Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2

Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 2
Author: Frances Clark
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 30
Release: 1999-11-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457400596

The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 1

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 1
Author: David Kraehenbuehl
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 36
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457400674

This series surveys three centuries of keyboard music, including representative shorter works by: Bach * Handel * Scarlatti * C.P.E. Bach * Haydn * Clementi * Mozart * Beethoven * Schubert * Mendelssohn * Chopin * Schumann * Tchaikovsky * Grieg * MacDowell. The student is helped to achieve stylistically correct performance through editing based on original sources, clear interpretation of ornaments, a glossary of musical terms and symbols for each book, and biographical material on composers, relating them to their period in music history.

Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 1

Contemporary Piano Literature, Book 1
Author: Frances Clark
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 26
Release: 1999-11-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457400588

The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 5

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 5
Author: Alfred Music
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457400704

This series surveys three centuries of keyboard music, including representative shorter works by: Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and MacDowell. The student is helped to achieve stylistically correct performance through editing based on original sources, clear interpretation of ornaments, a glossary of musical terms and symbols for each book, and biographical material on composers, relating them to their period in music history.

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 4

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 4
Author: Alfred Music
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 60
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457402166

This series surveys three centuries of keyboard music, including representative shorter works by: Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and MacDowell. The student is helped to achieve stylistically correct performance through editing based on original sources, clear interpretation of ornaments, a glossary of musical terms and symbols for each book, and biographical material on composers, relating them to their period in music history.

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 3

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 3
Author: Frances Clark
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 44
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457400698

This series surveys three centuries of keyboard music, including representative shorter works by: Bach, Handel, Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Clementi, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and MacDowell. The student is helped to achieve stylistically correct performance through editing based on original sources, clear interpretation of ornaments, a glossary of musical terms and symbols for each book, and biographical material on composers, relating them to their period in music history.

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 2

Piano Literature of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries, Book 2
Author: Alfred Music
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1999-11-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457400681

This series surveys three centuries of keyboard music, including representative shorter works by: * Bach * Handel * Scarlatti * C.P.E. Bach * Haydn * Clementi * Mozart * Beethoven * Schubert * Mendelssohn * Chopin * Schumann * Tchaikovsky * Grieg * MacDowell The student is helped to achieve stylistically correct performance through editing based on original sources, clear interpretation of ornaments, a glossary of musical terms and symbols for each book, and biographical material on composers, relating them to their period in music history.

Preparatory Piano Literature: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics

Preparatory Piano Literature: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics
Author: Randall Faber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1616779314

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Includes a CD of Accompaniments. Contents include: Allegretto (Kohler) * Ancient Dance (Praetorious) * Circle Dance (Beyer) * Country Ride (Kohler) * Echoes (Kohler) * Five-Note Sonatina (Bolck) * The Hero's March (Vogel) * In an Old Castle (Beyer) * Little March (Turk) * Melody (Beyer) * Ponies (Low) * Sonatina (Wilton).

Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style

Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style
Author: William L. Gillock
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1995-11-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457404108

Lyric Preludes is an introduction to the whole Romantic period -- from Chopin and Schumann to Brahms and Debussy. Like Chopin, Gillock has written 24 preludes featuring all major and minor keys. But his preludes aren't just imitations of other composer's styles, they are valid, original works. An essential book for all pianists.

Men, Women and Pianos

Men, Women and Pianos
Author: Arthur Loesser
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486171612

A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.