Leipzig: C.F. Peters, no date. — 31 p. With bookmarks.
Full title: Masken - Ein Zyklus von 20 kleinen Charakterstücken für Klavier zu 2 Händen (A cycle of 20 small character pieces for piano for 2 hands.)
From wikipedia: Walter Rudolph Niemann (1876–1953) was a German composer, arranger, and music critic...
Niemann's compositions include 189 opus numbers, of which more than 150 are works for solo piano, chiefly of character pieces. He also composed violin sonata, several orchestral works, and some chamber music. Niemann was one of the very few German composers to explore Impressionist music. His works are characterized by color and exoticism, and the titles reflect interests in the past ("From Watteau's time", "Sanssouci" "Meissen porcelain"), and exotic subject matter on poetic titles ("Old China, Op. 62," "The Orchid Garden, Op. 67", "The Exotic Pavillon").
Youtube performance (Gamma 1734, piano):
Präludium in Schumanns Art (
F major)
Chinesischer Mandarin (
C major)
Kokette (
F major)
Spanierin (
D minor)
Johann Strauß (
F major)
Ludwig XIV (
F major)
Russischer Volkstänzer (
F minor, ends in F major)
Der Zaghafte (
F major)
Deutsches Mädchen (
B-flat major)
Der Winter (
B-flat minor)
Tarantellentänzer (
B-flat major)
Debussy (
F major)
Der lustige Mijnheer (
C major)
Schwarze Larve (
F minor)
Grieg (
F major)
Der Biedermeier (
C major)
Der Jähzornige (
D minor)
Schweizer Sennerin (
C major)
Italienische Pifferari (
C major)
Zum Schluß (
F major)