This 4-volume series summarizes the history of piano music and its influence on and by society from the 17th century through the early 20th century. Each volume includes full-length piano solos, interesting facts about society, style and musical trends, historical paintings, famous quotations, information about the great composers and 2 CD's of motivating solos piano performances performed by concert pianist Daniel Glover. Composers represented in this volume: Sibelius, Gliere, Debussy, Ravel, Rebikov, Nielsen, Reger, Satie, Griffes, Bartok, Albeniz, Granados, Cervantes, Beach, Dett, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Scott, Grovlez, Ibert, Poulenc, Palmgren, Poldini, Nazreth, Villa-Lobos, and Blake.