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Famous Classical Piano Pieces

The pieces people mean when they say they want to play "something classical": you have heard all of them in films, adverts and ringtones. Some are easy once you know the pattern, others are genuinely hard; each page shows the difficulty and which part of the piece you are looking at.

Start with the famous bars, get them under your fingers with the loop, and only then worry about the rest.

37 songs

Famous Classical Piano Pieces: the scores

Candlelit Viennese room with an antique piano, a sealed letter and dried rose, moonlit windowTheme A · A minor

Für Elise

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)IntermediatePlay the score Grand piano on a rocky hilltop as golden sunbeams break through dark storm cloudsEasy Version · C major

Ode to Joy

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)BeginnerPlay the score Ornate gilded Baroque harpsichord with candelabra, quill and notebook in a dark panelled drawing roomEasy Version · G major

Minuet in G

Christian Petzold (1677-1733)EasyPlay the score Grand piano releasing geometric arcs of golden and cyan light in a symmetrical glowing archEasy Version, Bars 1-19 · C major

Prelude in C Major

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)IntermediatePlay the score Grand piano on a stone dais in a vast crystal cavern with torch-lit path and creeping mistEasy Version · B minor

In the Hall of the Mountain King

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)EasyPlay the score Glowing sugar-crystal palace with candy canes and macarons around a crystal grand pianoEasy Version, Celesta Theme · E minor

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)IntermediatePlay the score Spiral of glowing roses and petals swirling in a grand ballroom around a grand pianoEasy Version, Main Theme · D major

Waltz of the Flowers

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)IntermediatePlay the score Georgian concert hall with golden organ pipes, light rays from high windows and a grand piano on stageEasy Version, Opening · D major

Hallelujah Chorus

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano on a wooden jetty facing a sunrise over a misty Norwegian fjordEasy Version, Flute Theme · C major

Morning Mood

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)EasyPlay the score An ornate grand piano in a Viennese palace garden at night with lanterns, fountain and starry skyEasy Version, First Theme · G major

Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)EasyPlay the score A red rose and black lace fan on piano keys in a lantern-lit Seville courtyard at nightTheme, First Verse · D minor

Habanera

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)IntermediatePlay the score An empty cabaret stage with red velvet curtains, magenta spotlights and a grand piano in the pitEasy Version, Galop Chorus · G major

Can-Can

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)EasyPlay the score A grand piano on an alpine meadow under lightning storm clouds, distant horses galloping along a ridgeEasy Version, Finale Theme · C major

William Tell Overture

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)EasyPlay the score A grand piano in a marble Viennese ballroom with crystal chandeliers and tall windows over the moonlit DanubeEasy Version, First Waltz Theme · D major

The Blue Danube

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)EasyPlay the score A candle-lined petal aisle with white roses leading to a grand piano before gothic windowsEasy Version, Main Theme · C major

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)EasyPlay the score A white grand piano covered in flowers in a fairy-lit wedding pavilion open to an enchanted forestMain Theme · C major

Wedding March

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)IntermediatePlay the score A lone upright piano in prairie grass under a magenta dusk sky with a distant farmhouse and roadEasy Version, Main Theme · C major

New World Symphony (Largo)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)BeginnerPlay the score A classical grand piano in a bright 18th-century music room by a window with sheer curtains and a flower vaseFirst Theme, Bars 1-12 · C major

Sonata in C, K. 545

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano beside a rain-streaked arched window overlooking olive trees, with a single candleEasy Version, Bars 1-12 · E minor

Prelude in E Minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)EasyPlay the score A misty candle-lined cemetery path with cypress trees leading to a grand piano under a stone archEasy Version, Theme · A minor

Funeral March

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)EasyPlay the score A grand piano in a baroque chapel under a blue shaft of light from a rose windowEasy Version, First Section · D major

Air on the G String

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano on a church organ loft beside golden pipes and a carved balustrade in warm lightEasy Version, Opening · G major

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)EasyPlay the score A rainy lantern-lit cobblestone street with a candle-lit window showing a grand pianoEasy Version, Opening Theme · A minor

Symphony No. 40

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)EasyPlay the score An upright piano on a river tavern terrace at night with wine, a feathered hat and opera spotlights over MantuaEasy Version, First Verse · C major

La Donna è Mobile

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)EasyPlay the score A grand piano alone on the sand of an empty bullring at golden hour with red flagsEasy Version, Refrain · F major

Toreador Song

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano on a ceremonial hall stage with gold, cyan and magenta banners and graduation caps in the airEasy Version, Trio Theme · G major

Pomp and Circumstance

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)EasyPlay the score An upright piano with a candle as clouds and stars drift in through an open window, curtains floatingEasy Version, First Phrase · F major

Träumerei

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano in a candlelit salon circled by whirling trails of golden light, a dog cushion and red ballFirst Section, Op. 64 No. 1 · D-flat major

Minute Waltz

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)AdvancedPlay the score A small upright piano with one candle in a stone monastery cell, rain on the window and a drop rippling a puddleEasy Version, Op. 28 No. 15 · D-flat major

Raindrop Prelude

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano with a magenta rose on a wooden dance floor in a birch grove, lanterns and fireflies at duskComplete, Op. 28 No. 7 · A major

Prelude in A Major

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)IntermediatePlay the score Two rows of candles leading through a dark gothic cathedral nave to a grand piano under a shaft of lightEasy Version, Op. 28 No. 20 · C minor

Prelude in C Minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)IntermediatePlay the score An open upright piano in a gaslit 1899 club with a wooden bar, red maple leaves falling on the keysFirst Strain · A-flat major

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin (1868-1917)AdvancedPlay the score A white grand piano among white roses and candles in a chapel lit by coloured stained glass and golden raysEasy Version, First Verse · C major

Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)EasyPlay the score A black grand piano in a gothic cathedral before towering organ pipes, lightning through a stained glass windowEasy Version, the Opening, BWV 565 · D minor

Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)EasyPlay the score A grand piano in a candlelit Viennese salon with a crystal chandelier, two gilded chairs and golden ribbons of light swirling like a waltzEasy Version, Brahms Op. 39 No. 15 · A-flat major

Waltz in A-flat

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano and a cello in a stone room beside an arched window looking onto rain over a seaside town at nightChopin Op. 28 No. 6 · B minor

Prelude in B minor

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)IntermediatePlay the score A grand piano in a palace garden pavilion with potted lemon trees and lanterns, French doors open onto a moonlit formal gardenTheme, Andante grazioso · A major

Sonata in A, K. 331: Theme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)IntermediatePlay the score
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