A Collection of 30 Pieces. Composed by Various. Piano Solo Songbook. Classical, New Age. Softcover. Duration 200 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard

Jazz Piano Solos Series Vol. 63. Composed by Various. Arranged by Brent Edstrom. Jazz Piano Solos. Jazz. Softcover. 96 pages. Duration 230 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard

Orchestra Piano

SKU: PR.11641861SP

Composed by William Kraft. Part. 35 pages. Duration 21 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #116-41861SP. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11641861SP).

UPC: 680160685202.

What? ! - my composer colleagues said - A concerto for the piano? It's a 19th century instrument! Admittedly we are in an age when originally created timbres and/or musico-technological formulations are often the modus operandi of a piece. Actually, this Concerto began about two years ago when, during one of my creative jogs, the sound of the uppermost register of the piano mingled with wind chimes penetrated my inner ear. The challenge and fascination of exploring and developing this idea into an orchestral situation determined that some day soon I would be writing a work for piano and orchestra. So it was a very happy coincidence when Mona Golabek phoned to tell me she would like discuss the Ford Foundation commission. After covering areas of aesthetics and compositional styles, we found that we had a good working rapport, and she asked if I would accept the commission. The answer was obvious. Then began the intensive thought process on the stylistic essence and organization of the work. Along with this went a renewed study of idiomatic writing for the piano, of the kind Stravinsky undertook with the violin when he began his Violin Concerto. By a stroke of great fortune, the day in February 1972 that I received official notice from the Ford Foundation of the commission, I also received a letter from the Guggenheim Foundation informing me I had been awarded my second fellowship. With the good graces of Zubin Mehta and Ernest Fleischmann, masters of my destiny as a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, I was relieved of my orchestral duties during the Hollywood Bowl season. Thus I was able to go to Europe to work and to view the latest trends in music concentrating in London (the current musical melting pot and showcase par excellence), Oslo, Norway, for the Festival of Scandinavian Music called Nordic Days, and Warsaw, Poland, for its prestigious Autumn Festival. Over half the Concerto was completed in that summer and most of the rest during the 72-73 season with the final touches put on during a month as Resident Scholar at the Rockefeller Foundation's Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio, Italy. So much for the external and environmental influences, except perhaps to mention the birds of Sussex in the first movement, the bells of Arhus (Denmark) in the second movement and the bells of Bellagio at the end of the Concerto. Primary in the conception was the personality of Miss Golabek: she is a wonderfully vital and dynamic person and a real virtuoso. Therefore, the soloist in the Concerto is truly the protagonist; it is she (for once we can do away with the generic he) who unfolds the character and intent of the piece. The first section is constructed in the manner of a recitative - completely unmeasured - with letters and numbers by which the conductor signals the orchestra for its participation. This allows the soloist the freedom to interpret the patterns and control the flow and development of the music. The Concerto is actually in one continuous movement but with three large divisions of sufficiently contrasting character to be called movements in themselves. The first 'movement' is based on a few timbral elements: 1) a cluster of very low pitches which at the beginning are practically inaudibly depressed, and sustained silently by the sostenuto pedal, which causes sympathetic vibrating pitches to ring when strong notes are struck; 2) a single powerful note indicated by a black note-head with a line through it indicating the strongest possible sforzando; 3) short figures of various colors sometimes ominous, sometimes as splashes of light or as elements of transition; 4) trills and tremolos which are the actual controlling organic thread starting as single axial tremolos and gradually expanding to trills of increasingly larger and more powerful scope. The 'movement' begins in quiescent repose but unceasingly grows in energy and tension as the stretching of a string or rubber band. When it can no longer be restrained, it bursts into the next section. The second 'movement,' propelled by the released tension, is a brilliant virtuosic display, which begins with a long solo of wispy percussion, later joined in duet with the piano. Not to be ignored, the orchestra takes over shooting the material throughout all its sections like a small agile bird deftly maneuvering through nothing but air, while the piano counterposes moments of lyricism. The orchestra reaches a climax, thrusting us into the third 'movement' which begins with a cadenza-like section for the piano. This moves gently into an expressive section (expressive is not a negative term to me) in which duets are formed with various instruments. There are fleeting glimpses of remembrances past, as a fragmented recapitulation. One glimpse is hazily expressed by strings and percussion in a moment of simultaneous contrasting levels of activity, a technique of which I have been fond and have utilized in various fixed-free relationships, particularly in my Percussion Concerto, Contextures and Games: Collage No. 1. The second half of the third 'movement; is a large coda - akin to those in Beethoven - which brings about another display of virtuosity, this time gutsy and driving, raising the Concerto to a final climax, the soloist completing the fragmented recapitulation concept as well as the work with the single-note sforzando and low cluster from the very opening of the first movement.

By John Cage (1912-1992). For for any instrument or combination of instruments. Modern. Sheet Music. Composed 1952. Duration 4 minutes 33 seconds. Published by Edition Peters

For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Classical period and romantic period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 232 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Richard Wernick (1934-). Sws. Duration 17 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41833. Published by Theodore Presser Company

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.

Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Romantic period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 216 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

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.

Piano Solo. By Various. Piano Solo Songbook (Intermediate to advanced piano arrangements with no lyrics). Size 9x12 inches. 128 pages. Published by Hal Leonard Corporation.

Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Romantic period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 216 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Solo with Piano Accompaniment. Composed by Melody Bober. This edition: 2 copies required. Book; Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands); Piano Supplemental. Student Concertos. Form: Concerto. Recital. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46051).

For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Baroque, classical period and romantic period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 224 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

A Reference for the Rest of Us!. By Various. Misc. Softcover. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Classical period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 208 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

(28 Well Known Masterpieces). Arranged by Robert Schultz. For Piano. Piano Collection. Simply Series. Masterwork. Easy Piano. Book. 80 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Classical period. Series: The World's Great Classical Music. 224 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

(The World's Great Classical Music) For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. With introductory text and composer biographies. Classical period, romantic period, impressionistic and baroque. 240 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

For piano. Piano Collections. Classic. Book. Published by Kevin Mayhew Publishers (U.K. Import).
Level: Multiple Levels.

55 Selections from Symphonies, Ballets, Operas & Piano Literature for Piano Solo. Arranged by Blake Neely, Richard Walters. World's Greatest Classical Music. Size 9x12 inches. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

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

For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. Classical period and romantic period. 352 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Piano - Late Intermediate

SKU: AP.48033

Composed by Dennis Alexander. Duet or Duo; Graded Standard Repertoire; Piano Suite; Solo Small Ensembles. Recital Suite Series. Form: Suite. Recital. Book. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48033. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48033).

ISBN 9781470642716. UPC: 038081554600. English.

The three movements of Spring Promises highlight the energy of spring that follows a long winter. The first movement, A Garden's Promise, features a lyrical melody line over a chord progression that includes a descending bass line. It portrays the beauty of the flowers that begin to appear with the warmer weather. Staccato fifths and grace notes suggest the image of Soft Rains in the A section of the second movement. Triplets in the B section give a stronger sense of movement. The final movement---Spring Fever!---is a rondo that uses root position and second inversion chords in a lively setting. The staccato chords alternate with more lyrical lines to provide contrast.

Piano

SKU: FG.55011-642-9

Composed by Kalevi Aho. Solo part. Fennica Gehrman #55011-642-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-642-9).

ISBN 9790550116429.

Kale vi Aho's Piano Concerto No. 2 is scored for a string orchestra comprising just twenty players. The first performance took place at the concluding concert of the 2003 Mantta Music Festival, in Vilppula Church on 29th June. The soloist was Antti Siirala and the strings of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra were conducted by Osmo Vanska. The demanding piano writing is primarily a consequence of Siirala's remarkable command of the 'Beethovenian-Lisztian-Br ahmsian' pianistic tradition. At times the piano part is lean and linear, but the work also contains multi-layered, full-toned piano textures and massive rolling octaves. The concerto requires great artistry on the part of the performer. The Second Piano Concerto lasts roughly half an hour and comprises three untitled movements played without a break. The first movement and the finale are extremely fast; these outer movements contain plenty of playful music. The slow second movement is more serious in tone, and its piano texture is very ample. The difficult cadenza at the end of the finale brings more serious emotions to the coda as well.

Op. 13/2. Composed by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987). Piano. Classical. Softcover. Sikorski #SIK2118. Published by Sikorski

Performed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), edited by Blake Neely, Richard Walters. For solo piano. Format: piano solo book. With standard notation and introductory text. Classical period and romantic period. 224 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

For Intermediate Piano. Composed by Various. Piano. Classical. Softcover. 272 pages. Published by Hal Leonard