(Over 850 Classical Themes and Melodies in the Original Keys) For C instrument. ...(+)
(Over 850 Classical
Themes and Melodies in
the Original Keys) For C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody
(excerpts) and chord
names. Lassical. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
646 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Classical. Diff...(+)
Composed by Various. For
Piano/Keyboard. Hal
Leonard Fake Books.
Classical. Difficulty:
medium to
medium-difficult.
Fakebook. Melody line,
chord names and lyrics
(on some songs). 413
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard
Chamber Music Cello,
Flute, Viola 1, Viola 2,
Violin
SKU:
CF.MXE219
Composed by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Arranged by Robert
Stallman. Sws.
56+16+16+16+16+12 pages.
Carl Fischer Music
#MXE219. Published by
Carl Fischer Music
(CF.MXE219).
ISBN
9781491157794. UPC:
680160916399. 9 x 12
inches.
Composed by Various. Arranged by Peter Lavender. Music Sales America. Baroque an...(+)
Composed by Various.
Arranged by Peter
Lavender. Music Sales
America. Baroque and
Classical Period. Fake
book (softcover). With
melody line (no
accompaniment included)
and chord names. 128
pages. Music Sales
#AM92350. Published by
Music Sales
by Mel Bay. For all guitars. Modern Guitar Method. All styles, solos & duets. Le...(+)
by Mel Bay. For all
guitars. Modern Guitar
Method. All styles, solos
& duets. Level: Multiple
Levels. Book. Method.
Size 8.75x11.75. 320
pages. Published by Mel
Bay Pub., Inc.
133 Selections by 43 Composers. Piano Solo Mixed Folio (Intermediate to advanced...(+)
133 Selections by 43
Composers. Piano Solo
Mixed Folio (Intermediate
to advanced piano
arrangements with no
lyrics). Size 9x12
inches. 480 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Edited by Amy Appleby. Collection and examples CD for easy solo piano. Over 200 ...(+)
Edited by Amy Appleby.
Collection and examples
CD for easy solo piano.
Over 200 great
masterpieces from the
baroque, classical,
romantic and modern eras.
Series: Piano Treasury
Series. 399 pages.
Published by Music Sales.
Edited by Amy Appleby. Music Sales America. Baroque, Classical Period and World....(+)
Edited by Amy Appleby.
Music Sales America.
Baroque, Classical Period
and World. Softcover
collection (spiral
bound). With fingerings
(does not include words
to the songs). 240 pages.
Music Sales #AM967440.
Published by Music Sales
Composed by Muzio
Clementi. Arranged by
Douglas Townsend. Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra Series.
Classical. Full score.
With Standard notation.
12 pages. Carl Fischer
Music #YAS13F. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.YAS13F).
ISBN
9780825848339. UPC:
798408048334. 8.5 X 11
inches. Key: G
major.
IApart from
some of his Sonatinas,
Opus 36, Clementi's life
and music are hardly
known to the piano
teachers and students of
today. For example, in
addition to the above
mentioned Sonatinas,
Clementi wrote sixty
sonatas for the piano,
many of them unjustly
neglected, although his
friend Beethoven regarded
some of them very highly.
Clementi also wrote
symphonies (some of which
he arranged as piano
sonatas), a substantial
number of waltzes and
other dances for the
piano as well as sonatas
and sonatinas for piano
four-hands.In addition to
composing, Clementi was a
much sought after piano
teacher, and included
among his students John
Field (Father of the
'Nocturne'), and
Meyerbeer.In his later
years, Clementi became a
very successful music
publisher, publishing
among other works the
first English edition of
Beethoven's Violin
Concerto, in the great
composer's own
arrangement for the
piano, as well as some of
his string quartets.
Clementi was also one of
the first English piano
manufacturers to make
pianos with a metal frame
and string them with
wire.The Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 was one of
six such works Clementi
wrote in 1797. He must
have been partial to
these little pieces (for
which he also provided
the fingerings), since
they were reissued
(without the fingering)
by the composer shortly
after 1801. About 1820,
he issued ''the sixth
edition, with
considerable improvements
by the author;· with
fingerings added and
several minor changes,
among which were that
many of them were written
an octave higher.IIIt has
often been said,
generally by those
unhampered by the facts,
that composers of the
past (and, dare we add,
the present?), usually
handled their financial
affairs with their public
and publishers with a
poor sense of business
acumen or common sense.
As a result they
frequently found
themselves in financial
straits.Contrary to
popular opinion, this was
the exception rather than
the rule. With the
exception of Mozart and
perhaps a few other
composers, the majority
of composers then, as
now, were quite
successful in their
dealings with the public
and their publishers, as
the following examples
will show.It was not
unusual for 18th- and
19th-century composers to
arrange some of their
more popular compositions
for different
combinations of
instruments in order to
increase their
availability to a larger
music-playing public.
Telemann, in the
introduction to his
seventy-two cantatas for
solo voice and one melody
instrument (flute, oboe
or violin, with the usual
continua) Der Harmonische
Gottesdienst, tor
example, suggests that if
a singer is not available
to perform a cantata the
voice part could be
played by another
instrument. And in the
introduction to his Six
Concertos and Six Suites
for flute, violin and
continua, he named four
different instrumental
combinations that could
perform these pieces, and
actually wrote out the
notes for the different
possibilities. Bach
arranged his violin
concertos for keyboard,
and Beethoven not only
arranged his Piano Sonata
in E Major, Opus 14, No.
1 for string quartet, he
also transposed it to the
key of F. Brahm's
well-known Quintet in F
Minor for piano and
strings was his own
arrangement of his
earlier sonata for two
pianos, also in F
Minor.IIIWe come now to
Clementi. It is well
known that some of his
sixty piano sonatas were
his own arrangements of
some of his lost
symphonies, and that some
of his rondos for piano
four-hands were
originally the last
movements of his solo
sonatas or piano trios.In
order to make the first
movement of his
delightful Sonatina in C,
Opus 36, No. 1 accessible
to young string players,
I have followed the
example established by
the composer himself by
arranging and transposing
one of his piano
compositions from one
medium (the piano) to
another. (string
instruments). In order to
simplify the work for
young string players, in
the process of adapting
it to the new medium it
was necessary to
transpose it from the
original key of C to G,
thereby doing away with
some of the difficulties
they would have
encountered in the
original key. The first
violin and cello parts
are similar to the right-
and left-hand parts of
the original piano
version. The few changes
I have made in these
parts have been for the
convenience of the string
players, but in no way do
they change the nature of
the music.Since the
original implied a
harmonic framework in
many places, I have added
a second violin and viola
part in such a way that
they not only have
interesting music to
play, but also fill in
some of the implied
harmony without in any
way detracting from the
composition's musical
value. Occasionally, it
has been necessary to
raise or lower a few
passages an octave or to
modify others slightly to
make them more accessible
for young players.It is
hoped that the musical
value of the composition
has not been too
compromised, and that
students and teachers
will come to enjoy this
little piece in its new
setting as much as
pianists have in the
original one. This
arrangement may also be
performed by a solo
string quartet. When
performed by a string
orchestra, the double
bass part may be
omitted.- Douglas
TownsendString editing by
Amy Rosen.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by: --Occasionally
extending to third
position --Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty --Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts --Viola T.C.
part
included --Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels
Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Edited by Franz Liszt. Masterworks; Pia...(+)
Composed by Frederic
Chopin (1810-1849).
Edited by Franz Liszt.
Masterworks; Piano
Collection. Kalmus
Edition. Form: Rondo.
Masterwork; Romantic.
Book. 40 pages. Kalmus
Classic Edition
#00-K03339. Published by
Kalmus Classic Edition
Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Music For Millions: Volume 27. Format: piano so...(+)
Edited by Denes Agay. For
piano. Music For
Millions: Volume 27.
Format: piano solo book.
With fingerings. Baroque,
Classical Period,
Romantic Period and 20th
Century. 160 pages. 9x12
inches. Published by
Music Sales.
arranged by Simon Lasky. For Saxophone (All). solos. Kevin Mayhew Ltd. Classic. ...(+)
arranged by Simon Lasky.
For Saxophone (All).
solos. Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
Classic. Level:
Intermediate. Book. Size
9x12. 40 pages. Published
by Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
Orchestra - all SKU: PR.816600040 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. CD...(+)
Orchestra - all
SKU:
PR.816600040
Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. CD Sheet Music
(Version 1). Full Scores
to all of the major works
for orchestra by Mozart -
parts not included.
Classical Period. CD
Sheet Music. 2000
printable pages.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.816600040).
UPC:
680160600045. 5.5x5
inches.
This disk
contains study scores of
all 41 of Mozart's
Symphonies, as well as
Concertos for Winds and
Strings (Piano Concertos
are on a companion
CD-ROM), Serenades, Opera
Overtures, Divertimentos,
and other works.
About CD Sheet
Music (Version
1)
CD
Sheet Music (Version 1)
was the initial CD Sheet
Music series distributed
by Theodore Presser. The
CDs include thousands of
pages of music that are
viewable and printable on
Mac or PC. Version 1
titles are a great value
at 40% off, as we make
room in our warehouse for
the newly enhanced CD
Sheet Music (Version 2.0)
series.
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 2139. Composed by Various. Piano....(+)
Schirmer's Library of
Musical
Classics, Vol. 2139.
Composed
by Various. Piano.
Classical.
Softcover. 386 pages. G.
Schirmer #LIB 2139.
Published
by G. Schirmer
By Mel Bay. For Guitar (All). Method. Modern Guitar Method. All Styles. Level: B...(+)
By Mel Bay. For Guitar
(All). Method. Modern
Guitar Method. All
Styles. Level:
Beginning-Intermediate.
Book/CD Set. Size
8.75x11.75. 88 pages.
Published by Mel Bay
Publications, Inc.
Favorite Piano Classics (CC10) by Various. For Piano. Published by Santorella Pu...(+)
Favorite Piano Classics
(CC10) by Various. For
Piano. Published by
Santorella Publications
(SP.78200).
ISBN 1-58560-526-3.
There is certainly an
abundance of Classical
piano literature in
print. Every publisher
has a collection of piano
classics in their catalog
and the differences are
determined by several
factors. When we narrow
the field to include only
"unedited original works"
of the greatest
composers, the largest
difference is content.
Favorite Piano Classics
from Santorella
Publications contains the
finest assortment of
"unedited original" piano
works in print. Let's let
the titles and their
fathers speak for
themselves.
The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music arranged by Amy Appleby. For Piano Solo....(+)
The Piano Bench of Easy
Classical Music arranged
by Amy Appleby. For Piano
Solo. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Softcover. 400 pages.
Music Sales #AM967549.
Published by Music Sales