Features 81 compositions in a large, easy-to-read playing edition. Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23; Waltzes, Op. 39; Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a; Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65; Hungarian Dances, Nos. 1-21. Preface.Definitive Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfrende edition
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