The Faber Music Piano Anthology

The Faber Music Piano Anthology is an elegant, carefully curated collection of core piano repertoire spanning the Baroque through the twentieth century, selected by pianist and educator Melanie Spanswick. Presented in progressive order, the volume features a rich mix of beloved masterworks and lesser-known gems by composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Bach, and Satie, offering both variety and a clear sense of musical development. Designed as a high-quality hardback edition with premium paper and distinctive artwork (Cyril Edward Power’s The Concerto), it serves as both a practical resource and a collectible volume, ideal for pianists from intermediate to advanced levels seeking a thoughtfully organized and inspiring anthology.

Selected Contents (Partial List) Early–Intermediate repertoire examples:

• Air (from Water Music) – George Frideric Handel
• Alla Siciliana – Alexandre Guilmant
• Allegro (Sonata in C, K.545 – 1st movement) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Andante (Sonata in G, K.283) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2 – Friedrich Burgmüller
• Bagatelle – Anton Diabelli
• Berceuse, Op. 13 No. 7 – Alexander Ilyinsky
• Chanson Triste – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Come With Us! – Leoš Janácek

Intermediate highlights: Consolation, Op. 30 No. 3 – Felix Mendelssohn

• Consolation No. 1 (S.172) – Franz Liszt
• Danse Lente – César Franck
• The Fall of the Leafe – Martin Peerson
• Fantasia in D minor, K.397 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Merry Peasant (Fröhlicher Landmann) – Robert Schumann

Familiar classics included:

• Für Elise – Ludwig van Beethoven
• Gnossienne No. 1 – Erik Satie
• Gymnopédie No. 1 – Erik Satie
• La fille aux cheveux de lin – Claude Debussy

Additional selections (lesser-known gems):

• La Vision, Op. 63 No. 1 – Charles-Valentin Alkan
• L’Avalanche – Stephen Heller
• Invocation à Schumann – Déodat de Séverac
• Honey Humoresque – R. Nathaniel Dett

Overview of the Full Contents
Total pieces: 78

• Organization: Progressive (roughly Grade 2–8 level)
• Style range: Baroque • Classical • Romantic • early modern
• Includes major composers like Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, and Franz Schubert alongside lesser-known works for variety.