By Robert Schumann. For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 800 pages. Published by Subito Music.

Hymn Arrangements for Every Occasion. Arranged by Gail Smith. For Piano. Hymnal. Sacred. Level: Intermediate-Advanced. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 208 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Billy Joel's Keyboard Styles and Techniques. By Billy Joel. Signature Licks Keyboard. Pop Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 84 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

I The sun, the sea - II The earth: her dance - III Clouds, winds, skies. Composed by Christian Mason. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9334. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

Orchestra Piano

SKU: PR.11641861SP

Composed by William Kraft. Part. 35 pages. Duration 21 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-41861SP. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641861SP).

UPC: 680160685202.

What?! - my composer colleagues said - A concerto for the piano? It's a 19th century instrument! Admittedly we are in an age when originally created timbres and/or musico-technological formulations are often the modus operandi of a piece. Actually, this Concerto began about two years ago when, during one of my creative jogs, the sound of the uppermost register of the piano mingled with wind chimes penetrated my inner ear. The challenge and fascination of exploring and developing this idea into an orchestral situation determined that some day soon I would be writing a work for piano and orchestra. So it was a very happy coincidence when Mona Golabek phoned to tell me she would like discuss the Ford Foundation commission. After covering areas of aesthetics and compositional styles, we found that we had a good working rapport, and she asked if I would accept the commission. The answer was obvious. Then began the intensive thought process on the stylistic essence and organization of the work. Along with this went a renewed study of idiomatic writing for the piano, of the kind Stravinsky undertook with the violin when he began his Violin Concerto. By a stroke of great fortune, the day in February 1972 that I received official notice from the Ford Foundation of the commission, I also received a letter from the Guggenheim Foundation informing me I had been awarded my second fellowship. With the good graces of Zubin Mehta and Ernest Fleischmann, masters of my destiny as a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, I was relieved of my orchestral duties during the Hollywood Bowl season. Thus I was able to go to Europe to work and to view the latest trends in music concentrating in London (the current musical melting pot and showcase par excellence), Oslo, Norway, for the Festival of Scandinavian Music called Nordic Days, and Warsaw, Poland, for its prestigious Autumn Festival. Over half the Concerto was completed in that summer and most of the rest during the 72-73 season with the final touches put on during a month as Resident Scholar at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy. So much for the external and environmental influences, except perhaps to mention the birds of Sussex in the first movement, the bells of Arhus (Denmark) in the second movement and the bells of Bellagio at the end of the Concerto. Primary in the conception was the personality of Miss Golabek: she is a wonderfully vital and dynamic person and a real virtuoso. Therefore, the soloist in the Concerto is truly the protagonist; it is she (for once we can do away with the generic he) who unfolds the character and intent of the piece. The first section is constructed in the manner of a recitative - completely unmeasured - with letters and numbers by which the conductor signals the orchestra for its participation. This allows the soloist the freedom to interpret the patterns and control the flow and development of the music. The Concerto is actually in one continuous movement but with three large divisions of sufficiently contrasting character to be called movements in themselves. The first 'movement' is based on a few timbral elements: 1) a cluster of very low pitches which at the beginning are practically inaudibly depressed, and sustained silently by the sostenuto pedal, which causes sympathetic vibrating pitches to ring when strong notes are struck; 2) a single powerful note indicated by a black note-head with a line through it indicating the strongest possible sforzando; 3) short figures of various colors sometimes ominous, sometimes as splashes of light or as elements of transition; 4) trills and tremolos which are the actual controlling organic thread starting as single axial tremolos and gradually expanding to trills of increasingly larger and more powerful scope. The 'movement' begins in quiescent repose but unceasingly grows in energy and tension as the stretching of a string or rubber band. When it can no longer be restrained, it bursts into the next section. The second 'movement,' propelled by the released tension, is a brilliant virtuosic display, which begins with a long solo of wispy percussion, later joined in duet with the piano. Not to be ignored, the orchestra takes over shooting the material throughout all its sections like a small agile bird deftly maneuvering through nothing but air, while the piano counterposes moments of lyricism. The orchestra reaches a climax, thrusting us into the third 'movement' which begins with a cadenza-like section for the piano. This moves gently into an expressive section (expressive is not a negative term to me) in which duets are formed with various instruments. There are fleeting glimpses of remembrances past, as a fragmented recapitulation. One glimpse is hazily expressed by strings and percussion in a moment of simultaneous contrasting levels of activity, a technique of which I have been fond and have utilized in various fixed-free relationships, particularly in my Percussion Concerto, Contextures and Games: Collage No. 1. The second half of the third 'movement; is a large coda - akin to those in Beethoven - which brings about another display of virtuosity, this time gutsy and driving, raising the Concerto to a final climax, the soloist completing the fragmented recapitulation concept as well as the work with the single-note sforzando and low cluster from the very opening of the first movement.

Piano

SKU: HL.49045458

Book/CD. Composed by Elisabeth Volkers. This edition: Hardback/Hard Cover. Book with CD. Piano. A wonderful Mozart book for children to read to others, to read to oneself and to look at.For children aged 6+. Classical. Softcover with CD. 48 pages. Schott Music #ED22661. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045458).

ISBN 9783795710941. German. Christine Kleicke.

Thekla, the portable piano of the Mozart family, now gathering dust in a dark loft and remembering past - and better - times, has a lot to tell: when Wolfgang made his first composition attempts on the piano and father Leopold made the first great concert tours with Wolfgang and his sister Nannerl in a coach, about the concert performance of the children before Empress Maria Theresia in Vienna (1762), about the trip to Paris and the rough crossing to England, and, finally, about the return to Salzburg in 1766. Mozart is described as a boy who has quite ordinary problems, who gets homesick on his trips and who longs for friendship. In addition, the book gives a short preview of his further musical oeuvre.Numerous - sometimes full-page - pictures as well as an illustrated history of his life paint a colourful portrait of Mozart. With the help of a map, the reader can even follow Mozart's travel route.

Easy Piano Arrangements for Beginners. Performed by Lorie Line. Piano Solo. Book and CD Package. Size 9x12 inches. 74 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Various. Arranged by Brent Jorgensen. For Piano Book. Level: Varied. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

Piano Transcriptions Piano

SKU: HL.285972

By Bill Evans. Jazz Transcriptions. Jazz. Softcover. 360 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.285972).

ISBN 9781540039538. UPC: 888680892463. 9.0x12.0x0.834 inches.

The ultimate collection for jazz keyboardists to learn 40 Evans classics with exact note-for-note transcriptions. Includes: Alice in Wonderland • Autumn Leaves • Bill's Hit Tune • Blue in Green • Days of Wine and Roses • Emily • Everything Happens to Me • Five • For Nenette • How About You? • How My Heart Sings • I Loves You, Porgy • It Could Happen to You • Just You, Just Me • Letter to Evan • My Foolish Heart • My Funny Valentine • My Romance • Nardis • Night and Day • One for Helen • Peace Piece • Peri's Scope • Quiet Now • Re: Person I Knew • Skating in Central Park • A Sleepin' Bee • Some Other Time • Stella by Starlight • Song from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) • 34 Skidoo • Time Remembered • The Touch of Your Lips • Turn Out the Stars • Very Early • Waltz for Debby • What Kind of Fool Am I? • Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me) • You Go to My Head • You Must Believe in Spring • and more. Spiral bound.

The FJH Adult Piano Curriculum. By Various. Edited by Helen Marlais. For Piano. The Treasures Series. Christmas. Level: Intermediate. Collection. 48 pages. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

Piano Solo. By Fred Bock. Fred Bock Publications. Size 9x12 inches. 152 pages. Published by Fred Bock Music Company.