SKU: BT.PWM12177020

Chopin composed his ''Mazurkas'' continuously from 1825 to 1849. The half-utilitarian genre was a point of departure, gradually becoming a form of meditative lyricism - the most personal statement of expression. Chopin's''Mazurkas'' present a number of specific performance problems resulting from such causes as the diversity of individual mazurkas, their collection in opus groups byChopin and his drawing inspiration from dance forms of Polishfolk music. Volume No. 4 contains 43 mazurkas. Of the variants in musical notation, those designated ''ossia'' were marked in this way by Chopin himself or inscribed in his hand in pupils' copies, while those without thisindication result from textual divergences in authentic copies or from difficulties in reading the text in an unambiguous way. The miniature version of the National Edition does not contain source commentary or performance notes.

SKU: LM.26316D

ISBN 9790231701654.

BACH : Bourree en La mineur - Petit Prelude en Mi Majeur BWV 937 - Petit Prelude en Mi mineur BWV 938 - BARTOK : Danse paysanne - For Children Vol.1 n. 32 - BEETHOVEN : Sonate Op.49 n. 2 - Bagatelle Op.119 n. 1 - CHOPIN : Valse posthume en La mineur - CIMAROSA : Sonate en Si b - CLEMENTI : Sonatine Op.36 n. 6 (1e mvt) - DAQUIN : Le Coucou - DEBUSSY : Le Petit berger - GRANADOS : Danse de la rose - HAYDN : Presto (Sonate en Mi Majeur Hob. XVI 13) - JANACEK : Une Feuille s'envole - LUTOSLAWSKI : Etude a quatre voix - MARTINU : Danse de Colombine - Valse d'une marionnette sentimentale - MENDELSSOHN : Chanson du gondolier Op.30 n. 6 - Romance sans paroles Op.85 n. 2 - MOZART : Rondo de la Sonate KV 545 - PROKOFIEV : Tarentelle - RAMEAU : La Joyeuse - SCHONBERG : Opus 19 n. 2 - SCHUBERT : 3 Landler - SCHUMANN : Fantaisie-danse - Petite Romance - Premiere Scene d'enfant - SMETANA : Lied - VILLA-LOBOS : Allegro (2e Suite enfantine) - WEBERN : Kinderstuck.

SKU: HL.50512757

SKU: BR.EB-8031

ISBN 9790004174340. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano music for teaching purposes presents pupils in the lower and lower middle grades with a carefully chosen selection of well-known and lesserknown compositions by important masters. The volumes are deliberately kept small in extent, since it is more stimulating for children to change the teaching material frequently. When the aspiring pianist has dealt successfully with the works of Frederic Chopin for the first time, he will have left the elementary level of instruction behind. The following selection of easy pieces also requires security of technique and capability of musical expression in order to enable the florid sound of Chopin's piano music to unfold. As much as works like the Prelude in D flat major or the Walz in A minor may tempt one to premature endeavours, a study of Chopin's music should not be attempted too early. In the following five Preludes, the two Valses and the Nocturne in G minor (six Mazurkas have been published in a separate folio), the editor has made a selection of pieces, which can be mastered by the pupil (with the exception of opus 28/15 and opus 28/20), even if a limited facility and finger stretch is present. Because of the finger stretch required for some chords, a different distribution of the hands has been indicated or simplifications have been suggested. An introduction to the Tempo rubato, taking style into consideration, is a task lying within teacher's responsibility. Indications for pedal use were added by the editor. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Fall 1979.

SKU: M7.DOHR-17684

ISBN 9790202036846.

Chopin und die Mazurka gehören unweigerlich zusammen. Der Komponist liebte diesen volkstümlichen Tanz seiner polnischen Heimat, in der er die ersten 20 Jahre seines Lebens zubrachte und widmete sich dieser musikalischen Gattung sein ganzes Leben lang. Opus 68 besteht aus vier Mazurken, die zwischen 1830 und 1846 entstanden sind und 1855 posthum veröffentlicht wurden. Auch in ihnen finden sich die typischen Kennzeichen wie schneller 34-Takt, Akzente auf schwachen Taktteilen, Triolen, punktierte Rhythmen und weite melodische Sprünge. Während die erste der beiden ausgewählten Mazurken deutlich an einen Volkstanz angelehnt ist, wirkt op. 68 Nr. 3 etwas nachdenklicher und raffinierter. Der B-Teil mit der lydischen Solomelodie und dem sie begleitenden Quint-Ostinato, welches ihr auch vier Takte lang vorangestellt ist, trägt allerdings wiederum volksmusikalische Züge. (Annette Kutzer).