Exploring Piano Masterworks: Mazurkas (5 Selections)


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This series is designed to introduce piano students with experience playing standard piano literature to masterworks by a variety of composers. Seven volumes in the series are available and include the most accessible and popular works in the genre, plus informative text, performance notes and detailed composer biographies. This edition for late intermediate pianists includes: * Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. 7, No. 1 * Mazurka in C Major, Op. 7, No. 5 * Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 7, No. 2 * Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2 (Posthumous) * Mazurka in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3 (Posthumous)




Exploring Piano Masterworks: Songs without Words (5 Selections)


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This series is designed to introduce piano students with experience playing standard piano literature to masterworks by a variety of composers. Seven volumes in the series are available and include the most accessible and popular works in the genre, plus informative text, performance notes and detailed composer biographies. This edition for intermediate to late intermediate pianists includes: * Confidence, Op. 19, No. 4 * Consolation, Op. 30, No. 3 * Regrets, Op. 19, No. 2 * Tarantella, Op. 102, No. 3 * Venetian Boat Song, Op. 19, No. 6




Exploring Piano Masterworks: 2-Part Inventions (4 Selections)


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This series is designed to introduce piano students with experience playing standard piano literature to masterworks by a variety of composers. Seven volumes in the series are available and include the most accessible and popular works in the genre, plus informative text, performance notes and detailed composer biographies. This edition for intermediate to late intermediate pianists includes four of Bach's two-part inventions, including: * Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772 * Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 * Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 * Invention No. 14 in B-flat Major, BWV 785




Clavier


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An Introduction to His Piano Works


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This volume contains 31 pieces from The First Term at the Piano, For Children, 10 Easy Pieces and 7 Sketches. The informative foreword includes Bartók's specific instructions on wrist and finer action, articulations and syncopation. Each piece is prefaced by a brief introduction.




Piano Masterworks - Early Advanced Level


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A collection of 54 pieces by 21 composers. Includes music by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov, Schubert, Scriabin, and more.




Selected Favorites for the Piano


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This valuable collection contains a wide variety of Chopin's compositions. Included are the most familiar mazurkas, preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, polonaises, etudes and the "Fantaisie-Impromptu." Extensive introductory materials detail biographical information and performance suggestions. Editorial suggestions in the music are in light gray print and fingering has been added. An excellent choice for advancing pianists.




Classics for the Developing Pianist, Book 3


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The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 3 contains selections for late-intermediate pianists. Titles: *About Foreign Lands and People, Op. 15, No. 1 (Schumann) *Bagatelle in G Minor, Op. 119, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1 (Tcherepnin) *Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 10 (Tcherepnin) *Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven) *Gavotte (from French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816) (J. S. Bach) *Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (J. S. Bach) *Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (J. S. Bach) *Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68, No. 12 (Schumann) *Le petit nègre (Debussy) *Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2, Posth. (Chopin) *Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 (J. S. Bach) *Sonata in C Major, K. 159; L. 104 (D. Scarlatti) *Sonata in C Major, K. 545 (I) (W. A. Mozart) *Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/27 (III) (Haydn) *Sonatina in F Major, Op. 151, No. 3 (I) (Diabelli) *Song without Words ("Consolation"), Op. 30, No. 3 (Mendelssohn) *Valse poético no. 3 (Granados) *Valse poético no. 4 (Granados) *Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. (Chopin) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions




Menahem Pressler


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As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master's pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and J. S. Bach. Brown presents Pressler's approach to performance and teaching, including technical exercises, principles of relaxation and total body involvement, and images to guide the pianist's creativity toward expressive interpretation. Insights from the author's own lessons, interviews with Pressler, and recollections of more than 100 Pressler students from the past 50 years are gathered in this text. Measure-by-measure lessons on 23 piano masterworks by, among others, Bach, Bartók, Debussy, and Ravel as well as transcriptions of Pressler's fingerings, hand redistributions, practicing guidelines, musical scores, and master class performances are included.




My First Book of Chopin


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Includes theme from "Raindrop" Prelude, "Minute" Waltz, "Lullaby," "Fantaisie-impromptu," "Butterfly" Etude, "Military" and "Heroic" Polonaise, plus melodic highlights from the most familiar preludes, mazurkas, waltzes, and etudes. Features 23 piano arrangements. Bonus MP3 downloads are included for each song.