SKU: HL.48182114

UPC: 888680847906. 10.5x13.5x0.08 inches.

Jacque-Dupont: Scherzo Op.42 (Piano solo).

SKU: HL.48180713

For piano solo.

SKU: HL.48180662

For piano solo.

SKU: HL.50563194

10.75x13.75x0.024 inches.

SKU: FJ.FJH2328

UPC: 241444406908. English.

In this final installment of the Sonatina series, carefully selected classical Sonatinas from well-known composers, to the lesser known female composer, Sophia Dussek (1775-1831). Each book in this series contains historical and formal information relating to the Sonatina. Use the FJH Pianist's Curriculum Correlation Chart to see how the six-book Sonatina series correlates to the Succeeding with the Masters/The Festival Collection books and the Succeeding at the Piano method.

About The Festival Collection

The Festival Collection is an eight-volume series consisting of exceptional repertoire from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth/Twenty-First Centuries. This series is carefully leveled from elementary through advanced repertoire, with each level covering the gamut of your repertoire needs. The Festival Collection is a companion series to the Succeeding with the Masters series, expanding upon the repertoire selections with no duplication of repertoire between the two series. Each book includes a CD recording of all the corresponding works to guide students in their interpretation.

The Festival Collection will provide teachers and students with a wide range of works that are carefully chosen for their pedagogical merit. They will be a key component for your students' success in their studies of the works by the masters!

SKU: ST.Y288

ISBN 9790220223204.

1. Mechanical Study I
2. In the Air
3. Mechanical Study II
4. Falling Star
5. Mechanical Study III

The three 'mechanical' studies of this set of five all employ a clear structural technique based on regularity. The first presents a stream of fast semiquavers in duple metre which constantly interplays with short motivic figures; the second offers a 14-bar ostinato (melody) that begins at the top of the keyboard and gradually descends to the bottom; around this ostinato a sustained counter-melody weaves. The third presents a igorous, stomping 9/8 dance rhythm which interacts with lengthening patterns in the second voice. The two 'fantastical' studies which intersperse the 'mechanical' contrast greatly with them: much freer in expression, tempo and rhythm, they evoke the outdoors and the calming presence of nature. The first moves like wafts of the breeze; the second, more complex, is the heart of the work. Its deep contemplations are several times interrupted by a modest refrain, drawing it back in the 'real world' - that of the three 'mechanical' studies which surround it. This refrain is also a mediator, its last appearance as gentle as the breeze evoked in the second study.