A collection of the world's finest classical and popular music set for the developing pianist. Here you will find the great masterpieces from every musical era, in rewarding piano arrangements that are easy to play. Turn these pages to enjoy three centuries of all-time favorite piano solos - the classic genius of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms - the expressive beauty of Chopin and Debussy - the elegant syncopations of Scott Joplin - the timeless melodies of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and many, many more. This expansive music library will provide years of playing pleasure for any pianist. Nowhere else will you find such a rich array of classical, ragtime, popular and folk music in a single volume. These easy and rewarding piano arrangements make it truly a joy to explore the world's most beloved piano music. Spiral Bound. / Piano

This latest, classically-flavoured songbook for John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course introduces easy works by one of the greatest composers ever to have lived, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Featuring some very fine compositions, First Mozart is perfect for pupils reaching parts 2 to 4 of the world-renowned Piano course.These fun repertoire books contain some amazing pieces that have been specially collected and graded to be used in conjunction with the Easiest Piano Course. Pieces like The Birdcatcher Song, Eine Klein Nachtmusik (1st Movement), A Musical Joke and Sonata Facile will reinforce essential technical ability, while simultaneously enhancing a general sense of musicality and melodic playing. First Mozart is ideal for pupils who've worked through the course at levels 2 to 4, but it's also a great set of pieces for sight reading practice for more advanced students.The pieces in this songbook become progressively more difficult, and, to this end, dynamics and phrasing have been omitted for the earlier pieces, since they're not introduced until Part 3 of the course. Early pieces like Ave Verum Corpus and Dies Irae (From 'Requiem Mass In D Minor) help to reinforce what pupils learn in the beginning of the John Thompson Method, with a focus on playing notes and rhythms accurately. Towards of the end of the songbook, more challenging pieces like Piano Sonata #21 and #11 will help pupils to enhance their technical skills, play more melodically, and, most importantly, enjoy playing!Generally, these pieces stay in the 5-finger position, with handy hints and suggestions when a different fingering is called for. The pieces in this songbook are beautiful to hear and to play, making First Mozart a really great beginner's songbook for pupils who want to learn some of the finest music ever composed. As an introduction for beginners to classical music and Mozart in particular, this songbook is rewarding and enjoyable, these pieces being timeless and never going out of fashion.The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course First Mozart songbook is the ideal beginning book for classical music fans. It's tailor-made for pupils working through the renowned and revered Piano method, so it's authoritative and accurate, helping you to enhance your technique and learn some amazing music. / Piano

The compositions in Easy Piano Pieces For Children have all been carefully selected for the beginner pianist. Over 100 selections in this songbook are progressively graded, with editorial markings and suggested fingering, allowing beginner children to learn with specially selected songs that they will enjoy playing.As an addition to the bestselling Everybody's Favorite series, these attractive and original pieces are easy to play and will allow young pianists to have fun while improving various aspects of their technique.This large songbook includes classic favourites by Mozart, Debussy and Grieg, Piano miniatures by Schumann, Arensky and Türk, as well as selections from Bartók's For Children, among many others. Each piece is graded with a star to indicate difficulty, while a glossary of music symbols and a keyboard chart are included to help early students with note and key recognition. / Piano

Lower Intermediate to Intermediate. 103 arrangements of must-know classical standards by 41 composers at the lower intermediate to intermediate level. BACH: Air on the G String · Arioso · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring · Sheep May Safely Graze · Sleepers, Awake BEETHOVEN: Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No. 6 · Theme from Symphony No. 7 · Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 BIZET: Themes from Carmen · Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 BOCCHERINI: Minuet from String Quintet BORODIN: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance · Lullaby · Theme from Symphony No. 1 · Theme from Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March) DVORÁK: Themes from Symphony No. 9 ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations · Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 FAURE: Pavane · Pie Jesu · Sicilienne GOUNOD: Ave Maria adapted from Prelude in C Major by JS Bach GRIEG: Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite · Morning from Peer Gynt Suite · Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt Suite · Theme from Piano Concerto HANDEL: Harmonious Blacksmith · Bourrée from Music for the Royal Fireworks · Largo (Ombra mai fu) from Serse · Where'er You Walk from Semele · Hornpipe from Water Music HOLST: Jupiter Chorale from The Planets HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream MOZART: Theme from Clarinet Concerto · Minuet from Don Giovanni · Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 20 · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 21 · Theme from Symphony No. 40 MUSSORGSKY: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition OFFENBACH: Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld · Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann PACHELBEL: Canon in D PAGANINI: Caprice No. 24 from 24 Caprices PARRY: Jerusalem PONCHIELLI: The Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi · Themes from Madama Butterfly PURCELL: Rondeau from Abdelazar ROSAS: Over the Waves ROSSINI: Themes from The Barber of Seville · Theme from William Tell SCHUBERT: Ave Maria · Serenade · Theme from Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) · Theme from Symphony No. 9 · To Music · The Trout · SEMTANA: The Moldau from My Homeland SOUSA: The Liberty Bell · The Stars and Stripes Forever · The Washington Post STRAUSS I: Radetzky March STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz · On the Beautiful Blue Danube · Tales from the Vienna Woods · Tritsch-Tratsch Polka · Viennese Blood · Wine, Women, and Song TCHAIKOVSKY: Themes from 1812 Overture · Marche slave · Dance of the Reed Flutes from The Nutcracker · Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1 · Theme from Romeo and Juliet Theme from Swan Lake · Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No.6 VERDI: Grand March · La donn / Niveau : Facile / Classique / Recueil / Piano

The Piano Bench Of Classical Music is designed to be the cornerstone of your personal music library. This tremendous piano collection contains 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the pianist who loves classical music. No other single volume can provide the wealth of exquisite piano selections contained within these pages. Here you will find the world's greatest inventions, movements, nocturnes, valses, mazurkas, intermezzos, romantic short pieces, impressionist works, and light classics - as well as the most rewarding traditional arrangements of themes from the great symphonies, chamber works, operas and ballets by the master composers of the past four centuries. / Piano

Par PUSCOIU COSTEL. Well-known classical works for recorder students at all levels of ability, adapted and arranged especially for the recorder. The works are drawn from all periods, including Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern. The author has carefully placed the melodies in the best keys for easy recorder. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classic - Solos / Recueil / Flûte à Bec Soprano

Performer: Agnes Baltsa, Antonia Fahberg, Audience Applause, Barbara Hendricks, Berliner Philharmoniker, et al. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin Conductor: Alfred Hertz, Arthur Nikisch, Bruno Walter, Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, et al. Compositeur: Alban Berg, Anton Bruckner, Anton Webern, Antonin Dvorak, Antonio Vivaldi, et al. CD (16 septembre 2013) Nombre de disques: 50 Format : Coffret, CD Label: Deutsche Grammophon

This superb 2CD collection of 40 masterpieces by 10 great composers features performances by the world's leading soloists and orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. The audio CDs are accompanied by a specially produced book containing the same pieces for solo piano. Here is an opportunity to enjoy some of the world's most beautiful classical music, and to then sit down at the Piano and play them yourself using the accompanying folio. So if you're one of those people who feel like playing as well as listening, this is the collection for you! / Piano

This collection contains 55 notable works by some of the world's best-known composers in the classical tradition. Spanning over 250 years, from Bach to Rachmaninoff, players can enjoy an inspiring journey through the history of classical music whilst learning to play these celebrated compositions. Short biographies are included for selected composers, allowing players to gain further insight into their lives and works.All the pieces in this book have been arranged in Easy Piano format in a considered and thoughtful fashion, retaining as much of the original musical substance as possible.Everybody's Favorite Easy Piano Pieces contains Massenet's Meditation from Thais, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Holst's Jupiter from The Planets, Debussy's Clair De Lune, Handel's The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, Grieg's Morning from Peer Gynt, Schubert's Death And The Maiden and many more of the greatest classical pieces ever composed. / Piano

«Je veux le composer tout à fait d?après le caractère de Mlle Rose». Voici ce que répondit Mozart à la question de savoir comment il allait concevoir l?Andante de sa Sonate en Ut majeur. Il avait fait la connaissance de Rosina Cannabich à Mannheim durant l?automne 1777. Composée à son intention, la Sonate K. 309 lui fut tout de suite présentée lors d?une leçon, si bien que d?après les dires de son professeur, elle la jouait déjà de manière «admirable» en décembre 1777. Afin que de nombreux élèves puissent faire de même, nous présentons ce joyau de la musique de piano de Mozart, jusqu?alors seulement disponible dans les recueils intégrals des sonates (HN 1 et 3), sous la forme d?une édition séparée avec, en sus, une nouvelle préface de l?éditeur.


1er MOUVEMENT Le premier mouvement de la sonate K 309 en ut majeur est un modèle pour enseigner la structure de la forme sonate. Dans les formes sonate, pas plus que dans la fugue de Bach, aucun dogme ne sert de base au processus de composition, mais chaque sonate apporte une nouvelle variation à un principe fondamental. Cela impliquait, pour Mozart, l?obligation stricte de se conformer à certains schémas sans pour autant laisser entraver sa propre liberté de création. Pour ses mouvements de sonates en tonalités majeures, il était, par exemple, favorable à la dominante comme la plupart de ses contemporains. Sur ce point, Haydn, en revanche, se délectait à tenter de nouvelles expériences.
Il serait peut-être utile, par une brève analyse, de montrer quel était le modèle de référence d?une «forme d?allegro de sonate» pour Mozart, et le premier mouvement de la sonate en ut majeur K 309 est, à cet égard, un exemple idéal pour un tel examen. Le premier thème est un début caractéristique en marcato, suivi d?une «réponse» de cinq mesures. La quarte descendante et la sixte ascendante du début forment un des motifs favoris de Mozart; c?est son procédé mélodique habituel. Il l?utilise souvent en mineur comme en majeur et beaucoup de ses thèmes commencent par ce motif (pour exemple le deuxième mouvement de la sonate en la majeur K 331 et l?Adagio en si mineur K 540 et certains thèmes des Symphonies K 114, 124, 319/II et 551/II). Les sept mesures du thème principal sont répétées avec une légère variation. Les mesures 12 à 30 viennent conclure la période du premier thème par une phrase réponse (3 3 mesures). La transition fait appel à un nouveau matériau puis, dans la mesure 35 (âpres 2 mesures préliminaires) vient un second thème cantabile à la dominante (sol majeur), comprenant deux fois quatre mesures. Il est également repris et s?achemine vers un thème de clôture plein d?allant (groupe conclusif) qui traverse un passage d?ornementation pianistique (m. 43) et enferme une merveilleuse réduction des mesures 35 et 36 dans la mesure 45. L?exposition se termine par une «codetta» de cinq mesures. Le développement présente d?abord le motif d?exposition en sol mineur puis les différentes idées du premier thème sont élaborées. Dans cette démarche, Mozart s?en réfère beaucoup plus aux principes d?école qu?il ne le fait d?habitude. Deux autres expositions du motif du départ nous conduisent à la réexposition dans la mesure 94. Le second thème, maintenant à la tonique, s?est interverti avec son accompagnement. On assiste à un rappel du début dans une coda qui s?impose avec force.

2eme MOUVEMENT Le deuxième mouvement de cette sonate est un Andante un poco adagio introspectif. Mozart avait fait part dans une lettre de sin désir d?adapter cet Andante au caractère de la jeune pianiste Rosa Cannabich pour laquelle il l?avait écrit : «c?est une jolie et charmante jeune fille, tout comme cet andante. Elle est très mûre et posée pour son âge, elle ne parle pas beaucoup et c?est toujours avec grâce et gentillesse».

3eme MOUVEMENT C?est un Rondo élégant et fluide, d?une longueur inusitée, qui clôt cette sonate. / [Sonate pour piano en Ut majeur K. 309 (284b)] / Classique / Partition / Agrafé /

Music For Millions: New Classics To Moderns has been developed from the original much-loved series by Denes Agay. As with previous volumes, the collection opens with music from the 1600s before taking the player on a journey through many different periods of musical history. / Piano