(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. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Fakebook. Melody line, chord names and lyrics (on some songs). 413 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By russian. For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 2000 pages. Published by Subito Music.

by William Bay. For all guitars. All styles, class. Level: Intermediate. Book. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 200 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 1000 pages. Published by Subito Music.

By German. For Vocal. (Voice). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 2200 pages. Published by Subito Music.

By russian. For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 4000 pages. Published by Subito Music.

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.

Book with Media Online. Composed by Nancy Faber and Randall Faber. Faber Piano Adventures. Educational, Method. Softcover Media Online. 184 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF1302. Published by Faber Piano Adventures

Book with CD, DVD and Online Support. Composed by Nancy Faber and Randall Faber. Faber Piano Adventures. Educational, Method. Softcover with DVD. 184 pages. Faber Piano Adventures #FF1302CD. Published by Faber Piano Adventures

Master Text II. By Various. Piano Collection. 432 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

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

(174 Favorite Piano Pieces by 44 Composers). Composed by Various. For Piano Solo. Misc. 326 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics Volume 2109. Composed by Various. Piano Collection. Softcover. 192 pages. G. Schirmer #LB2109. Published by G. Schirmer

Easy to Int. Solos 65 Works from Symphonies, Operas, Concertos, Piano Literature and Chamber Music. World's Greatest Classical Music. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

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

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS13F

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

Piano Duets. For Piano. (Piano Duets). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 1000 pages. Published by Subito Music.

From START to STARDOM, the Lessons You Need. Keyboard instruction. Softcover with CD. Size 8.5x11 inches. 208 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

by William Bay and Mike Christiansen. For all guitars. Mastering Guitar. All styles, assorted music styles. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. Method. Size 8.75x11.75. 184 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

An Innovative Method Enhanced with Audio and MIDI Files for Practice and Performance. By Kenon D. Renfrow, E. L. Lancaster. For Piano. Piano - Alfred's Group Piano for Adults. Alfred's Group Piano for Adults. Book and CD-ROM. 360 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

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.

Composed by John Brimhall and Jonathon Robbins. Collection; Classical. Book. Santorella Publications #O114. Published by Santorella Publications