First Lessons in Bach

First Lessons in Bach
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1996-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457471896

This collection of 28 short, melodious pieces by J. S. Bach was compiled and edited by Walter Carroll in order to provide a varied set of easier compositions for study by pianists first being introduced to Bach's work. Includes 11 Minuets, 4 Polonaises, 3 Marches, 2 Musettes, a Bourree, 4 Gavottes, a Scherzo, a Sarabande, and a Prelude.

First Lessons in Bach, Complete

First Lessons in Bach, Complete
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: WWW.Snowballpublishing.com
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2009-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781607961871

Books I and II of this traditional edition of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists.

J. S. Bach, An Introduction to His Keyboard Music

J. S. Bach, An Introduction to His Keyboard Music
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457443449

This diversified collection guides students to develop stylistic performances of Bach's keyboard works. Among the 27 selections are numerous menuets, "short" preludes and suite movements. The introductory material contains an excellent discussion of ornamentation, rhythm, articulation, tempo and dynamics in the keyboard music of this master composer.

Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 1

Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 1
Author: Lynn Freeman Olson
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457440540

This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach
Author: Christoph Wolff
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780199248841

Now available in paperback, this landmark biography was first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. Written by a leading Bach scholar, this book presents a new picture of the composer. Christoph Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between Bach's life and his music, showing how the composer's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as a musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher.

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486311848

All 48 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys. Authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Explanation of ornaments in English, tempo indications, music corrections.

Two-part inventions

Two-part inventions
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: G Schirmer, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781495007330

Classical/Opera Piano Solos

Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons

Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Author: Jeremy Denk
Publisher: Picador
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2022-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1761261886

A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical music: its forms, its power, its meaning - and what it can teach us about ourselves. In this searching and funny memoir, based on his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music’s nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world’s greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents and teachers who drove him on – an ongoing battle of talent against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and psychologically perilous relationship. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 'real life,' despite its distance in time. He dives into pieces and composers that have shaped him – Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, among others – and gives unusual lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has received, to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep asking questions about its purpose.