Music-Musical Instruments-Piano & Keyboard

One of Gershwin's most popular compositions, Rhapsody in Blue was commissioned in 1924 for solo piano and jazz band, combining elements of classical music with jazz from the era. The piece premiered in the concert "An Experiment in Modern Music" and established Gershwin's reputation...

Over 800 easy-to-read piano diagrams covering 67 different chord types in all keys. This book is a comprehensive visual exploration of all the important jazz chords found in the Real Book series (also found in pop, classical, rock, blues, and other musical genres). The...

Learn to play piano bossa nova with this unique step-by-step method. Discover fresh techniques and an amazing path: 50 exercises, 7 different songs and a lot of examples to increase your skills.Learn to play in different situations like piano solo, duo or trio, learn...

"Every piano has a story to tell. And Bob Friedman has been chasing pianos and the stories behind them for decades " -Jon Regen Editor, Keyboard Magazine "The average life span of a piano is about seventy-five to one hundred years. If a piano...

(Piano Solo Songbook). Bring peace to the season with this exceptional collection of holiday classics. Songs include: Auld Lang Syne * Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella * Coventry Carol * The First Noel * Glow * The Holly and the Ivy * I Wonder...

Studying the exercises in Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist is a rite of passage for serious piano players-and it has been for over 100 years. A staple of conservatory curricula around the world, the thorough technical training offered by this book is unmatched by any...

Studying the exercises in Hanon's The Virtuoso Pianist is a rite of passage for serious piano players-and it has been for over 100 years. A staple of conservatory curricula around the world, the thorough technical training offered by this book is unmatched by any...

Updated and expanded, this collection of special arrangements helps beginning pianists experience the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Mozart. It offers students of all ages the opportunity to charm listeners with familiar melodies from The Magic Flute, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," Don Giovanni, The Marriage...

Music that showcases the utter joyousness of four-hand piano playing. This arrangement of Bach's third Brandenburg concerto features a labyrinth of choreographed hand crossings designed to serve two purposes: to bring the conversational, antiphonal spirit of the nine-voiced original to life and to equitably...

(BH Piano). Transcriptions and original piano works from the composer of Wild Swans Suite and Book of Rags . Easy to Intermediate level.Author: Elena Kats-CherninISBN-10: 1423466438ISBN-13: 9781423466437Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2008Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 11.70w x 0.20d

Piano Chords One is a book for beginners, yes, but it's also for those who took classical piano lessons and wished they had learned more about chord theory. How great would it be to hear a song on the radio and be able to...

Monstrous challenges await. A concert fantasy based on Georges Bizet's beloved opera "Carmen," this show-stopper for two pianos treats its source material with reverence, creativity, and unadulterated joy. Made famous by the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo. "Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos, based on...

(Piano Large Works). From the Southland is the only work for solo piano by African-American composer Harry T. Burleigh. "On Bended Knees" was included in the historic 1912 Clef Club concert of black music at Carnegie Hall. Contents: Through Moanin' Pines * The Frolic...

(Piano Solo Songbook). 15 lush solo arrangements of jazz classics with online audio tracks containing performances of each piece by the arranger. Includes: April in Paris * Easy to Love * Misty * Moon River * Tenderly * The Way You Look Tonight *...

(Piano Collection). This distinctive and sizable piano solo collection presents 99 authentic Argentine tangos. It truly is the "best ever collection" of this passionate genre. The book includes stylish black & white photographs on glossy paper, and four articles: on the history of the...

This collection of 50 brief liturgical works by a brilliant French composer offers organists a practical resource of selections ideally suited to church services and recitals. A tremendous variety of music for sacred occasions appears here, including offertories, preludes, postludes, marches, meditations, and music...

Of all the composers of piano music, it is Chopin whose works are most frequently performed. Musicians and music lovers delight in his lovely melodies, rich harmonies, captivating rhythms, and command of total keyboard sound.This generous collection contains 46 of Chopin's most important and...

In 1843, Franz Liszt made the handsome gesture of absorbing the costs for a monument to Beethoven in Bonn. The spiritual affinity he felt for Beethoven also moved this great piano virtuoso to pay an even finer tribute, a superlative set of piano transcriptions...

The consummate craftsmanship, elegance, and originality of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) define this collection of masterly compositions for the piano. Here, in one volume are Ma m鑽e l'Oye ("Mother Goose"), Valse nobles et sentimentales, Le Tombeau de Couperin, and three shorter pieces for piano: Pr鑞ude,...

One of the greatest piano virtuosos of all time, Franz Liszt composed piano music marked by its technical brilliance, innovation, and imagination. This collection presents authoritative miniature score editions of two staples of the repertoire: Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major and...

The five Beethoven piano concertos have long been staples of the pianist's repertoire and are perennial favorites of concert audiences. Here in one convenient volume are all five, reproduced directly from the authoritative Breitkopf and H舐tel edition, including most of the composer's own cadenzas.These...

Sparkling, graceful and tinged with an ineffable melancholy, Chopin's waltzes succeed in conveying an air of mystery while retaining their ballroom splendor. His scherzos are truly novel metamorphoses of the form -- tumultuous emotional outpourings that frequently attain tragic heights. Prepared by Carl Mikuli,...

Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of musical terms.Author: John GillespieISBN-10: 048622855XISBN-13: 9780486228556Publisher: Dover PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1972Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 9.19h x 6.49w x...

Artur Schnabel's reputation as a pianist and teacher has grown steadily, and his innovative approach to the pianist's art has attracted increasing interest. This book--originally prepared while its author was studying with Schnabel, and supervised by the master himself--is unique for two reasons: it...

An essential resource for scholars and performers, this study by a world-renowned specialist illuminates the piano music of four major French composers, in comparative and reciprocal context. Howat explores the musical language and ethos of this repertoire, juxtaposing structural analysis with editorial and performing...

(Willis). A fun repertoire of easy-to-play tunes for beginning pianists, specially created and graded to be used with John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course series. The pieces in this book are ideal for students reaching Part Two, Part Three or Part Four of the course....

(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). A modern day music theatre phenomenon, Tim Minchin's Matilda The Musical is the multiple Oliver Award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel from the Royal Shakespeare Company. This official songbook presents ten songs from the show arranged for easy...

Revised and edited by Richard Epstein with a biographical sketch of the composer by Philip Hale. All text is written both in English and Spanish.Author: Richard EpsteinISBN-10: 1607964783ISBN-13: 9781607964780Publisher: www.bnpublishing.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/11/2012Pages: 322Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.71lbsSize: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.67d

(Piano Instruction). The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each...

10 Easy To Play Christmas Carols For KeyboardsThis Christmas Book contains 10 popular Carols. I have written this book with all keyboard players in mind. Each line of music contains three staves, one treble clef and two bass clefs and chord symbols for the...

Robert Schumann's "Album for the Young, Op. 68", edited by Clara Schumann. Sheet music for the piano. This edition contains the following 43 pieces of music: 1. Melodie, C major2. Soldatenmarsch (Soldiers' march), G major3. Tr舁lerliedchen (Humming song), C major4. Ein Choral (Chorale), G...

(Piano Solo Songbook). 15 classic Disney tunes arranged with a ragtime flair: The Bare Necessities * Be Our Guest * Cruella De Vil * I Just Can't Wait to Be King * It's a Small World * Little April Shower * Mickey Mouse March...

(Personality). Nine of the most popular covers by these YouTube superstars whose video mashups featuring creative piano and cello arrangements have brought them a worldwide audience. This collection features piano solo arrangements with an optional cello part for the songs: Bless the Broken Road...

This collection features a selection of classical pieces by the world's most renowned composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss II, Edvard Grieg, Johann Pachelbel, Giuseppe Verdi, Edward Elgar, Richard...

Easy boogie-woogie aims to help the beginning boogie pianist take their first steps into the timeless sound of boogie-woogie. It covers the basics with easy to understand clear explanations and includes example pieces throughout that start off easy and gradually increase in difficulty, while...

(Keyboard Instruction). This comprehensive book and audio package will teach you the basic skills you need to play post bop jazz piano. From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros. The accompanying audio features many...

The title of this collection of essays refers to a tailor's mannequin that Alfred Brendel spotted in a shop window in Arezzo, a small Tuscan town. Who is this strange lady? And why is she carrying an egg on her head? What is she...

Conlon Nancarrow has written the most rhythmically complex music the world has ever known, so complex that it can only be realized on a mechanical player piano. Yet Nancarrow's whirlwinds of notes, sometimes as many as eighty per second, are jazzy and infectiously joyous....

From the ancient Spanish ballad "Roman Castillo" to "La Paloma," "El Choclo," "La Cumparista," and other tango tunes, this beginner's compilation abounds in zesty, traditional music. More than two dozen simplified renditions of beloved songs also include "La Cintura," an Ecuadorian folksong; the ever-popular...

These original transcriptions of fifty popular opera melodies for solo piano constitute about half of the current performance repertoire. From A da to Turandot and more, the collection includes contributions from nearly all of the major composers. Individual introductions offer a brief synopsis of...

Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for this book by world-famous masters -- including Leopold Godowsky, Joseph Lhevinne, Ignaz Friedman, Ernst von...

This beginner's piano book spotlights the music of one of the Romantic movement's most influential composers, Robert Schumann. Its easy-to-play renditions of Schumann's beloved works progressively increase in difficulty and are accessible to novices of all ages. Contents include selections from Forest Scenes, Scenes...

From the hopeful anticipation of Mary, do you fancy me? to the bitterness of Hag, you've killed me, this extraordinary compilation of Irish melodies runs the emotional gamut, with melancholy airs and sprightly reels aplenty. Its source material, The Petrie Collection of the Ancient...

Sometimes termed the "Romantic Classicist," Brahms successfully merged the seemingly contradictory qualities of romanticism and classicism, blending poetry with elegance, balance, and restraint.This treasury of 38 works for solo piano, spanning forty years of Brahms's long and prolific life, includes the famous "Edward" ballade;...

Early in his career, Bach began to transcribe for the keyboard a number of concertos for violin, oboe, and other instruments by such baroque masters as Vivaldi and Telemann. His purpose: to study and explore the works of other composers as well as to...

Although Franck's output for the organ was small, it was influential; his work is considered to have laid the foundation of the French school of organ music. This volume includes all his best-known works for organ: the Six Pi鐵es (Liszt ranked them with the...

The towering composer who perfected the early symphonic form and invented the modern string quartet also left his indelible mark on the sonata. During 50 years of inspired creative effort, Haydn experimented constantly with the sonata form, adding a clear thematic structure to the...

Developed over many years of classroom experience by members of the music faculty at Queens College, it offers a substantial body of graded keyboard exercises organized by specific skills. Topics covered include chord progressions, sequences, modulations, realization of both figured and unfigured basses, improvisation,...

"The reader must have noted in the favorite magazines of the practicing pianist how often the same troubled queries reappear: How can memorizing be made easier and more secure? How can the fourth and fifth fingers be strengthened? What produces musicianship? These and many...

(Guitar Solo). Chord melody arrangements of 27 Disney classics in standard notation and tablature, including: Beauty and the Beast * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle on the Water * Colors of the Wind * A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart...