the development of the piano, and native English composers were active in writing simple pieces to cater for a public that increasingly regarded piano-playing as an essential social grace
- this anthology is drawn from some of the many publications that were printed to meet this demand
Contents
- G. F. Pinto Minuetto in Ab, from ‘The Harmonicon’, Vol. 2
- Samuel Arnold Sonata in A minor, Op. 12, Book 2 No. 11: 2nd movement, Aria
- Samuel Wesley Sonata in A, Op. 5 No. 1
- Samuel Wesley Sonata in Bb, Op. 5 No. 2
- Samuel Arnold Sonata in D, Op. 12, Book 2 No. 3
- S. Storace Sonata in D: No. 5 from ‘Six Easy and Progressive Sonatinas’
- S. Storace Sonata in F: No. 4 from ‘Six Easy and Progressive Sonatinas’
- S. Storace Sonata in G: No. 2 from ‘Six Easy and Progressive Sonatinas’
- M Camidge Sonata No. 8 in D, from ‘10 Easy Sonatas’
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