Billy Mayerl
William Joseph Mayerl (31 May 1902 – 25 March 1959) was an English pianist and composer who built a career in music hall and musical theatre. Best known for his syncopated novelty piano solos, he wrote over 300 piano pieces, many of which were named after flowers and trees, including his best-known composition, "Marigold" (1927). He also ran the successful School of Syncopation, for whose members he published hundreds of his own arrangements of popular songs.
He also composed works for piano and orchestra, often in suites with evocative names such as the Aquarium Suite (1937), comprising "Willow Moss", "Moorish Idol", "Fantail", and "Whirligig".
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Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: VI. Kangourous - A Musical Bestiary -
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Schubert, F: Bagatelles, Op. 13: No. 9, L'abeille - A Musical Bestiary -
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Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly" - A Musical Bestiary -
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Massenet: 2 Pièces pour piano: No. 1, Papillons noirs - A Musical Bestiary -
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Monkey's Dance - A Musical Bestiary -
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Barrios Mangoré: Las abejas - A Musical Bestiary -
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Beethoven: Esel aller Esel, WoO 227 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Mozart, L: Musikalische Schlittenfahrt: III. Das schüttelnde Pferd - A Musical Bestiary -
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Puccini: E l'uccellino (Instrumental Version) - A Musical Bestiary -
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Dvořák: Moravian Duets, Op. 32, Pt. 2, B. 62: No. 6, Die Taube auf dem Ahorn - A Musical Bestiary -
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Satie: Préludes flasques (pour un chien): No. 3, Chanson canine - A Musical Bestiary -
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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: Medley of Themes - A Musical Bestiary -
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Trenet: La cigale et la fourmi - A Musical Bestiary -
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Desprez: El grillo - A Musical Bestiary -
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Dowland: The Frog Galliard, P. 23 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Copland: Old American Songs, Book I: No. 5, I Bought Me a Cat - A Musical Bestiary -
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Biber: Sonata representativa: IV. Der Fresch - A Musical Bestiary -
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Tansman: Pour les enfants, Deuxième recueil: No. 2, Le petit oiseau - A Musical Bestiary -
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Mozart: Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K. 307 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Lyadov: 8 Russian Folksongs, Op. 58: No. 4, Humorous Song "I Danced with a Mosquito" - A Musical Bestiary -
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Poulenc: Le bestiaire, ou le cortège d’Orphée, FP 15: No. 6, La carpe (Chamber Version) - A Musical Bestiary -
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Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57, Pt. 2: Variation. Fish Creatures - A Musical Bestiary -
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Milhaud: Quatrains valaisans, Op. 206: No. 5, Beau papillon - A Musical Bestiary -
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Rossini: Cats' Duet "Duetto buffo di due gatti" (Also Attributed to Pearsall)) - A Musical Bestiary -
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Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 3, Song with Chorus. "Ye Spotted Snakes" - A Musical Bestiary -
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Bartók: For Children, Sz. 42, Book IV "Slovakian Folk Songs": No. 76, The Hidden Horse. Poco allegretto - A Musical Bestiary -
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Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata in G Minor, Kk. 30 "The Cat's Fugue" - A Musical Bestiary -
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Zemlinsky: Suite from the Incidental Music for Shakespeare's Cymbeline: III. Lied des Cloten. "Horch, horch! Die Lerche" (Live) - A Musical Bestiary -
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Chausson: 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 3, Les papillons - A Musical Bestiary -
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Johansen: Suite No. 1, Op. 5 "Pictures from Nordland": III. Reindeer - A Musical Bestiary -
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Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17, Pt. 2: XIII. Funérailles de l'Éphémère - A Musical Bestiary -
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Fučík: Der alte Brummbär, Op. 210 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet - A Musical Bestiary -
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Williams: Jaws: The Shark Theme - A Musical Bestiary -
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Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3, RV 428 "Il gardellino": III. Allegro - A Musical Bestiary -
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Samazeuilh: Le cercle des heures: V. Si j'étais une luciole - A Musical Bestiary -
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Traditional / Arr. Barbosa-Lima: The Nightingale - A Musical Bestiary -
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Honegger: Danse de la chèvre - A Musical Bestiary -
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Bennett: Songs Before Sleep: No. 1, The Mouse and the Bumblebee - A Musical Bestiary -
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Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: No. 1, Le rouge-gorge - A Musical Bestiary -
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Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: VIII. Le moucheron - A Musical Bestiary -
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Bliss: A Knot of Riddles: II. Swallows - A Musical Bestiary -
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De Machaut: Phyton, le mervilleus serpent - A Musical Bestiary -
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Sullivan: The Dicky Bird and the Owl - A Musical Bestiary -
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Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Villa-Lobos / Arr. Zehavi: L'oiseau blessé d'une flèche, Op. 10, W062 - A Musical Bestiary -
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Hotteterre, J-M: Suite for Two Recorders No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 4: IV. Rondeau tendre "Les tourterelles" - A Musical Bestiary -
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Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. Posth. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": IV. Tema con variazione. Andantino - A Musical Bestiary -
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Ives: Set No. 1 for Chamber Orchestra: IV. Like A Sick Eagle - A Musical Bestiary -
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act 2: No. 13d, Dance of the Swans. Dance of the Little Swans - A Musical Bestiary -
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Seiber: The Famous Tay Whale - A Musical Bestiary -
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Pierné: Impressions de music-hall, Op. 47: Berceuse. Hommage à Bobby, chien savant (Arr. Dushkin for Violin and Piano) - A Musical Bestiary -
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Delage: Chants de la jungle, Op. 21: No. 2, Maktah. Berceuse phoque - A Musical Bestiary -
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Ciconia: Una panthera - A Musical Bestiary -
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1, Butterfly - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: The Flight of the Bumblebee - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Berlioz: 8 Scènes de Faust, Op. 1, H 33: No. 5, Chanson de Méphistophélès "Histoire d'une puce" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major "Butterfly" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Schubert, F: Bagatelles, Op. 13: No. 9, L'abeille - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Lyadov: 8 Russian Folksongs, Op. 58: No. 4, Humorous Song "I Danced with a Mosquito" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 1: No. 14, Grasshoppers and Dragonflies - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Massenet: 2 Pièces pour piano: No. 1, Papillons noirs - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Trenet: La cigale et la fourmi - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Book VI: No. 142, From the Diary of a Fly - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Tippet: Songs for Ariel: No. 3, Where the Bee Sucks - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Schubert: Der Schmetterling, Op. 57 No. 1, D. 633 - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Barrios Mangoré: Las abejas - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Couperin: Second livre de pièces de clavecin, Sixième ordre: VIII. Le moucheron - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Schumann: Liederalbum für die Jugend, Op. 79: No. 14, Marienwürmchen - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: II. Entracte - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Arne: Where the Bee Sucks (From Shakespeare's "The Tempest") - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Desprez: El grillo - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Bennett: Songs Before Sleep: No. 1, The Mouse and the Bumblebee - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Wiltschinsky: Papillon - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Satie: Carnet d'esquisses et de croquis: No. 17, Petit prélude de "La mort de monsieur Mouche" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Lecocq: 6 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 4, La cigale et la fourmi - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Johnson: Where the Bee Sucks (For Shakespeare's "The Tempest") - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 3: Mückentanz. "Mücken, Wespen, Fliegenchor" (Spärlich, Cajus, Falstaff, Reich, Chor) - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Chausson: 7 Mélodies, Op. 2: No. 3, Les papillons - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Roussel: Le festin de l'araignée, Op. 17, Pt. 2: XIII. Funérailles de l'Éphémère - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Butterfly Dance - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Martin: 5 Songs of Ariel: No. 5, Where the Bee Sucks There Suck I - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Crumb: Black Angels "Thirteen Images from the Dark Land": Threnody I. Night of the Electric Insects - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Ravel: Histoires naturelles, M. 50: No. 2, Le grillon - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Mayerl: 4 Insect Oddities: No. 3, Praying Mantis - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Samazeuilh: Le cercle des heures: V. Si j'étais une luciole - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Friml: The Firefly, Act 1: "Love Is Like a Firefly" (Nina) - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Mussorgsky: Mephistopheles' Song in Auerbach's Cellar "Song of the Flea" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Gallot: Dialogue ou Chaconne "La mouche" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Plakidis: 2 Grasshopper Dances for Solo Violin: No. 2, Happy Dance - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act 2: "Come una mosca prigioniera" (Suzuki, Butterfly) - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 2, Op. 1b: III. Moths and Butterflies - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Delage: Fables de La Fontaine, Op. 20: No. 2, La cigale et la fourmi - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers, Act 2: Duo de la mouche. "Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule" (Eurydice, Jupiter) - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Porter: Hitchy-Koo: Bring Me Back My Butterfly - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Andreyev: The Butterfly - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Wilbye: The Second Set of Madrigals: No. 17, Sweet Honey Sucking Bees: Pt. 2 - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Lincke: Lysistrata, Act 2: Glühwürmchen-Idyll. "Wen die Nacht sich niedersenkt" - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Franck: Roses et papillons, FWV 81 - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Bee - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Caplet: 3 Fables de La Fontaine: No. 2, La cigale et la fourmi - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77 - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Messager: Madame Chrysanthème, Act 3: "Écoutez, c'est le chant des cigales" (Madame Chrysanthème) - Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life -
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Keyboard Suite in E Minor: I. Air tendre - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Keyboard Suite in E Minor: II. Courante - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Keyboard Suite in E Minor: III. Allemande - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Keyboard Suite in E Minor: IV. Sarabande - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Keyboard Suite in E Minor: V. Gigue - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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20 Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 1, Sostenuto. Molto rubato - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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20 Mazurkas, Op. 50: No. 2, Allegramente. Poco vivace - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 1 in A Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 2 in D Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 3 in B-Flat Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 4 in G Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 5 in B Minor - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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12 Ländler, D. 790: No. 3 in D Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 6 in B-Flat Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 7 in B-Flat Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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34 Valses sentimentales, D. 779: No. 27 in E-Flat Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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34 Valses sentimentales, D. 779: No. 1 in C Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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34 Valses sentimentales, D. 779: No. 2 in C Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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16 German Dances, D. 783: No. 10 in A Minor - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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34 Valses sentimentales, D. 779: No. 13 in A Major - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Danse barbaro - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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A Slinky Foxtrot "Nocturne" - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Années de Pèlerinage II, Supplément (Venezia et Napoli), S. 162: III. Tarantella - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Habaneras "An Operatic Paraphrase" - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Cantos de España, Op. 232: V. Seguidillas - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Fantasie-Mazurka - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Rosamunde, D. 797: Ballet Music (Arr. Godowsky) - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Mazurka No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 54 - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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8 Russian Folk Songs, Op. 58: IV. Humorous Song "I Danced with a Mosquito" (Version for Piano) - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Railroad Rhythm - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Black and White Rag (Arr. Atwell) - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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La tartine de beurre "Das Butterbrot" (Formerly Attrib. Mozart as K. Anh. C.27.09) - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Illuminations: II. … la tristesse amoureuse de la nuit - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande (Arr. Jacobson for Piano) - Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance -
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