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Part of a new series of piano music books edited by British concert pianist Samantha Ward, and designed primarily to be played at home, simply for pleasure. .

Selected for their relaxing qualities, the pieces in this volume range from well-known classics to delightful lesser-known gems. Featuring arrangements of pieces from the Romantic period, the collection is of easy/intermediate level so a competent amateur pianist will have little difficulty in mastering the pieces.

'RELAX WITH' SERIES - press reviews

For those ... who now want to sit down and play the piano of an evening - purely for relaxation and personal satisfaction - these books brilliantly hit their target. They provide a huge range or wonderful music, and the selection of pieces included is near perfect. ... these books so brilliantly meet the demand expressed by so many of my teenage and adult students for beautiful music that can be enjoyed for enjoyment's sake. - PIANODAO.COM

Thank you Schott and Samantha Ward for producing these beautiful volumes which will bring so much joy to learners and adult players alike
Beate Toyka , EPTA UK Piano Magazine.

Piano solo sheet music songbook featuring original, piano love songs from the popular CrusaderBeach ?Piano Songs? albums. This 22-page songbook is a collection of beautiful, relaxing and romantic piano pieces by CrusaderBeach, all with tender, emotional, heart warming melodies. Perfect music for wedding ceremony or reception, anniversary celebration, Valentine?s Day, romantic dinner, or serenading the one you love.​

Comprising quality sheet music for six modern piano songs: ?The Last Dance?, ?Responsible For You?, ?Touch The Skin?, ?The Girl Who Loved The World?, ?Falling Star? and ?Who Wants To Fall In Love? (Ballad Version)?. All CrusaderBeach solo piano music has been composed by Adrian Webster (PRS CAE/IPI: 702739746).​

If you like the contemporary instrumental, new age music of Ludovico Einaudi, Yiruma, Yann Tiersen, Michele McLaughlin, Jon Schmidt of the Piano Guys, George Winston or David Lanz, you'll enjoy playing the beautiful, original piano music of CrusaderBeach.​

The song sheets are a popular choice with piano players, music teachers, students and wedding pianists. CrusaderBeach songs are available to download and stream from all major outlets (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify etc.) and are regularly used as background music for short films and wedding ceremonies.​

To view videos of this music, check out CrusaderBeach on YouTube: https://youtu.be/63QzX4E7DAA​

To find out more about CrusaderBeach please visit: http://www.crusaderbeach.com/

Solitudeis Oneself: Three piano pieces:

1 NeverUnderestimate the Difficulties of Simple Things

2 Too MuchBut Still Not Enough

3 Waitingfor Perfection is Waiting Forever

Tranquil, relaxing, "chill",minimalist, expressive music for solo piano.

You can "use" this music formeditation, study, learning, sleeping, relax or praying.

The phrase wherethe title (Solitude is Oneself)comes from belongs to Javier Ad�riz (1948-2011), Argentine poet, one ofmy best teachers and friends (the original Spanish reads "La soledad es uno mismo").

Don'tsee any negative aspects in Solitude. In Spanish there is only one word forSolitude and Loneliness (namely "Soledad"). Loneliness is a state ofisolation, without dialog, feeling abandoned and without external points ofreference. But I conceive Solitude as a highely creative state, in which one isfaced to what one actually wants to achieve, with one's thoughts, with one'sself.

NeverUnderestimate the Difficulties of Simple Things. Lots of times I have seenthis in several persons - and in myself: when something is simple, easy anduncomplicated, we tend to underestimate it too much and its hidden difficultiesend up tackling us. We leave to the last moment a text that seems easy tolearn, and we do not assimilate it as we could. Or a chess game that is(really) won, but we feel over-confident, we play with superficiality, we makeslight mistakes one after the other and loose control of the situation.

Thistitle can be understood as self-referent: this particular piano piece seems tobe simple... until you try to perform it really well and record it.

About the ArtWork / Cover Art of Solitudeis Oneself:

It shows a human face (concretely the composer's)faced simmetrically to its silhouette, in black. This illustration alludes tothe title: Solitude is Oneself. Is oneself (the person) facing his ownsolitude, his internal misterious being. A real human facing his own shadow. Itis not a negative shadow: is the shadow of which Shamanism speaks, the ownshadow from where one draws strength.

The music is dedicated to Mr. Cadmiel P�rez from Rep�blica Dominicana.

Solitude isOneself was recorded by the composer and released as single on Friday 17August 2018 on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Qobuz, Tidal, Amazon mp3 and nearly all streaming platforms you canimagine.

In Spotify is here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/6KffxzDSVYJqZuNEK3Bj0h

In Bandcamp is here:

https://juanmariasolare.bandcamp.com/album/solitude-is-oneself

If you readSpanish you can find more about this music here:

https://es.quora.com/blog/musica-neoclasica/La-soledad-es-uno-mismo-m%C3%BAsica-para-piano

These are 12 original and ambient flute and piano duets with a different piece for every major key beginning with C major and each number moving a half step higher till number 12 in B major. These are all relaxing and romantic composition in quiet and calm styles and are somewhat a set of etudes encouraging the violinist and pianist to play similar styles in some keys that that may not be favorites. However, professional musicians have to play in every key and students would be well served play all and not avoid certain keys. All of these have piano tracks that may be used for performance or rehearsal and can be found under "Quietude No. 1 Piano Track" and just changing the number to find the right track. The MP3 is of No. 1 while the YouTube link is of number 9 in A flat major. There are separate flute parts for every piece. Most of the piano parts as seen can also serve as stand alone solos. This book is also available for violin and piano solo. James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College.

Autumn Nocturne is a short original composition for piano that conveys both the quiet and the exuberance of a colorful Autumn night. It would be great modern repertoire piece for an intermediate or advancing student. Fill the air with the sounds of night!

This is a collection of 12 original piano compositions written between April 20 and May 3, 2021 and in relaxing, reflective, and romantic styles with one in every major key beginning with C major and going through B major. A great resource for supplemental repertoire, weddings, and sacred settings. The solos are exactly as played on Dr. Stevens' album, "Piano Adagios" as heard on Spotify, Pandora, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and other streaming platforms around the world. The YouTube recording is of No. 1 in C Major, while the MP3 is of No. 2 in D Flat Major.

James Michael Stevens is a prolific composer residing in Nashville, TN and serves as the Music Department Chairman of Welch College.

Have you always wanted to play some of your favourite Chopin pieces but find the virtuoso sections too daunting? This is a medley of themes from a number of Chopin's best known piano works. The extracts that form the bulk of the piece are faithful transcriptions of Chopin's originals, in the original key, and are joined together with short sections of original composition in a similar style. This is an ideal introduction to some of Chopin's most beautiful music for the intermediate level piano student or adult learner, or a relaxing bit of light relief for the more advanced pianist.

Works represented include:
Etude in E major op.10 no. 3
Ballade no. 1 in G minor op. 23
Prelude in D flat ("Raindrop"), op. 28 no. 15