Piano Masterworks for Teaching and Performance, Volume 1

Piano Masterworks for Teaching and Performance, Volume 1
Author: E. L. Lancaster
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1470629011

The 100 pieces (including individual sonatina movements) in this anthology provide a valuable resource for pianists and piano teachers as well as piano pedagogy faculty and students. The literature ranges from late elementary to intermediate levels of difficulty. Repertoire was chosen from all style periods and each piece includes suggestions for fingering and pedaling. All selections are in their original form (no arrangements, simplifications, or other adaptations).

Piano Masterworks for Teaching and Performance, Volume 2

Piano Masterworks for Teaching and Performance, Volume 2
Author: E. L. Lancaster
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 147062902X

The 100 pieces (including individual sonata movements) in this anthology provide a valuable resource for pianists and piano teachers as well as piano pedagogy faculty and students. The literature ranges from intermediate to advanced levels of difficulty. Repertoire was chosen from all style periods and each piece includes suggestions for fingering and pedaling. All selections are in their original form (no arrangements, simplifications, or other adaptations).

Masterwork classics

Masterwork classics
Author: Jane Magrath
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1997
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739006771

A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature. These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD. PIanist Kim O'Reilly Newman holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois. She has performed throughout North America and Europe with the Hambro Quartet of Pianos and was an editor and recording pianist for Alfred Music. Kim is a brain tumor survivor and now specializes in performing music for the left hand.

Professional Piano Teaching, Volume 2

Professional Piano Teaching, Volume 2
Author: Jeanine M. Jacobson
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2015-01-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1470627787

This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: * teaching students beyond the elementary levels * an overview of learning processes and learning theories * teaching transfer students * preparing students for college piano major auditions * teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality * researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire * developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period * developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance * motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice * teaching memorization and performance skills

Menahem Pressler

Menahem Pressler
Author: William Brown
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2008-12-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0253013526

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master's pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and J. S. Bach. Brown presents Pressler's approach to performance and teaching, including technical exercises, principles of relaxation and total body involvement, and images to guide the pianist's creativity toward expressive interpretation. Insights from the author's own lessons, interviews with Pressler, and recollections of more than 100 Pressler students from the past 50 years are gathered in this text. Measure-by-measure lessons on 23 piano masterworks by, among others, Bach, Bartók, Debussy, and Ravel as well as transcriptions of Pressler's fingerings, hand redistributions, practicing guidelines, musical scores, and master class performances are included.

Classics for the Developing Pianist, Book 1

Classics for the Developing Pianist, Book 1
Author: Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1470624419

The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 1 contains selections for early-intermediate pianists. Titles: *Allegro in B-flat Major, K. 3 (W. A. Mozart) *Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) *The Bear (Rebikov) *Burleske (L. Mozart) *Chinese Figurine (Rebikov) *Écossaise in C Major, D. 299, No. 8 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, D. 529, No. 3 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 (Beethoven) *German Dance in G Major (Haydn) *Le petit rien (The Little Trifle) (Couperin) *Melody, Op. 68, No. 1 (Schumann) *Menuet en rondeau (Rameau) *Menuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 (J. S. Bach) *Minuet in A Minor (Purcell) *Minuet in G Major (Telemann) *Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 (J. S. Bach) *Play Song, Sz. 42, No. 5 (Bartók) *Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Song ("Come Home, Lidi"), Sz. 42, No. 3 (Bartók) *The Wild Rider, Op. 68, No. 8 (Schumann) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions

Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature

Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature
Author: Jane Magrath
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 588
Release: 1995
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457438974

This reference book is an invaluable resource for teachers, students and performers for evaluating and selecting piano solo literature. Concise and thoroughly researched, thousands of works, from the Baroque through the Contemporary periods, have been graded and evaluated in detail. Includes an alphabetical list of composers, explanations of works and much more.

Modern Masterworks, Book 1

Modern Masterworks, Book 1
Author: Jane Magrath
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1457414457

These books present captivating 20th-century works that are fresh, upbeat and sure to motivate. Composers represented include Poulenc, Martinu, Cassella, Satie, Debussy, Bortkiewich and others. Designed for the intermediate through early-advanced student and useful for competitions and recitals.

Sonatina Masterworks, Book 1

Sonatina Masterworks, Book 1
Author: Jane Magrath
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457412448

A combination of rewarding sonatina favorites and less frequently heard sonatinas for the "sonatina enthusiast." The fresh balance of works will be welcomed by teachers and students alike.

Masterwork Practice & Performance, Level 3

Masterwork Practice & Performance, Level 3
Author: Jane Magrath
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 92
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457410819

A student practice guide that accompanies the Masterwork Classics. Invaluable notes on technique, style and listening activities for every piece in the Masterwork Classics books, plus teacher's notes and short lesson guides for each piece.