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Animals

A playlist of piano works that takes direct inspiration from nature, evoking the movements and sounds of animals.

elementary

Roly Poly in C major from Beginning Pieces, Vol. 2

Florence Price
early beginner

The Flea in A minor from Album for the Young Op.103 No.17

Mélanie Bonis
early beginner

The bear in D major from Children's Notebook Op.69 No.3

Dmitri Shostakovich
early beginner

5. Elephant in G minor from Five Animal Sketches

William Grant Still
early intermediate

A Witch's Cat in F minor from 24 Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style

William Gillock
early intermediate

The Nightingale in Bb major from Kinderleben Op.81 No.8

Theodor Kullak
early intermediate

Humming bird in C# minor from 24 Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style

William Gillock
late intermediate

Bear Dance from 10 Easy pieces Sz 39 No.10

Béla Bartók
late intermediate

Papillon in G major

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
early intermediate

Teddy Bear in G minor from Marionettes Op.54 No.8

Sergei Bortkiewicz
advanced

The Swan in G major (piano transcription)

Alexander Siloti
advanced

Sheep may safely graze in Bb major from Cantata BWV 208 (piano transcription)

Johann Sebastian Bach