From his earliest Scherzo (1883) to the Piccola suite Danza (1947), the complete piano compositions of Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) are presented in this volume for the first time in full version, collated with the source material, by Giuseppe Filianoti.

Conceived in part for pedagogical purposes, these compositions are embued with the essence of the noble Italian tradition of “Salon music,” from the modest little descriptive sketch to the album leaf of moderate difficulty, to the more tech...