All Beneking Valses Melancoliques

The Valses Melancoliques are my most successful musical works so far - maybe, because the melancholic piano waltz allows to express Melancholy so well.

I have composed 3 series of melancholic piano waltzes with 34 Valses melancoliques, of which the"Valse melancolique No. VIII - le desir eternel" won the international Free-Scores Classical Piano contest in 2013 and "Dance on icy waters No. I" won the 4th prize in 2015.

Other series include piano waltzes for one hand alone, for 20 fingers (4 hands) and some Nocturnes-Valses and the very melancholic ("dark romantic") Trilogy "Dance on icy waters".

Interestingly, no other piano composer has composed as many "Valses melancoliques".

List of all my Valses Melancoliques in chronological order:

5 Nocturnes-Valses in G Minor (2015) - can be played separately or combined as "Grande Nocturne-Valse"

5 Nocturnes-Valses in C Minor (2015) - can be played separately or combined as "Grande Nocturne-Valse"

12 Valses melancoliques III - Dance of the Cranes (2015) - ranging from C minor to B minor

24 Valses melancoliques for one hand alone (2014) - in all 12 minor tonalities

10 Valses melancoliques for 20 fingers (2014) - arrangements of my Valses series for piano duos

12 Valses melancoliques II - The Swans (2013) - ranging from C minor to B minor

10 Valses melancoliques (2012) - including the award-winning "Valse melancolique No. VIII - le desir eternel"

3 Dances on icy waters (2012) - Trilogy in dark romantic classical piano style

Here you find all my compositional series in chronological order

Printed Booklets available on Amazon for:

all above mentioned series except the 10 Valses for 4 hands

Pianist Recordings available on Spotify, iTunes / Apple Music and many other platforms for:

10 Valses melancoliques Series I, 12 Valses Series II, 24 Valses for one hand alone

Free Download of Piano Score Booklets

(Please "click" on the pictures below to open the PDF booklets with Scores / Sheet Music)