The Romantic Era: An Introduction to the Keyboard Music

The Romantic Era: An Introduction to the Keyboard Music
Author: Margery Halford
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457439933

This introduction documents the spirit of Romanticism and the evolution of the piano during the 19th century, and specifies performance suggestions. Biographical information and fascinating photographs fill this collection of keyboard works.

The Classical Era: An Introduction to the Keyboard Music

The Classical Era: An Introduction to the Keyboard Music
Author: Margery Halford
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457412271

Comprised of 13 pieces, this edition showcases the many dance forms of the Classical era and their evolution into the three- and four-movement sonata. A brief biography of each featured composer and a study of ornamentation are also included.

The Romantic Spirit (1790--1910), Bk 1

The Romantic Spirit (1790--1910), Bk 1
Author: Nancy Bachus
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1998-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780882848617

Repertoire by both well-known and lesser-known composers from the Romantic period are included in these performance editions, with commentary relating to the composers' lives and social changes in the era. Students are given an overall view of the period through an integrated arts approach. Book 1 includes music for the early intermediate to intermediate student.

Piano Literature - Book 1: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics

Piano Literature - Book 1: Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics
Author: Randall Faber
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1616779330

(Faber Piano Adventures ). This collection of 21 authentic keyboard works represents the major periods of music - from Baroque to Contemporary - and serves as an excellent introduction to classical keyboard literature. Contents: VON DER HOFE: Canario * PRAETORIUS: Procession in G * TELEMANN: Gavott in C * MOURET: The Highlander * HOOK: Bagatelle * Minuet * TURK: Little Dance * DIABELLI: Morning * HAYDN: Quadrille * ATTWOOD: Sonatina in G * J.C. BACH: Adagio and Allegro * SCHYTTE: Little Prelude * Melody for Left Hand * SPINDLER: Two Preludes * WOHLFAHRT: Waltz for Four Hands * GURLITT: The Hunt * LYNES: Tarantella * ALT: On the Ocean Floor * DUBLIANSKY: The Busy Machine * SALUTRINSKAYA: Shepherd Pipes * FABER: Pantomime

An Introduction to His Piano Works

An Introduction to His Piano Works
Author: Béla Bartók
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457412189

This volume contains 31 pieces from The First Term at the Piano, For Children, 10 Easy Pieces and 7 Sketches. The informative foreword includes Bartók's specific instructions on wrist and finer action, articulations and syncopation. Each piece is prefaced by a brief introduction.

Audacious Euphony

Audacious Euphony
Author: Richard Cohn
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-01-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 019977269X

Reconstructing historical conceptions of harmonic distance, Audacious Euphony advances a geometric model appropriate to understanding triadic progressions characteristic of 19th-century music. Author Rick Cohn uncovers the source of the indeterminacy and uncanniness of romantic music, as he focuses on the slippage between chromatic and diatonic progressions and the systematic principles under which each operate.

Music-Study in Germany

Music-Study in Germany
Author: Amy Fay
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2014-05-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486173496

Famous letters by a young American pianist, dating from 1869 to 1875, uniquely describe study with Liszt, Tausig, and other luminaries. Fay offers firsthand impressions of performances by Rubinstein, Clara Schumann, Wagner (as conductor), Joachim, and many others.

Ornamentation - A Question & Answer Manual

Ornamentation - A Question & Answer Manual
Author: Carole Bigler
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 145744237X

This guide to understanding ornamentation in each era of music includes information on how to understand and remain faithful to the composer's intention, how many and which notes to use in each ornament, how to integrate ornaments smoothly into a performance and simple strategies and systems for realizing and practicing ornaments. A synthesis of years of scholarly research resulting in a logical, easy to follow and accurate volume.

An Introduction to His Piano Music

An Introduction to His Piano Music
Author: Claude Debussy
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 68
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457420245

This collection of Debussy's popular intermediate pieces includes "Clair de lune," "Reverie," "La petit nègre," the complete "Children's Corner Suite" and other works. The introductory pages discuss symbolist poetry, French Impressionist painters and Debussy's musical style. A variety of photographs taken throughout the composer's life are also included.