After acquiring the basic reading skills, students are ready to begin this innovative series designed to emphasize artistry in the early stages of piano study. The series introduces basic technical skills and expands the student's knowledge of style, form and artistic ideas. The Repertoire Book provides newly composed music which reviews the techniques being taught, and bridges the gap between early levels of method books and intermediate masterwork repertoire.
This collection of intermediate piano solos is perfect for the romantic at heart. All of the pieces are lyrical, expressive, and absolutely beautiful! Titles: * Daydream * First Loss * A Heart Takes Flight * Lament * A Lovely Mood * Love Theme * Prairie Love * Simple Pleasures.
Usable either as a method or with a method, this series introduces basic technical skills and expands the student's knowledge of style, form and artistic ideas. Technique Book 2 continues from Book 1, providing students with the physical skills needed to play music artistically and with technical assurance.
The 21 pieces in this collection represent some of the best miniature masterworks in piano literature. These pieces were carefully selected not only for their overall quality and musicality, but because they primarily stay in five-finger position. For maximum benefit, students should work through the skills that are comprehensively presented in Pathways to Artistry: Technique, Book 1. Titles: Allegretto, Op. 117, No. 5 (Cornelius Gurlitt) * The Brave Knight (Wilhelm Moritz Vogel) * Canzonetta in A Minor (Géza Horvéth) * Copy Me!, Op. 117, No. 9 (Cornelius Gurlitt) * Etude in C, Op. 823, No. 11 (Carl Czerny) * The General's March (Alexander Reinagle) * George Washington's Minuet (Alexander Reinagle) * Little Etude (Elena Gnessina) * Little Song in D Minor (Heinrich Wohlfahrt) * March in C (Ernst Köhler) * A Dialogue (Béla Bartók) * Melody in G (Friedrich Baumfelder) * Petite Music Box (Cornelius Gurlitt) * Play with Me (Hermann Berens) * Playful Etude (Felix Le Couppey) * Roundelay (Joachim van den Hove) * Russian Dance (Alexander Goedicke) * Song in G, Op. 218, No. 20 (Ernst Köhler) * The Teasing Game, Op.117, No. 7 (Cornelius Gurlitt) * Trumpet Fanfare (Cornelius Gurlitt).
In Museum Masterpieces, Book 1, composer Catherine Rollin has created musical expressions of some of the great works of art found in museums throughout the world. The paintings that inspired these pieces are beautifully displayed on a four-page color insert at the center of the book, along with historical notes about each painting. Titles: *American Gothic (Grant Wood) *Black Square and Red Square (Kazimir Malevich) *Carmencita (William Merritt Chase) *A Dash for the Timber (Frederic Remington) *L'étoile (The Star) (Edgar Degas) *Le fifre (The Fife Player) (Édouard Manet) *Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci) *The Nut Gatherers (William-Adolphe Bouguereau) *Reeds and Cranes (Suzuki Kiitsu) *Senecio (Paul Klee)
This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.
Usable either as a method or with a method, this series introduces basic technical skills and expands the student's knowledge of style, form and artistic ideas.
The Pathways of Song series offers concert songs in easy vocal ranges for the voice student, by composers such as Schubert, Brahms, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. The series includes representative repertoire, with English translations and piano accompaniment.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world. “I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen’s Gambit: a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat world I knew nothing about—in this case, classical music.” —Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his beat-up, family fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach, and together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Without it, Ray feels like he's lost a piece of himself. As the competition approaches, Ray must not only reclaim his precious violin, but prove to himself—and the world—that no matter the outcome, there has always been a truly great musician within him.
