Popular classics, jazz and novelty solos, waltzes, marches and polkas and favourite songs. Compiled and arranged by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 3 standard.
(Yorktown). A hot and funky selection of piano solos tracing the changing face of jazz through a wide range of styles and sounds, all suitable for the early-intermediate performer. From the ragtime two-step of Scott Joplin to the bebop innovations of Monk and Charlie Parker, this unique set of pieces provides a valuable early taste of the rigours and joys of playing great jazz!
A collection of romantic piano solos including many rare works of the 19th and early 20th centuries from composers such as Bartok, Greig and Rimsky-Korsakov. A Little Story (Volkmann) Album Leaf (Gade) Bagatelle Hongroise (Chovan) Barcarolle [Gedike, Alexander] Bear Dance (Schumann) Brave Knight (Vogel) Canzonetta (Diabelli) Capriccietto (Bator) Catch Me (Kirchner) Chansonette (Lachner) Christmas Present (Rebikov) Church Bells (Schumann) Cinderella Rondo (Hunten) Cock-a-doodle Waltz (Kohler) Dance Of The Dragonflies (Rohde) Ecossaise (Kozlowsky) Elegy (Wilm) Etude Melancolique (Heller) Folk Ballad (Bartok) For Natalie (Tchaikovsky) Forgotten Fairy Tale (Macdowell) Grandmother's Waltz (Gretchaninoff) Happy Moments (Ladoukin) La Danse (Siklos) Little Italian Serenade (Sartorio) Love Song (Taubert) Marche Miniature (Mayer) Mazurka (Szymanowska) Morning Diversion (Fibich) Norwegian Folk Lullaby Op.66 No.19 [Grieg, Edvard] Notturnino (Bossi) Novelette [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai] Prayer (Fuchs) Prelude (Bizet) Prelude (Gurilev) Prelude Allemande Preludium (Pachulsky) Puppet March (Nielsen) Quiet Morning (Maykapar) Remembrance Waltz (Field) Requiem For A Little Bird (Sandre) Rigaudon (Alkan) Romanze (Mendelssohn) Rondeau Rohemienne (Lauska) Scherzo (Moscheles) Shepherd's Dance (Hofmann) Song Without Words (Reinecke) Spring Song (Gretchaninoff) The Cranes Of Flying (Arensky) The Hunter's Song (Gurlitt) The Italian Pipers [Gounod, Charles] The Romantic Period: Valse Sentimentale [Schubert, Franz] Valsette (Sibelius) Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)
USA TODAY BESTSELLER In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, on which she discovers an enrichening passion for music. Yet after she marries, her husband insists the family emigrate to America—and loses her piano in the process. In 2012, in Bakersfield, California, twenty-six-year-old Clara Lundy is burdened by the last gift her father gave her before he and her mother died in a terrible house fire: a Blüthner upright she has never learned to play. Now a talented and independent auto mechanic, Clara’s career is put on hold when she breaks her hand trying to move the piano, and in sudden frustration she decides to sell it. Only in discovering the identity of the buyer—and the secret history of her piano—will Clara be set free to live the life of her choosing.
This is the first in Denes Agay’s famous piano tuition series of piano for children, this book teaches the basics, step-by-step, through a progression of melodic pieces and songs. Denes Agay intends to introduce easy piano technique and music theory in an accessible and imaginative way, inspiring students to learn and practice. With colourful, attractive illustrations, simple diagrams and over 70 fun and engaging pieces to learn, there has never been a better way to get your child enthused about the piano.
(Yorktown). Easy, familiar solos for flute in styles from Baroque to boogie. Songs include: The Lonesome Road * House of the Rising Sun * Bouree * Rumanian Rhapsody * Capriccio Italien * and many more. With simple piano accompaniments by Denes Agay.
Brian Dolan's social and cultural history of the music business in relation to the history of the player piano is a critical chapter in the story of contemporary life. The player piano made the American music industry-and American music itself-modern. For years, Tin Pan Alley composers and performers labored over scores for quick ditties destined for the vaudeville circuit or librettos destined for the Broadway stage. But, the introduction of the player piano in the early 1900s, transformed Tin Pan Alley's guild of composers, performers, and theater owners into a music industry. The player piano, with its perforated music rolls that told the pianos what key to strike, changed musical performance because it made a musical piece standard, repeatable, and easy rather than something laboriously learned. It also created a national audience because the music that was played in New Orleans or Kansas City could also be played in New York or Missoula, as new music (ragtime) and dance (fox-trot) styles crisscrossed the continent along with the player piano's music rolls. By the 1920s, only automobile sales exceeded the amount generated by player pianos and their music rolls. Consigned today to the realm of collectors and technological arcane, the player piano was a moving force in American music and American life.
Students and teachers, parents and children, grandparents, families, and friends can all have fun together playing and listening to these! Titles: * Frosty the Snowman * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * The Little Drummer Boy * Santa Claus Is Coming to Town * Silent Night
Don't miss some of your all-time favorite carols in tasteful and creative settings that are ideal for holiday gatherings, concerts, or worship services! These stunning medleys can be mastered by the less-experienced pianist or quickly readied by the more-experienced player who is low on preparation time.