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

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), each volume contains works by three different composers, 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. In contrast to conventional piano anthologies, 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. 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 explanations included at the end of 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.After Vol. 1 with works by Bach, Handel and Scarlatti and Vol. 2 with compositions by Haydn, Mozart and Cimarosa, Vol. 3 contains pieces by Beethoven, Schubert und Hummel, including popular pieces such as Beethoven's 'Für Elise' and lesser known, yet stimulating settings by Johann Nepomuk Hummel. / Piano

This exciting new teaching method, by the renowned piano pedagogue, Hans-Gunter Heumann is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch, or for those returning to the piano after a break from playing. Using classical music as a basis for learning, this method introduces outset interesting, varied and well-known pieces from the right. The two method books have been carefully designed to progress in small manageable steps, beginning with simple fingering patterns and exercises, onto some of the most beautiful melodies and pieces from the baroque, classical and romantic eras, analyzed as the Ode to Joy, Fur Elise and the Blue Danube Waltz. Leading the student through a range of exercises, repertoire pieces, theory fun checks, tips on practicing, playing and technique, and composer biographies, the process of learning is made interesting, and informed.The four volumes present supplementary material to help further learning at each stage of the students' development, as well as offering up against a range of beautiful pieces, duet for the solo pianist, or piano.The method books and duet collections are accompanied by a CD recording of all pieces performed on a concert grand piano by a professional pianist, as well as some additional accompanying parts, Which can be used as play-along tracks. / Piano

Par HEUMANN HANS-GUNTER. This exciting new teaching method, by the renowned piano pedagogue Hans-Günter Heumann is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch, or for those returning to the piano after a break from playing. Using classical music as a basis for learning, this method introduces interesting, varied and well-known pieces right from the outset. The two method books have been carefully designed to progress in small manageable steps, beginning with simple fingering patterns and exercises, onto some of the most beautiful melodies and pieces from the baroque, classical and romantic eras, such as the Ode to Joy, Für Elise and the Blue Danube Waltz. Leading the student through a range of exercises, repertoire pieces, theory checks, tips on practicing, playing and technique, and composer biographies, the process of learning is made interesting, informed and fun. The four supplementary volumes present further material to help learning at each stage of the students? development, as well as offering up a wider range of beautiful pieces, for the solo pianist, or piano duet. The method books and duet collections are accompanied by recordings of all pieces performed on a grand piano by a professional concert pianist, as well as some additional accompanying parts, which can be used as play-along tracks. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Méthode / Piano

Cahier 3A Piano. Par VOGT-BATES / BLET. Conceived for Piano beginners who have already been introduced to music reading, Le Voyage magique - Niveau 3A, Aventurier follows up on Le Voyage magique - Niveau 2B, Explorateur. Fifth in a series of eight, it familiarises the students to more complex melodies and rhythms and to the techniques of playing. This volume uses the same characters as the previous books, who evolve through new illustrations which guide the young pianists. Le Voyage magique is the translation and adaptation by Stéphane Blet of the American series Piano Discoveries by Janet Vogt and Leon Bates. The pedagogy of this book has been studied to be quite close to the language of children, in order to developtheir interest and concentration. A CD is provided to accompany the player while learning with Le Voyage magique, offering some small melodic pieces to develop a musical ear. Janet Vogt is an American pianist, professor at the College-Conservatory of Music. She also composed pieces for Keyboards, for Choirs, and some pop music. Leon Bates (born 1949) is a renowned American pianist who performed with the New York Symphony, the Cleveland Symphony and many others. He is also a professor and participated to the conception of this method. Stéphane Blet is an international solo pianist who decided to focus on the composition of pieces and on teaching. He is currently professor in the École Normale de Musique “Alfred Cortot”. / Pédagogie / Méthode / Piano

Take the lead is an integrated series for alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, piano, tenor saxophone, trumpet and violin. In each edition all of the songs are in the same key at concert pitch, allowing the different instruments to play together. Chord symbols are included at concert pitch for use by piano or guitar.'Take the Lead Rock 'n' Roll' features idiomatic arrangements of rock 'n' roll classics offering fun repertoire that young instrumentalists will love to play. Students have a choice of playing along with CD, Piano or Guitar and all pieces are fully integrated with arrangements for other instruments in the series, making this the ideal resource for school bands and small ensembles. Used as a solo book these pieces will encourage technical progression and confidence in playing. Ideal pieces for performance, or just for fun.Contents: Be-Bop-A-Lula; Blue Suede Shoes; Blueberry Hill; C'mon Everybody; Great Balls Of Fire; Jailhouse Rock; Let's Twist Again; The Green Door

No genre reflects Skrjabin?s artistic evolution more vividly than his piano sonatas. Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 and 8 which are presented in this edition were written between 1911 and 1913, at times contemporaneously with the late Sonatas Nos. 9 and 10. All autographs and printed sources including Skrjabin?s sketches and drafts have been thoroughly evaluated. The edition presents a meticulously edited musical text offering new readings and is supplemented by an informative Preface on the sonatas? genesis and significance (Ger/Eng). The Critical Commentary (Eng) provides information on alternative readings and editorial decisions. An elegant well-presented engraving with practical page-turns rounds off this edition at the cutting edge of musical scholarship.
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Sonate Nr. 6 op. 62
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Sonate Nr. 7 op. 64 (?Weiße Messe? / ?White Mass?)
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Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. Chopin Berceuse for Piano Op.57 Chopin's ?Berceuse? is one of his most frequently performed works and was regarded by subsequent composers as the prototype of the instrumental lullaby. This piece that Chopin initially named ?Variantes? was composed around the time of his great Sonata in B minor Op.58 and was renamed ?Berceuse? only when it went to print. In it, the composer systematically subjects a four-measure motif to a series of variants which are linked in a continuous flow over an ostinato figure. This Urtext edition reflects the latest state of Chopin research, offering a definitive musical text based on a careful evaluation of the sources. Readings and editorial decisions are documented in the Critical Commentary (Eng) and a detailed Foreword (Ger/Eng) provides information on the work. Hardy Rittner, a Chopin specialist as well as Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, has supplemented the composer's fingering from a historically informed perspective. His chapter on performance practice contains valuable notes, particularly on Chopin's pedal indications which clearly diverge in the sources, on rubato, the execution of ornaments as well as on tonal nuance, voice-leading and cantabilità. - Urtext edition based on the cutting edge of scholarship - Historically informed fingering and notes on performance practice by Hardy Rittner (Ger/Eng) - Well-presented engraving / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Répertoire / Piano

Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Playing the greatest works of the great composers has now been made easier thanks to a series of editions in which pieces are singled out, organized according to progressive levels of difficulty, and provided with a whole series of precious support materials such as historical and literary introductions to each work, technical guidelines for pianists, fingerings, etc. An excellent way to discover the great piano repertoire and a useful teaching aid. The present collection begins with works taken from the Children's Album, such as The Sick Doll and The March of the Wooden Soldiers, especially suitable for beginning students. This is followed by a selection drawn from The Seasons, which includes one of Tchaikovsky's masterpieces, the Barcarolle (June). The volume closes with a particularly interesting offering for piano four-hands. / Date parution : 2022-04-12/ Recueil / Piano

Tagebucheintragungen, persönliche Botschaften. Par KURTAG GYORGY. The piano series entitled Games, written from 1973 onwards, was conceived as a piano method. As the years went by, the series lost its didactic character, at it came to be seen as a document from Kurtág's workshop, offering a key to his grander symphonic, chamber and vocal works as well.Tenth volume is divided into two parts: In the first half, earlier, hitherto unpublished pieces line up from Suite, written in 1943, to the 1980s, providing insight into the development of Kurtág's musical language. The second half includes pieces composed between 2002 and 2011. The movements, often aphorismic in their briefness, hide associations with various aspects of European music history. Many of them are hommage or in memoriam pieces, or subjective personal messages to friends, colleagues, and beloved family members - and thereby to all music-loving people. This publication is printed on high quality, durable paper made from renewable raw materials in an environmentally friendly way./ Etude / Piano

The Hal Leonard Adult Piano Method has been devised specially for the older beginner, offering direct tuition with engaging music to inspire your first steps into Piano playing. Combine lessons, solos, technique and theory Moves comfortably through new concepts and material Encourages the student to become immediately engaged in playing the instrument Material is well-planned and free of technical jargon Provides opportunities for student improvisation Beautifully-realised teacher duets and richly-orchestrated CD and MIDI accompaniment disks provide a rewarding musical experience / Piano

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 27 pieces by 12 composers, including Beach, Burgmüller, Chopin, Grieg, Gurlitt, Heller, Kullak, MacDowell, Nielsen, Reger, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.Complete with online access to recorded performances, this book provides the intermediate level pianist with a newly-engraved collection of pieces from the Romantic Era, accompanied by historical notes and performance suggestions. / Piano

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 20 pieces by 11 composers, including C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Couperin, Dandrieu, Handel, Kirnberger, Paradies, Rameau, D. Scarlatti and Telemann.Complete with online access to recorded performances, this book provides the intermediate level pianist with a newly-engraved collection of pieces from the Baroque Era, accompanied by historical notes and performance suggestions. / Piano

With his sonatas op. 31 composed in 1802 Beethoven for the last time grouped together piano sonatas under one opus number. The centrepiece of the collection is undoubtedly the dramatic Sonata in D minor nicknamed 'Tempest' which already fascinated his contemporaries. According to Anton Schindler, who asked the composer about the 'key' to this work as well as to the sonata op. 57 ('Appassionata'), Beethoven advised him: 'Just read Shakespeares Tempest'. Jonathan Del Mar, currently one of the most renowned Beethoven scholars, stands for a meticulously edited Urtext edition on the basis of an intensive study of all sources. Performers are presented with a musical text offering new readings and based on the latest research findings. The detailed Critical Commentary accounts for sources, readings and editorial emendations. In this edition great care has been given to a user-friendly layout which on the one hand reflects the flow and tempo of the music and on the other hand facilitates the study of this complex music by means of a transparent and clear appearance on the page as well as good page turns. Particularly enlightening is the chapter on period performance practice which sheds light on certain issues of Beethovens instruments and their range, the usage of the pedals, tempo, dynamics, articulation and ornaments. / Piano

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 18 pieces by 8 composers, including Beethoven, Benda, Clementi, Czerny, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel and Turk.Complete with online access to recorded performances, this book provides the early intermediate level pianist with a newly-engraved collection of pieces from the Classical Era, accompanied by historical notes and performance suggestions. / Piano