Bärenreiter Piano Album Baroque Sheet Music

A Four-Country Tour of Baroque Keyboard Music

Piano Album Baroque gathers 44 approachable pieces that trace the major styles of Baroque clavier music across England, Italy, France, and Germany. The anthology opens with Girolamo Frescobaldi's transitional works, moves through the English virginalists and French clavecinistes, and concludes with Johann Sebastian Bach. Pieces were chosen so they can be played on the modern piano, and the musical text includes practical ornament suggestions and reliable fingering.

What Makes This Collection Useful for Study

Colour illustrations of historical keyboard instruments accompany each national section, giving players a visual sense of the virginal, clavichord, harpsichord, and fortepiano traditions. The volume covers the major musical genres of the period — from dance to fugue — across the Early, High, and Late Baroque.