Piano/Keyboard - Beginner
SKU: AP.6-828867
For the Beginning
Pianist with Downloadable
MP3s. Composed by
Richard Wagner. Edited by
by David Dutkanicz.
Arranged by David
Dutkanicz. Piano
Collection; Piano
Supplemental. Dover
Edition: My First Book.
Book. Dover Publications
#06-828867. Published by
Dover Publications
(AP.6-828867).
ISBN
9780486828862.
English.
The music
of Richard Wagner can be
daunting to beginning
pianists, but this
collection offers an
accessible approach to
the famous
nineteenth-century
composer's works. The
arrangements focus on
Wagner's melodies and
style, presenting
manageable excerpts from
the more abstract works
in simplified keys and
with suggested
fingerings. More than 30
pieces consist chiefly of
selections from Wagner's
operas. Highlights
include the thrilling
Ride of the Valkyries
from Die Valküre, the
second of the four Ring
Cycle operas. Other
pieces from the epic
musical series include
Siegfried the Hero from
Siegfried and Song of the
Rhine Daughters from
Götterdämmerung.
The collection also
features pieces from
Parsifal,Tannhäuser,
The Flying
Dutchman,Rienzi,
Lohengrin, and Tristan
und Isolde, as well as
other works. Each
selection features a
brief Introduction that
provides historical
context and, in some
cases, suggestions for
performance.