By Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. For Piano. Accelerated Piano Adventures. Level: Older Beginner. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

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 - intermediate-advanced

SKU: HL.14016569

Composed by John McCabe. Music Sales America. Post-1900. Book [Softcover]. 14 pages. Music Sales #NOV954767. Published by Music Sales (HL.14016569).

8.25x11.75x0.076 inches.

Commissioned by the British Music Society as a Test Piece for its Piano Awards Competition held at Trinity College of Music, London on 31st October 2004. The piece was inspired by the peal at Tunstall Church, Kent, and is a tribute to the Piano music of Maurice Ravel.

Arranged by Edwin McLean. For Piano. The FJH Piano Teaching Library. Piano solos with optional duets. Level: Early Elementary. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

(Something New Every Lesson) Written by John Thompson. Instructional book for piano. With introductory text, instructional text, instructional photos, illustrations, easy piano notation, fingerings and lyrics (on some songs). 79 pages. Published by Willis Music Company.

Piano (Piano) - intermediate

SKU: HL.49007250

20 short Pieces. Composed by Petr Eben. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Composed 1985. 22 pages. Duration 10'. Schott Music #ED 7445. Published by Schott Music (HL.49007250).

ISBN 9790001077934. 9.0x12.0x0.096 inches.

The pavers * march * Musical box * Out of Tune * In Indian File * Mazur * Nightly Chimes * The fencers * a legend * The false Trumpet * Pingpong * From the far east * By the brooklet * When mother caresses * At the shooting-range * Don't you go mad? * The white sailing ship * Czardas * Bird on the window-sill * Lullaby.

A lovely collection containing 54 famous melodies arranged and made easy for Piano and Keyboard, by George Coulter. These short, simplified arrangements retain the magic and melody of the originals but are suitable for lower-intermediate players

By Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. Arranged by Edwin Mclean. For Piano. Piano Adventures. Level: 2A - 2B. CD. Published by The FJH Music Company, Inc.

Early Intermediate Level. Willis. Size 9x12 inches. 12 pages. Published by Willis Music.

By Christopher Goldston. For Piano. Composers In Focus. The pieces in this collection are centered around C position and contain some simple eighth notes rhythms. Features colorful settings and a variety of articulations. Contents include: Cool Cat Strut; Brave Hawk; Luck of the Irish; Snake Charmer; London Chimes; Temple Breezes; Whirlwind; Night Flight. Level: Elementary. Book. Published by The FJH Music Company, Inc.

By Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. Arranged by Edwin Mclean. For Piano. Level: 2B. CD. Published by The FJH Music Company, Inc.

(174 Favorite Piano Pieces by 44 Composers). Composed by Various. For Piano Solo. Misc. 326 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

(A Basic Piano Method) Written by Nancy Faber, Randall Faber. For piano. Format: piano solo songbook. With introductory text, instructional text, big note notation, easy piano notation, fingerings, lyrics (on most songs), guitar tablature (for the teacher) and illustrations. Solos. 32 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

Piano

SKU: HL.14028346

Composed by Simon Holt. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. Composed 2002. 34 pages. Chester Music #CH64801. Published by Chester Music (HL.14028346).

ISBN 9781846096778. 9.0x12.0x0.13 inches.

Simon Holt began 'a book of colours' in 1988 when asked by the BBC to write a brief piece to commemorate the 80th birthday of Sir William Glock. Beginning with 'Duendecitos', he later added more short works to make a set. Duration 18 minutes. Scored for solo piano.