(Classical Pop Piano Solos). These pop-infused piano solos inspired by the music of Beethoven will energize the next generation of piano players. Early intermediate students will immediately fall in love with pop renditions of: *Sonatina in G Major *Für Elise *Moonlight Sonata *Rondo A Capriccio *Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 *Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 and *Symphony No. 9, Op. 125.
(Classical Pop Piano Solos). These pop-infused piano solos inspired by the music of Mozart will energize the next generation of piano players. Early intermediate students will immediately fall in love with pop renditions of: *Sonata No. 16 In C Major *Eine Kleine Nachtmusik *Minuet In F Major *Rondo Alla Turca *The Magic Flute *Symphony No. 40 In G Minor and *Sonata No. 11 In A Major.
A noted violinist and conductor, Watson is particularly well suited for his chosen task: outlining the historical context and character of more than 50 of the chamber works that Beethoven composed during his years in Vienna. Avoiding the pitfalls of becoming too critical or "academic," the author characterizes each composition in general terms only, and does not discuss changing styles of performance. Instead, Watson provides information on a work's historical background and character, and on the musical points of interest in each movement. He pays special attention to the influence of Beethoven's large-scale compositions on his chamber music, and on the composer's increasing mastery of improvisation. Filling a hole in scholarship on Beethoven's compositions, this book will be greatly appreciated by professional and amateur musicians.
A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano sonatas Beethoven's piano sonatas are among the iconic cornerstones of the classical music repertoire. Jan Marisse Huizing offers an in-depth study of the sonatas using available autographs, first editions, recordings, and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into the historical background and historical performance practice, the book provides illuminating detail on Beethoven's pianism as well as his characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character, rubato, meter, metric constructions, tempo, and metronome marks. Packed with anecdotes, quotations, and considerable new information, the book will inspire all involved with these masterworks, playing a fortepiano or modern Grand, giving the sense of the composer sitting beside them as he translates his inspiration and ideas into his notation.
Beginning teen piano players want to sound good right away. Beginning teen piano players also want to sound cool... right away. Unfortunately, most beginning piano music is composed with the developmental abilities of young children in mind... which means beginning teen piano players will not sound cool anytime soon. But that's about to change! With WunderKeys Rock Repertoire we are revolutionizing piano music for teen beginners. You will not find Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean, or Mary Had A Little Lamb in this book. Instead, you will find rock-infused music written just for teens in their first year of piano lessons. The 14 piano pieces in WunderKeys Rock Repertoire For Teen Beginners are set in the C 5-Finger Scale and are accompanied by full teacher duets to create an inspiring musical experience. If your teen beginners are uninspired with "too young" music or "too boring" music, surprise them with WunderKeys Rock Repertoire. Upcoming releases in the WunderKeys Rock Repertoire book series include: WunderKeys Rock Repertoire For Teen Beginners: Piano Pieces In Middle C Position WunderKeys Rock Repertoire For Teen Beginners: Piano Pieces In The G 5-Finger Scale
Who was Beethoven's 'Immortal Beloved'? After Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, a love letter in his writing was discovered, addressed only to his ‘Immortal Beloved’. Decades later, Countess Therese Brunsvik claims to have been the composer’s lost love. Yet is she concealing a tragic secret? Who is the one person who deserves to know the truth? Becoming Beethoven’s pupils in 1799, Therese and her sister Josephine followed his struggles against the onset of deafness, Viennese society’s flamboyance, privilege and hypocrisy and the upheavals of the Napoleonic wars. While Therese sought liberation, Josephine found the odds stacked against even the most unquenchable of passions...
*Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal* A moving and uplifting history set to music that reveals the rich life of one of the first internationally renowned female violinists. Spanning generations, from the shores of the Black Sea to the glittering concert halls of New York, The Nightingale's Sonata is a richly woven tapestry centered around violin virtuoso Lea Luboshutz. Like many poor Jews, music offered an escape from the predjudices that dominated society in the last years of the Russian Empire. But Lea’s dramatic rise as an artist was further accentuated by her scandalous relationship with the revolutionary Onissim Goldovsky. As the world around them descends in to chaos, between revolution and war, we follow Lea and her family from Russia to Europe and eventually, America. We cross paths with Pablo Casals, Isadora Duncan, Emile Zola and even Leo Tolstoy. The little girl from Odessa will eventually end up as one of the founding faculty of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, but along the way she will lose her true love, her father, and watch a son die young. The Iron Curtain would rise, but through it all, she plays on. Woven throughout this luminous odyssey is the story is Cesar Franck’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano.” As Lea was one of the first-ever internationally recognized female violinists, it is fitting that this pioneer was one of the strongest advocates for this young boundary-pushing composer and his masterwork.
Written by four leading Beethoven scholars, this is an invaluable guide to his character, his social life, his religious beliefs, his politics, and above all his music.
An Intermediate Performance Companion For Pop Studies 1: The WunderKeys Essential Piano Collection is composed for students working in a traditional level 3 method book and contains piano solos in the keys of C, Am, G, Em, F, and Dm. With this book, piano teachers can: Break free from boring piano performance books Stop their endless online search for sheet music, and Feel confident knowing that they are using a collection of developmentally-appropriate music that will be a smash hit with their intermediate piano players. With every turn of the page, your students' passion for the piano will grow as they explore classical pop piano pieces inspired by Mozart, Beethoven and more, thundering Celtic solos and cool original pop repertoire. How can we be so sure this book will capture the attention of your intermediate piano players? Because it is a collection of WunderKeys' greatest intermediate hits! Every piece in this book is teacher and teen approved. To create the perfect lesson experience for your intermediate piano players, our most popular piano pieces from the last decade have been reworked to create a leveled repertoire collection for use alongside our book, WunderKeys Intermediate Pop Studies For Piano 1 (also available on Amazon). The 15 piano pieces in An Intermediate Performance Companion For Pop Studies 1 are: My Tomorrow, The Grøndahl Session, Fearless At Fintown, The Notebook Session, The Sonata Session, Sea O'Malley (formerly Keeva's Theme), The Awakening, Faelan Rising, The 620 Session, Rohan's Return, The Night Session, Keeva Rising, Running In The Night, The Sonatina Session, and The Semplice Session (formerly K.Track 545). An Intermediate Performance Companion For Pop Studies 1 is the music that teens want and teachers need. Get it for your intermediate players today.
