Music from Bygone Days is a cellection of 10 easy pieces for piano 4 hands edited by Leopold Josef Beer.

The Six Easy Pieces arranged by German composer, conductor, and organist Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748--1798) are inspired by the original vocal/orchestral score of The Magic Flute. These pieces are idiomatic piano duets (one piano, four hands) that remain faithful to the original composition. Filled with wit and charm, they contain many of the memorable elements of the opera: Papageno's magic bells, gentle love duets, tenderhearted trios, and lively arias. Based on the 1793 first edition, Neefe's dynamics, articulations, and phrase marks have been preserved. Editorial suggestions have been given in parentheses and footnotes to aid in performance. / Piano 4 Mains

1 Piano 4 Hands-Later Elementary Level-A fun cool duet that helps young students identify blue notes AND keep a steady beat! Carolyn Miller added an accompanying Primo to this popular solo a few years after it was written and it's now been newly engraved as a duet. Key: C Major.

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.

Later Elementary to Early Intermediate Level - 1 Piano 4 Hands-7 great Piano duets to perform at a recital play-for-fun or sightread! These popular Broadway hits are appropriate for any age and have been pared down to their essence and wonderfully arranged. In addition audio files online are available to download or stream if your favorite duet partner is unavailable! Songs include: Close Every Door (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) Happiness (You're a Good Man Charlie Brown) I Whistle a Happy Tune (The King and I) Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof) On My Own (Les Misérables) Phantom of the Opera The Sound of Music.

In 1878 Dvorák was commissioned to write something along the lines of Brahms?s ?Hungarian Dances? but using the sounds of his native country. The resulting eight ?Slavonic Dances? led to hisinternational breakthrough. ?Furiant? ?polka? ?soudeská?: all are written with consummate mastery and dazzling formal sophistication. Although the ?Slavonic Dances? also became popularin orchestral arrangement they were originally written for Piano four-hands. Yet the musical text Dvorák released for publication was anything but ideal. Now to honour the centennial of his death we are presenting hisoriginal version with a detailed commentary on the work?s sources and editorial problems. The fingering always a delicate matter in duet playing has been entrusted to Andreas Groethuysen with results that will prove a boon toperformers everywhere.

nach Hans Neusiedler (1536). Par SCHAFER ROBERT MURRAY. This very recognisable and well known piece is often featured on television and in film. Gradually becoming more emotional and culminating in a powerful final. Also available as a piano for two hands: ED 22491. Originally taken from the Orff Schulwerk, Gassenhauer has been featured in several major films including Badlands (1973), Monster (2003), and more recently Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story'./ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

These ten songs from The Sound Of Music have been arranged for Piano duet one Piano four hands. The original rhythms have not been altered and for the most part the original chord structure is the same though simplified.

Erik Satie who was an important French composer from the Debussy generation. This piece for one piano four hands has been arranged by Tadamasa Sakai.

2-CD Set-Performed by Eleanor Hancock piano Accompaniment: Eleanor Hancock piano This newly remastered and expanded 2-CD set is a treasure trove of some of the greatest classical music ever conceived for the one-piano/four-hand idiom. Many were written for his musical performances with his sister. Includes the famous Sonata in F one of the greatest piano sonatas ever written in any format. This is an essential collection for any classical pianist. Includes written primo piano parts for all four sonatas and secondo parts for the fantasias and the fuga. This new version has been expanded to include all repeats for each piece. Includes a high-quality printed music score with selectedprimo (sonatas) and secondo (fantasias and fuga) piano parts and two compact discs featuring the duet accompaniments to either primo (sonatas) or secondo (fantasias and fuga) part so you can perform the other part alongside.

Countless catchy melodies come from Russian operas, ballets and symphonies and if you have heard them once, you will never forget them. For this collection of pieces, Nicolai Podgornov has produced masterful arrangements of classics from russian operas, ballets and symphonies. Compositions such as the famous waltz from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty or the main theme from his Swan Lake, the waltz from Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No. 2, Prokofiev's Montagues and Capulets from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, Khachaturian's Sabre Dance from Gayane and his Adagio from the ballet Spartacus. All of these are sure to give great pleasure to intermediate-level piano students. Nicolai Podgornov has expertly arranged these popular pieces with easy fingering so that playing them is straightforward - after all, familiar pieces are easier to master. • Easy to middle-grade arrangements of well-known themes from Russian opera and ballet for piano duet • Well-known, easy-to-play melodies from the Russian classics (’Sabre Dance’, ’Waltz No. 2’, ’Flight of the Bumblebee’ etc.) • Includes illustrations of the composers/ Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

'In old Key West the inhabitants keep a quaint and beautiful tradition: each evening the entire village drops whatever its occupations and congregates on the western shore to pay homage to the sunset. Today the practice has been taken up with relish by tourists as well attracting souvenir hawkers musicians and acrobats creating a circus atmosphere all joining in the festive spirit.'

Jaromir Weinberger (1896-1967) was a Czech composer who spent most of his life in the United States becoming an American citizen in 1948. He wrote over 100 works but the only one which has endured to the present day is the 1926 opera Schwanda The Bagpiper which has been preformed in 17 different languages and was performed thousands of times between the wars. The Polka is one of the two orchestral excerpts from Schwanda The Bagpiper which are still regularly performed. It has been arranged here for Piano duet by Joan Trimble. Included are separate scores for each part.

Chill-out pieces to enjoy between exams-The pieces in the Fun Club will provide light relief between exams consolidate what has been learned and move you to the next grade. In a variety of styles: classical jazz contemporary rock easy listening and world each oneexplores a different aspect of style and technique. The two duet parts have been arranged at the same standard so players can swap round and play either part.The accompanying CD contains accompaniment recordings of bothparts as well as a demonstration version of the complete duet. There\'s even a slower \'practice speed\' recording to play along to as you learn.

Piano duet playing has always been very popular in and outside music lessons. Playing piano together is much more fun; thanks to the rich harmony and the extended piano setting even beginners and intermediate players will be able to experience the pleasure of a full piano sound. In addition it improves the players' sense of rhythm and encourages ensemble playing. Apart from classic pieces this anthology in the new 'Piano Classics' series also contains several lesser known pieces.