SKU: HL.49002680

ISBN 9780901938039. English.

Ballet an its Music traces the influence of the outstanding personalities in the world of ballet from the seventeenth century to the present day. The development of dance-technique and ballet music is followed from the courtly and peasant dances of the High Renaissance through to contemporary productions. The author deals in detail not only with the great choreographers, past and present, but also with the composers whose names are especially linked with ballet and who have made a significant contribution to music for the dance. She combines a historical narrative with a perceptive treatment of world-famous Schools and Companies. Ballet and its Music is copiously illustrated with photographs and engravings. A special feature of the book is the collection of music extracts from many famous ballets, arranged for piano solo, which will make it particularly attractive to the student an amateur musician. Althrough primarily intended for young people embarking on a study of ballet, the wealth of information contained in this book will make it a stimulating and invaluable guide for readers of all ages.

SKU: HL.50399750

UPC: 073999319644. 10.75x7.25x0.095 inches.

Very young pianists are within easy reach of the little treasures in this volume by beloved classic composers. Each piece is on a small scale, and the author has added descriptive titles to stimulate the young imagination. Contents: Air on G-A-B (Rousseau) * Chorale * Country Dance (Beethoven) * Ecossaise No. 1 * Festival (Haydn) * First Steps (Mozart) * In Merry Mood (Haydn) * Landler (Haydn) * Le Carillon (Haydn) * Little Russian Dance (Beethoven) * Menuetto (Mozart) * Peasant Dance (Beethoven) * Promenade (Beethoven) * Rigaudon (Daquin) * Rigaudon (Rameau) * Rustic Dance (Haydn) * Theme (Mozart) * Theme (Haydn) * Theme by Purcell.

SKU: HL.48000031

ISBN 9783702432539. UPC: 803452032199. 9.25x6.0x0.07 inches.

Contents: Dance * Teasing Song * Play * Lullaby * Midsummer Night Song * Cushion Dance * Rumanian Song * Ruthenian Song * Slovak Song (I) * Hungarian Song.

SKU: BT.EMBZ20085

English-Hungarian.

Bartók's Mikrokosmos has been one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire for 80 years - and yet it is also far more than a classical piano primer. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition - from Imitation and Inversion, Ostinato, and Free Variations, concerning compositional technique, to mood pieces and pieces with programmatic ideas such as Notturno, Boating, From the Diary of a Fly, or the famous Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first appeared in 1940 in six volumes. Based on volume 40 of the Bartók CompleteEdition published in 2020(Z. 15040), the present Urtext edition offers the series gathered in three volumes. This edition includes Bartók's preface, exercises, and notes written for the first edition. Furthermore, it also features a preface and comments by the editor, which not only discuss the genesis and the compositional sources but also provide performers, teachers and pupils alike, with authentic and detailed information about Bartók's notation and the specific performing problems of Mikrokosmos.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14411

Hungarian-English-German-French.

The latest volume in this popular series contains little character pieces and dances (Heroic ballad, Lullaby, Peasant song, Religious song, The Suitor's song, Solveig's song, Peasant dance, etc.), most of which are transcriptions of piano pieces. As in the case of the other volumes in the Leggierissimo series, these works scored for a junior orchestra consisting of 1st, 2nd and 3rd violin and cello can be played in the first position.

Der neueste Band der beliebten Serie beinhaltet kleine Charakterstücke und Tänze (Heroischer Gesang, Wiegenlied, Bauernlied, Religiöser Gesang, Lied des Freiers, Solveigs Lied, Dorftanz usw.), die in ihrer Mehrheit Übertragungen von Klavierstücken darstellen. Wie bei anderen Stücken der Leggierissimo-Serie lassen sich die Werke für ein mit 1., 2., 3. Violine und Cello besetztes Kinderorchester in der ersten Lage spielen.

SKU: HL.49043954

ISBN 9783795748265. UPC: 841886021105. 9.25x12.0x0.386 inches.

This 'treasure chest' contains - in chronological order - easy original piano pieces by classical composers, some of them arranged as duets by well-known contemporaries. The earliest pieces are from the 18th Century, stylistically they range from Classical to Romantic, through to Jazz, Rock and Pop. The collection also features an improvisatory piece with partly graphic notation. All of the pieces are approachable and even the sometimes more demanding Secondo parts are well within the range of piano students and amateur players.