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, Dvor�k, Elgar, Franck, Haydn, Mahler, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Nielsen, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss and Tchaikovsky. The book also gives a brief biography of each composer.