Book Description
Simply Baroque is a collection of arias, choral works, concerto themes, dances, and keyboard and string masterpieces from the Baroque period of music history. These selections have been carefully arranged by Bruce Nelson for Easy Piano, making them accessible to pianists of all ages. Phrase markings, articulations, fingering, pedaling and dynamics have been included to aid with interpretation, and a large print size makes the notation easy to read. Titles: * Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) (Handel) * Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Allegro) (Bach) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (Bach) * Christmas Concerto (Allegro) (Corelli) * Christmas Concerto (Adagio) (Corelli) * Concerto a due cori No. 2 (Allegro ma non troppo) (Handel) * Concerto in D Major (Largo) (Vivaldi) * Gloria (Vivaldi) * Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) (Handel) * Hornpipe (from Water Music) (Handel) * Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) * Mandolin Concerto in C Major (Allegro) (Vivaldi) * Minuet in G Major (from J. S. Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) (Petzold) * Prelude (from Te Deum) (Charpentier) * Prince of Denmark’s March (Clarke) * Ombra ma fù (from Serse) (Handel) * Rondeau (from Suite de symphonies) (Mouret) * Rondeau (from Abdelazer) (Purcell) * Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) * Sonata in G Major (Scarlatti) * Spring (from The Four Seasons) (Vivaldi) * Tambourin (Drum Song) (Rameau) * Toccata (from L’Orfeo) (Monteverdi) * Toccata in D Minor (Bach) * Viola Concerto in D Major (Largo) (Telemann) * When I Am Laid in Earth (from Dido and Aenaes) (Purcell).
