Quirky New Piano Pieces-'In choosing to call this set of 25 pieces The FitzTanner Collection I make a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book.The FitzTanner Collection doffs its cap in the direction of this seminal ancient tome by borrowing some of the more fanciful and suggestive titles from which it is comprised but beyond this there is no musical connection with the original pieces at all. And yet stirred into the mix is my fondness for melding together bygone musical styles. Hence this album of piano pieces pitched at the more robust intermediate pianist combines quirky originality with older musical styles drawinginspiration not just from Renaissance dances and fantasies but from more elaborate Baroque and Classical styles too. That said the music is conceived very much with the qualities of the modern piano in mind and hence requires a good many pedal effects dynamics and plenty of expression. What emerges is I hope a collection of attractive piano pieces which cheerfully bear the traces of a time when the modern piano was but a twinkle in the eye.There is an enjoyable charisma to the Old English spellings of these pieces (as well as a healthy margin for idiosyncrasy I might add) and to my own creations I have taken great delight in adding a few light-hearted directions which I trust won't cause too much consternation. Not all of the Fitzwilliam titles are easily fathomed but the playful risqué and politically incorrect overtones are sometimes quite striking leading me to contemplate a similarly unserious vein in my own writing. To what (or indeed to whom) you may ask does 'Quodlings Delight' refer? I'm not sure I'd recognise a Quodling if it crawled out of my porridge (and likewise who the eponymous Barafostus might have been is anybody's guess). Perhaps on balance the music is best left to speak for itself and regardless of how many ways an old title can be reworked it will always come down to living breathing

Jóhann Jóhannsson was an award-winning Icelandic composer, renowned for his compositions across film, television, theatre and dance, including his stunning score to James Marsh?s Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything (2014), which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works brings together for the first time transcriptions of his best-loved works in a special limited-edition collection for solo piano, which celebrates music from his solo albums alongside his highly acclaimed and powerfully moving film scores. Featuring 30 pieces accurately transcribed for solo piano, this collection will allow fans of Jóhannsson to immerse in his unique sound-world with music from across his career including The Theory of Everything, Odi et Amo and Flight From the City. Suitable for intermediate piano.With only a thousand copies available, Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works is presented as a stunning high-end cloth-bound hardback limited-edition book. Alongside the scores, it includes a wealth of striking photographs and a specially written introduction from American composer Dustin O?Halloran, a longtime friend of Jóhannsson.?I believe that music acts as a time capsule, preserving the very essence of an individuals heart. When we play music from the past, we possess the ability to summon their spirit and bring them back to life. Jóhann?s music, in its timelessness, will forever remain vibrant and alive. By playing these pieces, you will find yourself drawing closer to his musical world, ensuring its eternal resonance?. Dustin O?Halloran, composer.?Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works offers a superb tribute and testament to the musical achievement of this much-missed composer.? Andrew Eales, pianodao.com A Game of Croquet (from The Theory of Everything) A Model of the Universe (from The Theory of Everything) Bað A Sparrow Alighted Upon Our Shoulder Be Over (from The Shadow Play soundtrack) Beauty (from Blind Massage) By the Roes, and by The Hinds of the Field Dressing Up (from Personal Effects) The Drowned World Eleven Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Nine Died of Natural Causes Englabörn (piano version) Flight From the City Flugeldar II Good Morning, Midnight He Says It?s the Future Indian Wedding (from Personal Effects) Innocence (from Free the Mind) Já, Hemmi Minn Jói and Karen Linda and Walter (from Personal Effects) Melodia (III) Odi et Amo / Krókódíll Payphone (from McCanick) The Radiant City Ruslpóstur The Sun?s Gone Dim and the Sky?s Turned Black Theme from ?Varmints? soundtrack The Theory of Everything (soundtrack) Time to Say Goodbye (from White Black Boy) Will?s Story (from Free the Mind) / Piano / Faber Music

The third volume in this series for pianists ages 4 to 9, this book contains more songs in the already familiar key of G. New topics include the key of F and extended hand positions with six-note melodies, plus the IV chord in all keys, dotted rhythms, dynamics, staccato and legato touches, and two-note and longer phrases. Heartwarming Family Circus cartoons appear throughout the book. Of all the piano instruction books and courses out there, yours is the best by far, because it combines theory, fun, a wonderful variety of songs, and of course, the 5-point learning plan. Thank you for providing such a fantastic piano course for children! ? Beverly Short, Santa Monica, California You?ve really found a wonderful way of making music fun for children with your songs. The songs are infused with spirit, so it makes learning truly enjoyable for students. ? Monica Le, Fullerton, California I love these books because they work! I have been using them for many years with children 4 years old and up. The big notes make note learning easy and the directions for teachers are clear and methodical. My students and their parents are excited as they graduate from one level to the next. These books truly teach little fingers to play! Thank you, Ann Patrick Green! ? Carol Orozco, Fullerton, California I use Ann Patrick Green's books with every student. The larger note size, the use of solfege note reading, the inclusion of theory and the way each book is organized makes teaching and learning easy and fun. ? Lisa Smith, piano teacher

Par VAN NUETEN GUY. Contact by Guy Van Nueten originated from the feeling of being abandoned, such as a person who treks through a barren desert following a great disaster and asks himself if there's any point in carrying on when every day brings just more of the same - still more desert. I suspect that each of us has such a desert within himself, but that it depends on circumstances whether or not we choose to make the journey through it. Contact lays out a path that we can share. This music seems especially romantic to me, in the sense that the sounds have much to say about loneliness. There are moments where this album emphasises its own seriousness, then immediately afterwards invites us todance. Contact sticks out a hand, sometimes two, mostly to show the internal process of the composer - firstly the lack of fire and the abandoned longing for this, followed by the bewilderment that there is something that is still smouldering and that can be fanned into a blazing forest fire to burn away all the pain of desolation. For this reason it is also moving music - because it wants the recognition of the listener, wants us to feel our own desolation while the piano explores further depths and heights. At times a composition is almost carelessly abandoned and another one begun. Whoever looks closely at feelings and is honest with himself and the world is always a little cruel. But finally there is an end to that desert - he sees an oasis and also a beautiful hotel. Upon entering, he sees no-one, not even at the desk, but the reigning play of light and colour is of an otherworldly power. Maybe no other people are needed here and the beauty that prevails is enough. Then sounds of music arise and some people move across to the immense hall where a wing has been set up, behind which a man is sitting, his fingers moving across the keyboard. And only one thing is real: after desolation comes comfort. That person is you and that person is me. And that music is called Contact, directly from the soul of Van Nueten. Contact by Guy Van Nueten originated from the feeling of being abandoned, such as a person who treks through a barren desert following a great disaster and asks himself if there's any point in carrying on when every day brings just more of the same - still more desert. I suspect that each of us has such a desert within himself, but that it depends on circumstances whether or not we choose to make the journey through it. Contact lays out a path that we can share. This music seems especially romantic to me, in the sense that the sounds have much to say about loneliness. There are moments where this album emphasises its own seriousness, then immediately afterwards invites us todance. Contact sticks out a hand, sometimes two, mostly to show the internal process of the composer - firstly the lack of fire and the abandoned longing for this, followed by the bewilderment that there is something that is still smouldering and that can be fanned into a blazing forest fire to burn away all the pain of desolation. For this reason it is also moving music - because it wants the recognition of the listener, wants us to feel our own desolation while the piano explores further depths and heights. At times a composition is almost carelessly abandoned and another one begun. Whoever looks closely at feelings and is honest with himself and the world is always a little cruel. But finally there is an end to that desert - he sees an oasis and also a beautiful hotel. Upon entering, he sees no-one, not even at the desk, but the reigning play of light and colour is of an otherworldly power. Maybe no other people are needed here and the beauty that prevails is enough. Then sounds of music arise and some people move across to the immense hall where a wing has been set up, behind which a man is sitting, his fingers moving across the keyboard. And only one thing is real: after desolation comes comfort. That person is you and that person is me. And that music is called Contact, directly from the soul of Van Nueten./ Répertoire / Piano

Les musicologues s?arrachent les cheveux à propos de l?unique fantaisie composée par Chopin. Sa forme hautement singulière constitue un mystère pour tous ceux qui se servent volontiers de formes traditionnelles. S?agit-il d?un mouvement de sonate d?un rondo ou alors de mouvements de caractère librement combinés comme la marche le récitatif et le choral? Les amateurs de Chopin ne s?en soucient guère car personne ne remet en cause le fait que la fantaisie est l?une des ?uvres les plus extraordinaires qu?il ait jamais écrites. «Le ciel est gai mais la tristesse étreint mon c?ur» ce sont les mots de Chopin après en avoir achevé la composition. De fait la fantaisie estentièrement imprégnée de ces déchirements intérieurs. Une ?uvre extraordinaire à tous points de vue idéalement mise en valeur dans l?édition séparée réalisée sur la base de l?édition urtext infaillible de Henle.

Par JOHANNSSON JOHAN. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works presents transcriptions of the late composer?s best and most-loved piano works, brought together in a stunning high-end cloth-bound hardback limited edition book. Featuring 30 accurate transcriptions of piano works from across his albums and films, including the soundtrack for The Theory of Everything, Free the Mind and Flight From the City. Suitable for intermediate pianists, it also includes a wealth of striking photographs and a specially commissioned introduction from American composer, Dustin O?Halloran. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Recueil / Piano

A Piano piece in E flat major with the simple title ‘Lied’ (song) was Felix Mendelssohn’s surprise present to his sister Fanny on her birthday on 14 November 1828. Shortly afterwards she referred to the work as ‘Song without Words’ and probably coined the phrase under which her brother’s lyrical Piano pieces numbering nearly 50 are known today. The present edition contains in addition to the 48 well-known ‘Songs without Words’ a number of individual compositions which because of their title or character seem to fit the classification ‘Song withoutWords'. These and the above mentioned first example of 1828 are united in this essential compilation of works in a genre favoured by the composer. An enriching addition to the Piano repertoire of interest for teaching as well as for recital purposes.

Easy piano arrangements of 29 classics from the Liverpool lads, including: All My Loving - And I Love Her - Because - A Day in the Life - From Me to You - Here Comes the Sun - Hey Jude - I Saw Her Standing There - I've Just Seen a Face - In My Life - Martha My Dear - Michelle - Revolution - Rocky Raccoon - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Strawberry Fields Forever - Twist and Shout - With a Little Help from My Friends - and more. / Piano

F-Major Op. 54-Beethoven?s Sonata in F major Op.54 was written in 1804 just after the highly virtuosic ?Waldstein? Sonata and before the 'Appassionata? Sonata and has unjustly stood in the shadow of its predecessor and successor ever since. Its two movements are characterized by the friction between traditional form and creative abandon. While the opening movement marked ?In Tempo d?un Menuetto? plays with Baroque gestures and a sharply contrasting metrically distorted ?Trio? the toccata-like ?Allegretto? fluctuates between etude and sonata form. The unusual construction of the sonata caused perplexity even with notable critics who found themselves at a loss unable to recognize themaster. As such the work remains somewhat an insider tip until today a treasure to be discovered.For his new Urtext edition the world-renowned Beethoven scholar Jonathan Del Mar has examined meticulously all available sources and presents a reliable musical text. The elegant layout and advantageous page turns further add to the quality of the edition which also includes a detailed Critical Commentary an informative Preface and indispensable information on performance practice (use of pedals articulation ornaments dynamics accents).- Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship- Optimal page turns- Informative Introduction with valuable suggestions on period performance practice (Eng/Ger)- Includes a Critical Commentary (Eng)

Sonate In Es Für Klavier Op. 81a Les Adieux-Composed in 1809–10 Beethoven’s Sonata Op.81a expresses his very personal feelings. He titled its three movements “Das Lebe wohl” (The Farewell) “Die Abwesenheit” (The Absence) and “Das Wiedersehn” (The Return) in reference to the hasty departure of his good friend and patron Archduke Rudolph of Austria who fled Vienna with the imperial family on 4 May 1809 to escape Napoleon’s approaching troops. Beethoven referred to Op.81a as a “characteristic sonata” not in the sense that it had an underlying programme but because it lent musical expression to his feelings. He reacted angrily when hispublisher printed French translations of its title and movement headings. This however did not prevent Op.81a from becoming widely known by its French name “Les Adieux”. - Introduction by Misha Donat - Notes on performance practice by Jonathan Del Mar and Misha Donat - Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship - Elegant engraving and optimal page turns - Informative Introduction (Eng/Ger) - Includes a Critical Commentary (Eng)

A great resource for holiday songs! Includes 48 festive favorites: Blue Christmas · Christmas in Dixie · The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) · Christmas Time Is Here · The First Chanukah Night · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · Hark! the Herald Angels Sing · I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day · I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus · I'll Be Home for Christmas · Mistletoe and Holly · O Holy Night · O Little Town of Bethlehem · Silent Night · dozens more!

Piano de base d'Alfred --- Praise Visites répond à la nécessité pour la musique chrétienne contemporaine à être utilisés comme pièces supplémentaires pour les étudiants. Peu après le début de l'étude du piano, les élèves peuvent jouer à des versions intéressantes de la musique culte le plus connu de nos jours. Ce livre est corrélée page par page, avec niveau 1A de la bibliothèque de piano de base d'Alfred: Lesson Book 1A. Quand les morceaux dans le carnet d'Hits Praise sont attribuées en conjonction avec la matière dans le livre de leçon, de nouveaux concepts sont renforcés d'une manière amusante et motivante, ce qui augmente l'intérêt de l'élève dans l'étude du piano. / Piano

Responding to popular demand, Dan Coates has compiled a complete collection of 77 great songs for all occasions, to be played by the advanced piano player. Titles include love and wedding favorites, Broadway standards, pop and country ballads, movie and TV hits, and many more. Two selections Colors of the Wind and Star Wars are included on the Royal Conservatory of Music Popular Selection List (2009 Ed.) (These arrangements were originally published in item #AF9842.)

With the new Urtext Primo series, the Wiener Urtext Edition wants to close the gap arising at the point of transition to additional lessons after having studied a piano method. Beginning with a performance level which is outlined by pieces such as Bach's Minuet in G (BWV Anh. 116), Mozart's Minuet in F (KV 5) or Schumann's Wilder Reiter (Op. 68/8), works by three different composers are selected for each volume of the Urtext Primo series, with the aim of offering piano pupils (or even adults who want to resume piano playing) a wide range of repertoire pieces on the basis of which they can enhance their technical and musical skills. The pieces' range of levels of difficulty is relatively narrow so that the volume can be used continuously over a period of about two years. This is what distinguishes the Urtext Primo approach from almost all common anthologies. The selected repertoire takes into account not only pieces of the classic canon of lessons, but also lesser known works which are in no way of less importance for piano lessons. The Urtext Primo volumes are published in the internationally recognised standard of the Wiener Urtext editions. The explanations included in each volume shall help to deepen the knowledge of musical styles, music history and piano playing. A repertoire chart at the end of each volume gives a rough overview of the levels of difficulty of the selected pieces.Volume 4 combines works of the German Romanticism by Schumann, Brahms and Theodor Kirchner. Apart from well known pieces from Schumann's 'Album for the Youth' and the easiest waltzes from opus 39 (in the easier version) by Brahms, the selection contains the attractive set of variations from Schumann's first Youth Sonata Op. 118/1 and Brahms' Saraband in A minor WoO 5/1 as well as a number of pleasant pieces by Theodor Kirchner which continue the tonal air of Schumann and Brahms in easy playable pieces. / Piano