Pour récitant et piano à quatre mains-During the visit to Brive-la-Gaillarde in 1940 Poulenc sketched a little piece for the children of his cousins: Sophie Sylvie Benoit Florence and Delphine Périer Yvan Alain Marie-Christine and Marguerite-MarieVillotte and their two friends Marthe Bosredon and André Lecoeur. This took the form of a musical background to Jean de Brunhoff's popular illustrated children's story about Babar a baby elephant whose mother is killed by ahuntsman. Fortunately Babar meets a kind elderly lady who dresses him in a fine suit and gives him an impressive motor-car.However Babar feels homesick for his forests and is pleased when his cousins Arthur and Celeste find him and needs no persuasion to go home with them. Back in the forest where the King of the Elephants has eaten a poisonous mushroom Babar is elected to succeed as King. He marries Celeste and the last we hear of him isthinking of a rosy future as he dreamily looks up at a marvellously star-filled sky.Poulenc's score to which he returned and completed in 1945 is for a narrator and a Piano so written that the individualsections offer the pianist a number of self-contained descriptive pieces such as a Lullaby a Reverie a Galop a Nocturne and so on. Indeed some of Poulenc's finest Piano music isfound in these charming pages.In 1962 Jean Françaix made an orchestral version and Barbar has been enjoyed by children of all ages all over the world. An English translation of the text was made by Nelly Rieu.Thisparticular edition is arranged for Narrator and Piano duet (1 Piano 4 hands) and a separate insert with English translation is included.

A Creative and Interactive Piano Course For Children-What is Piano Junior?Piano Junior is a superb piano course for beginners. It's creative it's interactive it's colourful it has its own website with additional online material ? and most importantly it really works! Its characters PJ the friendly robot and his sidekick Mozart the dog motivate and encourage children throughout each level. The course is available as core Lesson Books along with supplementary Theory Duet and Performance Books at each stage. Who is Piano Junior for?Suitable for children from around the age of 6 Piano Junior takes young students on their first steps and prepares them with a solid foundation for earlygrades. A method for the digital ageTeachers parents and students can visit www.piano-junior.com [1] for demonstration videos and recordings along with a host of other free downloadable resources which really bring practice sessions at home to life! PIANO JUNIOR - press reviews 'The careful introduction of all aspects of music notation is a standout feature of these books and to my mind Heumann has provided one of the best child-friendly introductions to reading music that I have seen... Piano Junior has in many respects raised the bar in some ways perhaps even setting a new standard by which piano courses for children will be judged.' - PIANODAO.COM Links:------[1] http://www.piano-junior.com

Contains 15 of Schubert's best-loved, most popular four-hand compositions, including Three Military Marches, Sonata in C Major, Variations in A-flat Major on an Original Theme, Andantino Varie in B Minor on French Motifs, more. Contenu : Three Military Marches, Op. 51, D.733 1. D Major 2. G Major 3. E-flat Major Two Characteristic Marches, Op. 121, D.886 1. C Major 2. C Major Children's March in G Major, D.928 Overture (Ouverture) in F Major, Op. 34, D.675 Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 30, D.617 (dedicated to Count Ferdinand Palffy d'Erdöd) 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante con moto 3. Allegretto Sonata in C Major, Op. 140 (Grand Duo), D.812 1. Allegro moderato 2. Andante 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 4. Allegro vivace Rhondo in A Major, Op. 107, D.951 Variations in A-flat Major on an Original Theme, Op. 35, D.813 (dedicated to Count Anton Berchtold) Variations C Major on a Theme (Was einst vor Jahren) from Hérold's opera Marie, Op. 82, No.1, D.908 (dedicated to Cajetan Neuhaus, Professor of Philosophy in Linz) Andantino Varié in B Minor on French Motifs, Op. 84, No. 1, D.823 Lebensstürme (Storms of Life), Characteristic Allegro in A Minor, Op. 144, D.947 Fantasia in F Minor, Op. 103, D.940 Four Polonaises, Op. 75, D.599 1. D Minor 2. B-flat Major 3. E Major 4. F Major Four Ländler, D.814 1. E-flat Major 2. A-flat Major 3. C Minor 4. C Major Fugue in E Minor, Op. 152, D.952

Works For Piano Duet-'Flee the storms.' Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) put this motto of classical artists at the heart of his music for piano four hands preferring the balance of proportions to the roar of passions the eclecticism of good taste charm and delicacy. Berceuses falls within the French tradition of children's music such as illustrated by Fauré's Dolly and Ravel's Ma mère l’Oye. These seven pieces evoke with refinement the happiness of a cloudless day the effervescence that reigns on Christmas Eve or the gentle syncopated rocking of a young Creole Selfiana. The Variations puériles sur une mélodie de CarlReinecke manifest a free whimsical vein whereas the Trois préludes sur des airs irlandais drink at the pure sources of folk music borrowing their thematic material from the famous collection Songs of Old Ireland which Stanford had brought out in 1882. Published for the first time from a handwritten score the Variations sur un thème de Charles Levadé end with a wild quadrille that takes the heroes of the celebration to the nearest inn. The Pièce en forme d’aria et Bergerie from 1896 finely polished takes up with the ambiance of the pastorale popular in the 17th century.

Compositeur : Schubert, FranzInstrumentation : Piano, 4-handsEditeur Musicologique : Kahl, WilliCouverture ReliéeContenu : Duo [Lebensstürme] a minor op. post. 144 D 947Fantasy f minor op. 103 D 940Fugue e minor op. post. 152 D 952Grande Marche Héroique a minor op. 66 D 8852 Marches Caractéristiques C major op. post. 121 D 886March [Children's March] G major D 928Rondo A major op. 107 D 951Variations on a theme from the Opera Marie by Hérold C major op. 82 D 908

These pieces have been composed especially for children of Grade 1-3 standard. All are written in a variety of simple keys and hand positions and most have the tune in both parts so there should be no arguments on the piano stool as to who plays what! The accompanying CD enables the pianists to hear and play along with their own part as well as playing along with the other part on the CD. This will prove invaluable to students practising at home as they will not require a duet partner every time.

Cinq Pieces Enfantines pour piano a quatre mains-Maurice Ravel's Ma Mere L'oye consists of five Piano Duet pieces for children.

Piano Duet Grades -3-'Children will enjoy experimenting with the flexible arrangements and the material is 'cool'...If your pianists need a bit of street-cred and to vary the diet look no further - get rockin' Sheet Music Magazine. The ultimate duet book for boogie-loving beginners. Play as a piano duet or use the free CD accompaniment tracks in place of a partner or both! A flexible resource allowing hundreds of possible piano duet boogie-woogie arrangements. Also includes chord symbols.

Le Bal is the last of a dozen miniatures entitled Jeux D'Enfants (Games For Children) written by Bizet in 1871 for Piano Duet. A vibrant and exciting short piece that along with the rest of the set explores themesplay and invention.

This lively arrangement of a common children's tune is a study for articulation and for balancing melody and accompaniment. Written in the key of F Major this duet is perfect for elementary level students.The secondoremains in F Major five-finger position but must balance RH 'off-beat' chords with the LH bass line. In the middle section the primo part plays the 'off-beat' chords shifting positions one step at a time and later playing IVand V chord inversions.

12 Original Pieces for Piano 4 Hands-Famed French composer Georges Bizet wrote this marvelous collection of twelve challenging pieces suitable for the more advanced and serious student. C'est maravilleux! 5th-6th year and above. Includes complete printed music score with both primo and secondo piano parts and a compact disc featuring the duets in two formats: split-channel stereo with secondo part on the left channel primo on the right so you can play either part and then again with just the secondo part in stereo so you can perform the primo part alongside. Performed by Sondra Bianca piano Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano