Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

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1. Ludwig van Beethoven

   Author of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15), Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 in Full Score, Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, and 7 in Full Score

2. Frédéric Chopin

   Author of Chopin - Preludes for the Piano, Vol. 34, Nocturnes, Complete Preludes and Etudes for Solo Piano

3. Johann Sebastian Bach

   Author of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete, Keyboard Music, Organ Music

4. Johannes Brahms

   Author of German Requiem in Full Score, Complete Symphonies (Vienna Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Edition), Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano

5. Gustav Mahler

   Author of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores), Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 in Full Score, Symphony No. 7 In Full Score

6. Maurice Ravel

   Author of Piano Masterpieces of Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin and Other Works for Solo Piano, Four Orchestral Works in Full Score: Rapsodie Espagnole, Mother Goose Suite, Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, and Pavane

7. Claude Debussy

   Author of Piano Music 1888-1905, Children's Corner, La Mer (the Sea): Three Symphonic Sketches (Dover Miniature Scores)

8. Peter Tschaikowski

   Author of Nutcracker Suite in Full Score, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Symphonies in Full Score, Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in Full Score

9. Franz Schubert

   Author of Schubert Moments Musicaux, Op. 94 Impromptus, Opp. 90 & 142 for the Piano (Alfred Masterwork Edition), Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte Solo, Four Symphonies in Full Score

10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Author of Requiem K 626, Later Symphonies (Nos. 35-41) in Full Score, Symphonies Nos. 22-34 in Full Score

11. Robert Schumann

    Author of Piano Music of Robert Schumann, Series I, Complete Symphonies in Full Score

12. Edvard Grieg

    Author of Complete Lyric Pieces for Piano, Piano Concerto in Full Score

13. Alexandre Scriabine

    Author of The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo

14. Jean-Philippe Rameau

    Author of Complete Works for Solo Keyboard

15. Richard Strauss

    Author of Tone Poems in Full Score, Series II: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, also Sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben, Tone Poems in Full Score, Series 1: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote

16. Felix Mendelssohn

    Author of Songs without words for the piano [score], Major Orchestral Works in Full Score

17. Georg Friedrich Händel

    Author of Keyboard Works for Solo Instrument (Music Series)

18. Franz Liszt

    Author of Complete Hungarian Rhapsodies for Solo Piano, Liebestraum ( A Dream of Love) Nocturne

19. Carl Czerny

    Author of The School of Velocity

20. George Gershwin

    Author of Rhapsody in Blue: Solo Piano (Original)