Par . The Piano Player: Classical Favourites presents 20 of the most popular pieces of classical music, specially arranged for intermediate solo piano. Contents include Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams and O mio babbino caro by Puccini. The striking cover features Edward Bawden?s colour linocut Aesop?s Fables: Daw in Borrowed Feathers, 1970, and a 4-page pullout provides the full artwork as a beautiful collectible. The Piano Player series includes six wonderful collections of some of the greatest classical music ever written, specially arranged for the intermediate pianist, each with its own collectible pull-out poster of the stunning Edward Bawden cover artwork. / Date parution : 2022-09-20/ Recueil / Piano

This collection includes solo-piano arrangements of Edward Elgar's best-loved works including selections from Sea Pictures the Cello Concerto Enigma Variations Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 andmuch more.Arranged for intermediate solo piano Elgar Gold is an essential addition to your piano library coming complete with two performance CDs.

Written when he was still a struggling little known composer Edward Elgar's beautiful ode to his wife still shows all the compositional skill and imagination that are to be found in his larger-scale compositions. Originally for Violin and Piano this version presents an enjoyable arrangement for solo Piano in the original key of E major.

Dream Children Op.43 is a setting composed by Edward Elgar to a reverie by Charles Lamb. There are two pieces for solo piano written in 1902.

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) was an American pianist and composer in the Romantic style. By far and away his most popular work today is To A Wild Rose a beautifully simple and reflective piece for solo Piano taken from his Woodland Sketches (Op. 51). This little gem deserves to be better known and will enrich the repertoire of any pianist whether professional or recreational.

Twelve Etudes Op.39 composed by Edward MacDowell is intended for the moderately advanced student. Since most of the etude literature written by the major composers are virtuosic in nature and intended to cultivate a brilliant and virtuosic technique of the advanced pianists many of the etudes in Op.39 are unique in that the development of touch takes priority. In this edition Gary Busch provides thorough commentaries about Edward MacDowell the Twelve Etudes Op.39 and the individual etudes within this collection. A brief description of pedagogical intent precedes each study in addition to practice suggestions for several of the etudes.

'The idea for this set of pieces initially came from writing one as a sixtieth birthday present (I shall not mention which one!). Having written one Baroque-titled piece I gradually added more until a whole suite of Baroque dances was completed.The stimulus of writing a modern set of piano pieces based on Baroque models (in my case a mixture of the English and French Suites of Bach) is nothing new of course. Many twentieth-century composers were inspired by the rigours of devising new ways of looking at Baroque dances and in the process brought new life to the forms (in the case of Schoenberg?s Piano Suite of 1925 actually liberating his new method of 12- notecomposition from theory into practice).For my part the challenge was to write a set of pieces for the piano which would be technically suitable for both young and mature pianists whilst still responding to the compositional demands of creating interesting material mainly organised through contrapuntal means (often just two-part counterpoint as in Bourr?e 1 or the Gigue) but sometimes through harmonic means (as in the Sarabande or Gavotte).In addition the more personal nature of the genesis of the album resulted in each piece or dance being dedicated to a particular friend. Whilst their pianistic skills might vary quite considerably they all share a great love of music - something which unites us all.'???????????? - Edward Gregson1. Paul?s Prelude2. Adam?s Allemande3. Clare?s Courante4. Stefan?s Sarabande5. Gaynor?s Gavotte6. Brian?s Bourr?e (Bour?e 1)7. Bethan?s Bour?e (Bour?e 2)8. Maggie?s Minuet9. Gavin?s Gigue10. Phil?s Postlude

Sir Edward Elgar was born in Worcester in 1857. Until the outstanding success of the 'Enigma' Variations in 1899 he was considered a 'provincial' composer - and a largely self taught one at that.In the earlier part of Elgar's career as a composer he wrote several short pieces which became very popular indeed. Chanson de Matin is one such the second of a pair (the other being Chanson de Nuit) which carried his name far and wide before his larger orchestra works appeared. It was published in several versions at once: for string orchestra for small orchestra for violin and piano and so on - so it is almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty which was theoriginal version. This arrangement makes a useful addition to the repertoire for piano.

Edward MacDowell was one of America's first and most important native-born composers. Smaller piano works have enhanced MacDowell's reputation more than any of his other compositions. He was a miniaturist and his small works are naturally imbued with sparkle and a charming romantic atmosphere. This early collection of piano pieces was written while the MacDowells lived in a small cottage outside of Wiesbaden Germany. Legends elves and love of nature permeated these character pieces. 'An Elfin Round' is a Federation Festivals 2016-2020 selection.

Sir Edward Elgar was born in Worcester in 1857. Until the outstanding success of the 'Enigma' Variations in 1899 he was considered a 'provincial' composer - and a largely self taught one at that.In the earlier part of Elgar's career as a composer he wrote several short pieces which became very popular indeed. Chanson de nuit is one such the second of a pair (Chanson de Matin the other being) which carried his name far and wide before his larger orchestra works appeared. It was published in several versions at once: for string orchestra for small orchestra for violin and piano and so on - so it is almost impossible to say with any degree of certainty which was theoriginal version. This arrangement makes a useful addition to the repertoire for piano.

A Piano transcription of Edward Elgar's First Symphony which was written in 1908.

And New England Idyls-Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) was America's most prominent nineteenth-century composer. Championed by Franz Liszt he was one of the first U.S. composers to gain international recognition. A leading exponent of theRomantic tradition he was a prolific composer for the Piano. This outstanding collection presents his best most characteristic works reprinted from original editions. They include:Woodland Sketches Op.51Sea Pieces Op. 55Fireside Tales Op. 61New England Idyls Op. 62These beautiful and affecting compositions reflect not only MacDowell's poetic Romanticism but also hisvirtuosic skills as a pianist which won him an international reputation as a concert artist. Intermediate- and advanced-level pianists will appreciate the lyric intensity and ebullient spirit of these pieces.

The Classics for the Advancing Pianist series provides motivating, enjoyable literature of substantial quality for developing keyboard artists. The pieces in these books, written by Edward MacDowell and ordered in a logical progression from volume to volume, help the performer work within his or her abilities while developing playing and listening skills. This standard teaching repertoire will help build technique and musicianship, as well as offer hours of personal enjoyment. / Piano

The Classics for the Advancing Pianist series provides motivating, enjoyable literature of substantial quality for developing keyboard artists. The pieces in these books, written by Edward MacDowell and ordered in a logical progression from volume to volume, help the performer work within his or her abilities while developing playing and listening skills. This standard teaching repertoire will help build technique and musicianship, as well as offer hours of personal enjoyment. / Piano