1 Piano 4 Hands-12 lower intermediate duets with performance notes and composer biographies. CONTENTS: Cradle Song and Ariette from Miniatures (Godowsky) Three Little Pieces (Bruckner) Cradle Song from Four Little Hands (Smith) Little Lullaby and On the Rocking Horse from The Children's Colorful World (Schlegel) ABC from The Morning (Volkmann) Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty in the Forest from Mother Goose (Ravel) Piano Duet from Twelve Progressive Pieces (André) Immortelle in G Major from Immortellen (Spindler).

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.

The thrill of making music with a friend or teacher is captured in this new series of duets. Written for pianists at the late-elementary level, the pieces in this collection require hands-together coordination and move around the keyboard. Both primo and secondo parts are equal in difficulty. A variety of keys, styles, meters, and tempos are featured. / Piano 4 Mains Et Plus