This new collection features 55 excerpts from 47 symphonies by 18 of the world's greatest composers, faithfully transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo. Composers represented are: Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorák, Elgar, Franck, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nielsen, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss and Tchaikovsky. The book also gives a brief biography of each composer. Contents: BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES: No. 3, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 5, 1st, 2nd, & 3rd mvt. excerpts · No. 6, 1st & 5th mvt. excerpts · No. 7, 1st & 2nd mvt. excerpts · No. 9, 1st & 4th mvt. excerpts · BERLIOZ: Symphony Fantastique, 4th & 5th mvt. excerpts · BRAHMS SYMPHONIES: No. 1, 4th mvt. excerpt · No. 2, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 3, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 4, 1st mvt. excerpt · BRUCKNER SYMPHONIES: No. 4, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 7, 2nd mvt. excerpt · DVORAK SYMPHONIES: No. 8, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 9, 2nd & 4th mvt. excerpts · ELGAR: Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt. excerpt · FRANCK: Symphony in D minor, M 48, 1st mvt. Themes · HAYDN SYMPHONIES: No. 94 Surprise, 2nd mvt. excerpt · No. 101 The Clock, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 104 London, 1st mvt. excerpt · MAHLER SYMPHONIES: No. 1, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 2, 5th mvt. Choral Theme · No. 4, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 5, 4th mvt. excerpt · No. 8, 2nd mvt. excerpt · MENDELSSOHN SYMPHONIES: No. 3, 1st mvt. Themes · No. 4, 1st mvt. excerpt · MOZART SYMPHONIS: No. 25, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 29, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 35, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 38, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 39, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 40, 1st & 3rd mvt. excerpts · No. 41, 1st mvt. excerpt · NIELSEN: Symphony No. 3, 4th mvt. excerpt · PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, 1st mvt. excerpt · RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2, 3rd mvt. excerpt · SCHUBERT SYMPHONIES: No. 4, 2nd mvt. excerpt · No. 5, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 8, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 9, 1st mvt. excerpt · SCHUMANN SYMPHONIES: No. 1, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 3, 1st mvt. excerpt · R STRAUSS: An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 excerpt · TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONIES: No. 3, 1st mvt. excerpt · No. 4, 2nd mvt. excerpt · No. 5, 3rd mvt. excerpt · No. 6, 1st mvt. excerpt