(Vier Marsche, Op. 76). By Robert Schumann. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. For piano...(+)
(Vier Marsche, Op. 76).
By Robert Schumann.
Edited by Ernst
Herttrich. For piano
solo. This edition:
Urtext edition. Henle
Music Folios. Solo book,
paperbound. 34 pages
By ,. Edited by Judi Gowe. Arranged by Frances Clark, Louise Goss. Frances Clark...(+)
By ,. Edited by Judi
Gowe. Arranged by Frances
Clark, Louise Goss.
Frances Clark piano
method. Level: book 1. 28
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire/avancé Yorktown Music Press
Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings, intro...(+)
Edited by Denes Agay. For
piano. Format: piano solo
book. With fingerings,
introductory text,
biographical sketches of
composers and glossary of
musical terms. Romantic
period. 244 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Yorktown Music Press.
Piano SKU: HL.14048249 For Piano Solo. Composed by Joby Talbot. Mu...(+)
Piano
SKU:
HL.14048249
For
Piano Solo. Composed
by Joby Talbot. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2016.
8 pages. Chester Music
#CH85426. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14048249).
9.0x12.0 inches.
English.
Released
in 2005, the album Once
Around The Sun is the
outcome of Joby Talbot's
residency with Classic
FM. During his year in
residence, Talbot
composed a new piece of
music each month, scored
for up to five
instruments. The
resulting twelve
compositions were then
premiered on Classic FM
and were recorded on CD.
April - The First Day Of
Summer was the fourth
piece to be composed and
is scored here for solo
piano.
A Kind of Miniatures / Panta Rhei. By Lutz Gerlach. For Piano. Solos. AMA Verlag...(+)
A Kind of Miniatures /
Panta Rhei. By Lutz
Gerlach. For Piano.
Solos. AMA Verlag.
Contemporary. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book. Size 9x12. 144
pages. Published by AMA
Verlag. ISBN 3899220102.
Piano (Piano) SKU: HL.14003425 Composed by Carol Barratt. Music Sales Ame...(+)
Piano (Piano)
SKU:
HL.14003425
Composed
by Carol Barratt. Music
Sales America.
Traditional, Children.
Book [Softcover]. 32
pages. Chester Music
#CH58735. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14003425).
ISBN
9780711922778.
12.0x9.0x0.125
inches.
Arrangement
s of 26 favourite nursery
rhymes with full colour
illustrations and
fascinating information
on the pieces' origins.
Specially designed for
young children to be able
to play themselves rather
than just be played to.
Suitable for pre-Grade 1
to Grade 1 pianists.
Contents: Baa, Baa, Black
Sheep * Girls and Boys
Come Out to Play * Hey
Diddle Diddle * Hot Cross
Buns * I Love Little
Pussy * Jack and Jill *
Little Bo-Peep * London
Bridge * London's Burning
* One, Two, Three, Four,
Five * Pop Goes the
Weasel * Rock-a-Bye, Baby
* Sing a Song of Sixpence
* This Old Man * Three
Blind Mice * Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star *
Yankee Doodle * Lavenders
Blue * Little Jack Horner
* Pat a Cake * Polly Put
the Kettle On *
Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat *
Hickory, Dickory Dock *
Here We Go Round the
Mulberry Bush *
Ring-a-Ring o Roses *
Humpty Dumpty.
The companion MP3 CD to book 5 of the bestselling series Piano Gefällt Mir! b...(+)
The companion MP3 CD to
book 5 of the bestselling
series Piano Gefällt
Mir! by Hans-Günter
Heumann features
demonstration tracks with
recorded Piano, Bass and
Drums, as well as backing
with the Piano part taken
out, allowing you to play
along. **Please note: The
CD included with this
title can only be played
through an MP3 compatible
program.**
Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ20084 Urtext (1932-1939). Composed by Bela Barto...(+)
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ20084
Urtext
(1932-1939). Composed
by Bela Bartok. Arranged
by Yusuke Nakahara. EMB
Music of Bela Bartok.
Educational Tool. Book
Only. Composed 2021. 112
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ20084.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ20084).
English-Hungarian.
Bartók's
Mikrokosmos has been one
of the milestones in
pedagogical piano
repertoire for 80 years -
and yet it is also far
more than a classical
piano primer. These 153
piano pieces, organized
in ascending order of
difficulty, engage not
only with technical
aspects of piano playing
but also with the
fundamentals of
composition - from
Imitation and Inversion,
Ostinato, and Free
Variations, concerning
compositional technique,
to mood pieces and pieces
with programmatic ideas
such as Notturno,
Boating, From the Diary
of a Fly, or the famous
Six Dances in Bulgarian
Rhythm. Mikrokosmos first
appeared in 1940 in six
volumes. Based on volume
40 of the Bartók
CompleteEdition published
in 2020(Z. 15040), the
present Urtext edition
offers the series
gathered in three
volumes. This edition
includes Bartók's
preface, exercises, and
notes written for the
first edition.
Furthermore, it also
features a preface and
comments by the editor,
which not only discuss
the genesis and the
compositional sources but
also provide performers,
teachers and pupils
alike, with authentic and
detailed information
about Bartók's
notation and the specific
performing problems of
Mikrokosmos.
(A Piano Course to Bring Out the Music in Every Young Child) Written by Christin...(+)
(A Piano Course to Bring
Out the Music in Every
Young Child) Written by
Christine H. Barden, E.
L. Lancaster, Gayle
Kowalchyk. For piano.
Format: instructional
book. Children's and
Instructional. 9x12
inches. Published by
Alfred Publishing.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.110418370 Composed by Charles Ives. Arranged ...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.110418370
Composed by Charles Ives.
Arranged by Danny Holt.
Performance Score. 20
pages. Duration 8
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #110-41837.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.110418370).
ISBN
9781491135075. UPC:
680160686247.
Compo
sed as an organ solo by
the 17-year-old Ives for
his own performance
purposes, the beloved
Variations on America is
a treat for any occasion,
whether a holiday
concert, a serious
recital, or other special
event. Danny
Holt’s
transcription for Piano,
Four Hands adds a
dazzling new option to
play at home or on stage,
taking best advantage of
Ives’ tremendous
contrasts in color,
dynamics, and
texture. Composed when
Charles Ives was a
teenager, Variations on
“America†is
both a convenient
introduction to
Ives’ body of
work, and an early
example of his
iconoclastic musical
voice and creative
genius. Just a few years
after composing this
piece, Ives would leave
home to study music at
Yale. But until then he
had been taught by his
father, George (who had
been a bandmaster in the
Civil War). George
subjected the young Ives
to experiments such as
singing a song in one key
while being accompanied
in another, or arranging
for two marching bands to
converge on a town
center, with the
resulting cacophony that
ensued.The Variations
exemplifies an early
period of experimentation
in Ives’ work,
spurred on by the unusual
pedagogy of his father.
The piece is particularly
notable for its use of
bitonality in the two
interludes, subtly
foreshadowing more
well-known examples by
Stravinsky, Bartók,
and others by
approximately two
decades.The bitonal
interludes were so ahead
of their time, in fact,
they were omitted from
the first copy that was
submitted to a publisher
in 1892. (Alas, the piece
was rejected even despite
these
“shockingâ€
elements having been left
out, and it wasn’t
published until more than
five decades later.)
There is some ambiguity
about when exactly Ives
added the interludes into
his manuscript copy,
though ample evidence
suggests he had performed
the piece with the
interludes around the
time he notated the piece
in 1891-92. In any case,
in light of this piece
and his other polytonal
explorations from the
last decade of the 19th
century, it seems fair to
give Ives credit for
being a pioneer in this
area!This arrangement for
Piano, Four Hands,
closely follows
Ives’ original
version for organ,
setting aside William
Schuman’s popular
adaptation for symphony
orchestra and William
Rhoads’ band
transcription of the
Schuman orchestration.
Pianists will find that
the piece translates well
to the instrument.
Ideally, the choreography
and logistics of
elbow-to-elbow four-hands
playing approximates the
wild joy one gets from
watching an organist play
the piece (e.g., the
elaborate pedal part in
the final variation).In
preparing this
publication, attention
was paid to details in
the dual Critical
Editions (Presser
443-41003) of both
Ives’ manuscript
edition and the 1949
publication edited by
organist E. Power Biggs
(who is credited with
discovering what had been
a long-lost, forgotten
work.) But as with much
of Ives’ output,
attempting to create a
true
‘urtext’
score is a futile
endeavor, and especially
with a piece such as this
one – in which
Ives incorporated
improvisation in live
performance –
seems unnecessary anyhow.
True die-hards are of
course encouraged to
consult the critical
editions and even find
inspiration in the
orchestrated version.
Generally, performers are
advised to be wild, have
fun, and not to be too
rigid in their
interpretive
choices.Dynamics in this
arrangement mostly follow
the organ score closely.
Pianists will use good
judgment about pedaling
throughout, which should
be straightforward and
intuitive. Courtesy
accidentals have been
provided frequently
– without
parentheses –
balancing the need for
extra clarity in the
context of Ives’
murky musical language,
and a desire to avoid
unnecessary clutter.A few
notes that might inform
interpretive
decisions:mm. 15-16:
There are inconsistencies
here between Ives’
original manuscript and
the 1949 Biggs edition,
regarding the top voice
in m. 15, beat 3 (C# vs.
Cn) and m. 16 (D Major
vs. D Minor).mm. 76-84 &
143-146: In both
Interludes, Ives
emphatically notates
extreme dynamic contrast,
in order to highlight the
bitonality. Although it
may seem counterintuitive
(or even a misprint, as
has apparently been
misconstrued by some),
performers are urged to
follow the
composer’s
marking!m. 109: Two-note
slurs have been added
here for clarity and
consistency with other
similar passages, though
they do not appear in
either the original
manuscript or Biggs.m.
112: The last two eighth
notes of Primo appear as
16ths in the original
manuscript.mm. 183-186:
The original manuscript
has a slightly different
bass line.mm. 184 & 186:
Primo gestures have been
re-written to be slightly
more idiomatic for Piano,
Four Hands.m. 186: The
breath mark at the end of
this bar does not appear
in either the manuscript
or Biggs, but is an
editorial suggestion
– aside from being
appropriately dramatic,
it will indeed be
necessary in a
reverberant hall!I would
like to thank Steven
Vanhauwaert, the other
half of my piano duo,
4handsLA, for his input
on early drafts of this
arrangement.—
Danny Holt, April
2022.
Schott Student Edition
- Level 3. Composed
by Friedrich Kuhlau.
Edited by Monika
Twelsiek. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. Piano Solo.
Classical. Softcover. Op.
88/3. 20 pages. Schott
Music #SE1045. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49046242).
ISBN
9783795716691. UPC:
888680950040. 9x12
inches. German - English
-
French.
“Thes
e real masterpieces, even
if only a few minutes
long, are of tremendous
melodiousness and
expressiveness!”,
Franz Schubert said about
Friedrich Kuhlau's
sonatinas.
The
four Sonatinas Op. 88
were written in 1827,
i.e. during Friedrich
Kuhlau's middle creative
period, even before the
great success of the
opera
“Elfenhügel.&r
dquo; and the year of
Beethoven's death. All
four works contain
beautiful melodic ideas,
but Sonatina Op. 88 No. 3
with its minor tonality,
its free treatment of
form and tempo in the
first movement and the
lively last movement is
something special. Of
medium difficulty, this
sonatina is great fun to
play.
This edition
is accompanied by a
preface and
“Teaching
Notes” by Monika
Twelsiek. It is part of
the new Schott Student
Edition series which
offers varied literature
at five different levels
of difficulty, from 1
(easy) to 5 (difficult),
for instrumental lessons.
For further information
on this series, see
www.schott-student-editio
n.com.
About Schott
Student
Edition
Th
e Schott Student Edition
gathers instrumental
works for music lessons
providing a unique and
varied repertoire
resource including
standard teaching works,
lesser known pieces which
are perfectly suited to
lessons as well as to
student concerts and
competitions.
Th
e repertoire is divided
into levels 1-5, from
very easy to difficult,
and includes works from
the Renaissance up to
modern performance
pieces. Each title is
graded, from very easy
works for beginners up to
demanding pieces for more
advanced students who are
preparing for further
study or
examinations.
Ev
ery work in the series
has been carefully
selected and edited by
experienced music
teachers. The editions
also contain a wealth of
information on the pieces
as well as useful advice
on studying, rehearsing
and interpreting the
works. The first titles
to be published in the
Schott Student Edition
series contain works for
violin, violoncello,
flute, clarinet and
recorder. Further
editions are in
preparation.
Piano seul [Partition] - Intermédiaire Music Sales
For piano. Music For Millions: Volume 37. Format: piano solo book. With fingerin...(+)
For piano. Music For
Millions: Volume 37.
Format: piano solo book.
With fingerings. Baroque,
classical period,
romantic period and 20th
century. 160 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Music Sales
Keyboard Kids * Complete Piano Method composed by Carolyn Carson. For easy piano...(+)
Keyboard Kids * Complete
Piano Method composed by
Carolyn Carson. For easy
piano. This edition:
Paperback. Instructional.
Keyboard Kids series.
Method. 2 method books.
Text Language: English.
192 pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
(The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Piano). By Karl Mueller. For Piano. Book; CD; ...(+)
(The Grown-Up Approach to
Playing Piano). By Karl
Mueller. For Piano. Book;
CD; Method/Instruction;
Piano Method. For Adults.
Beginner. 96 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Piano Solos. By Dave Brubeck. Artist/Personality; Piano - Personality Book; Pian...(+)
Piano Solos. By Dave
Brubeck.
Artist/Personality; Piano
- Personality Book; Piano
Supplemental. Jazz.
Songbook. With standard
notation and lyrics (does
not include words to the
songs). 56 pages. Alfred
Music #00-AF9747.
Published by Alfred Music
Nora's Dance Piano seul [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.140401310 Composed by Nora Holt. Edited by La...(+)
Chamber Music Piano
SKU: PR.140401310
Composed by Nora Holt.
Edited by Lara Downes.
Sws. Score. 8 pages.
Duration 2 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#140-40131. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.140401310).
ISBN
9781491134153. UPC:
680160684250. 9 x 12
inches. Key: G
major.
NORA’
S DANCE is a
jazz-influenced rag from
1921, and among the only
surviving compositions by
Nora Douglas Holt. A
charming and exciting
work rejuvenated by Lara
Downes’ 2021
recording for the Rising
Sun label, the rag is
both a fun 2 minutes for
pianists and audiences,
and also a fascinating
time capsule. Composed
several years after Scott
Joplin’s death,
and several years before
the Charleston pervaded
popular music,
NORA’S DANCE
blossoms with the energy
and jazz harmony starting
to emerge as The Roaring
20’s, using
ragtime and stride as the
seed for pianistic
style. My own life in
music has been driven by
a quest to find strong
female role models,
trails to follow,
shoulders to stand on. In
Nora Douglas Holt, I find
an inspiring example of
creativity, independence,
and resilience –
with a dash of
troublemaking. She was a
free spirit, a force of
nature, and she lived a
fascinating and eventful
life on her own terms.
She reinvented herself
through five marriages
and at least as many
careers. From her
beginnings at the piano
at age four, she explored
many avenues of musical
expression –
performing, composing,
music journalism,
broadcasting, teaching
– all with
inventiveness, style, and
zeal.She made the most of
the Roaring ’20s,
as an artist, socialite,
jetsetter, muse, and
patroness of the Harlem
Renaissance. In 1921 she
started an independent
arts journal called
“Music and
Poetry,†where the
charming piano solo
Nora’s Dance was
first published. I think
the piece captures
beautifully, in a little
under 2 minutes, the
energy and excitement of
those heady years.In
1926, Nora left New York
to travel the world,
performing in nightclubs
throughout Europe and
Asia. She put her
belongings in storage
before she left, and when
she came back she
discovered that many of
her things had been
stolen, including more
than 200 of her musical
compositions. She never
composed again.When the
Depression hit, she moved
out to Los Angeles, where
she studied music
education at USC, taught
music in the LA public
schools, and opened her
own beauty salon. She
returned to New York in
the ’40s and
worked as a music critic
for several major
newspapers, then launched
yet another career, this
time in broadcasting. Her
popular radio concert
series “Nora
Holt’s Concert
Showcase†broadcast
to New York’s
classical music audience,
with a focus on Black
composers and
performers.Ahead of her
time, larger than life,
full of ideas…. I
am so pleased to
introduce you to the
feisty and free spirited
Nora Douglas Holt!
Piano SKU: ST.Y236 Composed by Morgan Hayes. 5 minutes. Score. Stainer & ...(+)
Piano
SKU: ST.Y236
Composed by Morgan Hayes.
5 minutes. Score. Stainer
& Bell Ltd. #Y236.
Published by Stainer &
Bell Ltd. (ST.Y236).
ISBN
9790220221934.
1st
complete perf: Catherine
Gordeladze, The Gasteig,
Munich (Winners &
Masters Series), 21 April
2007
Ideal for
confident young pianists
keen to explore
cutting-edge new music,
the second book of
Strides by
Morgan Hayes adds five
more distinctively
original miniatures to
the three 'fugitive
visions' already
published in Strides
Book 1.
Propulsive rhythm and
melody mark out turbid
expressive territory in
the first two pieces,
while the third Stride
explores 'glacial'
octaves, and the fourth
and fifth add new fantasy
to a Bach sarabande and a
chaconne.
Specific technical
challenges in each piece
test the reflex and
stamina of players of
Grade 6 standard and
above, who will also
enjoy the impressive
virtuoso impact
Strides deliver
in performance.
(Teacher Curriculum Book). By Christine H. Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk, and E. L. La...(+)
(Teacher Curriculum
Book). By Christine H.
Barden, Gayle Kowalchyk,
and E. L. Lancaster. For
Piano. This edition:
Teacher Book. Book; CD;
Method/Instruction; Piano
- Music for Little
Mozarts. Music for Little
Mozarts. Children.
Beginner. 44 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Edited by Helen Marlais. Collection and accompaniment CD for piano. The FJH pian...(+)
Edited by Helen Marlais.
Collection and
accompaniment CD for
piano. The FJH pianist's
curriculum. Series: In
Recital with Classical
Themes. 47 pages.
Published by The FJH
Music Company.