Music-Musical Instruments-Piano & Keyboard

When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, 'It's genius, it's genius...'. After the...

In 1732, Lodovico Giustini (1685-1743) published the first known pieces of music written specifically for the piano. This book, originally published in 1933, contains an edited facsimile of that first edition, with an introduction on Giustini's life and legacy. This book will be of...

Originally published in 1933, this book provides a detailed history of the piano-forte from its invention in Italy in the eighteenth century until the presentation of the first European cast-iron frame for a piano at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Harding also analyses the role...

Daily Dexter-Flexers provides a series of graded technical exercises for beginning keyboard students using music educator Margaret Brandman's simplified interval approach combined with scale topography. Novice pianists will be able to develop both speed music reading concepts and solid technical foundations in one book...

Margaret Brandman's 'Contemporary Piano Method' is designed to equip the student with the necessary skills to play both Classical and Modern music with ease and understanding. The methodology incorporates a variety of progressive learning modalities, including the interval approach, harmonic understanding and multi-key performance....

Margaret Brandman's 'Contemporary Piano Method' is designed to equip the student with the necessary skills to play both Classical and Modern music with ease and understanding. The methodology incorporates a variety of progressive learning modalities. In this advancing level of the series (Level 2B)...

This is the first English-language biography of Fanny Mendelssohn, the older sister of Felix Mendelssohn and a gifted composer and pianist in her own right. Under pressure to neglect her talents in favor of her brother, Fanny stifled her career, and most of her...

This biography documents the unique artistry and highly unusual life of the internationally acclaimed pianist Shura Cherkassky, who, at the time of his death in 1995, was universally recognized to be among the greatest pianists in music history, and the last link to the...

Drawing on the authors' personal interviews and biographies, Stride! traces stride piano from generation to generation, from the originators Eubie Blake, Luckey Roberts, and James P. Johnson, through a succession of pianists like Willie the Lion Smith. Fell and Vinding also examine its influence...

(Fake Book). This easy, entry-level fake book features 24 well-known Christmas songs in leadsheet notation - melody, lyrics and chord symbols. A step-by-step tutorial shows players new to improvisation a method for getting started. All songs are in singable keys with no more than...

(Educational Piano Library). The 29 etudes in this book are taken from Carl Czerny's The Little Pianist, Opus 823 . These engaging etudes are comparable to their famous "older brothers," the studies found in The Art of Finger Dexterity, but are written for students...

Presenting a fresh approach to French organ music, David Ponsford analyses the repertory from the reign of Louis XIV by genre. The colourful French organ was so consistent in design that the very titles of pieces that were constituent parts of organ masses, Magnificats...

Charles Ives' massive Concord Sonata, his second sonata for piano, named after the town of Concord in Massachusetts, is central to his output and clearly reflects his aesthetic perspective. Geoffrey Block's wide-ranging account of the work thus provides an ideal introduction to this fascinating...

Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation and agogics as an expression of fundamental principles of a common European musical language. It treats the score as an incomplete musical shorthand that outlines the...

The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture examines the powerful but often overlooked presence of the organ in synagogue music and the musical life of German-speaking Jewish communities. Tina Fr?auf expertly chronicles the history of the organ in Jewish culture from the earliest...

The Romantic pianist - the solo pianist who plays nineteenth-century piano music - has become an attractive figure in the popular imagination, considering the innumerable artworks, literary works, and films representing this performer's seductive allure. Dreams of Love pursues a wide-ranging interdisciplinary approach to...

Perhaps the most famous work of Claude Debussy (1862-1913) is Clair de Lune, from the Suite Bergamasque. In this Modern Edition, contemporary composer Grant Dersom rejuvenates the printed score by editing with modern techniques, complete with fingerings, pedal indications, and supplementary information.Author: Claude DebussyISBN-10:...

(Jennifer Linn Series). This volume of the Jennifer Linn Series takes piano students around the world with 12 carefully-leveled arrangements of Christmas songs. The songs are presented in a progressive order so students can learn new skills as they advance through the book. Songs...

(Piano Solo Personality). In this series, pop hits receive unexpected fresh treatments. Uniquely reimagined and crafted for intermediate piano solo, these favorites have been All Jazzed Up Play 12 Nirvana hits: About a Girl * All Apologies * Come as You Are * Dumb...

Are you a hobby pianist looking for new and unique piano pieces?Do you want to express your emotions through stirring and wistful piano melodies?If this is what you are searching for, consider this collection of passionate and poignant piano compositions.In this book you will...

Piano Development (PD) is, throughout the PMP Development Areas, the main framework around which all other Development Areas orbit; it has been conceived to help piano teachers achieve a profound view of their student's improvements while guiding them throughout the higher levels of piano...

Every beginning is difficult ...Do you also have the feeling that most Christmas piano sheet music for beginners is still too difficult to play?One of the biggest mistakes you can make when you start learning the piano is trying to play difficult pieces too...

Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 2) is master-teacher Jeremy Siskind's welcoming, clear, and detailed guide to intermediate jazz piano study.Jazz Piano Fundamentals (Book 2) guides intermediate jazz students through six months (or more) of jazz piano instruction by providing clear, thoughtful, and progressive lessons, improvisation...

(Keyboard Instruction). This beautiful and informative resource is a must for all piano students and players It contains easy-to-read chord diagrams, easy-to-see full-color photos, basic chord theory, treble and bass clef notation, a chord symbol chart, and much more.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10: 1423412486ISBN-13: 9781423412489Publisher:...

(Five Finger Piano Songbook). Five Finger Beatles Favorites has eight songs written in the easiest piano arrangements with optional teacher duet part. Songs Includes All My loving, And I Love Her, Good Night, Here comes the Sun, Michelle and many more.Author: Hal Leonard CorpISBN-10:...

Full of the color, harmonies, and rhythms of Spanish folk music, this excellent, authoritative compilation of works by Granados features his finest pieces: A la cubana, Op. 36 (In Cuban style); Allegro de concierto, Op. 46 (Concert allegro); Capricho espa ol, Op. 39 (Spanish...

(E-Z Play Today). The revised second edition of this popular volume features 38 beloved melodies, including: Are You Lonesome Tonight? * The Blue Skirt Waltz * Cuckoo Waltz * Do I Hear a Waltz? * Edelweiss * Falling in Love with Love * It's...

(Piano Solo Songbook). This new collection features 20 solo piano arrangements transcribed from the original TV soundtracks many in print for the first time! Songs include: Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown * Christmas Time Is Here * It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown * Love Will...

(Vocal Selections). This 2016 Broadway musical was inspired by the collaboration of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell on their 2013 Grammy-winning bluegrass album Love Has Come for You. The vocal selections in this songbook include piano/vocal arrangements of 15 songs: Always Will * Another...

The Polish-born, British-based pianist André Tchaikowsky (1935-82) saw himself principally as a composer- one of several conflicting elements in his personality, charted by the diaries he kept between 1974 and 1982. André Tchaikowsky was only 46 when he died, internationally renowned as a pianist...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Pedagogical in nature, these editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering, and historical and stylistic commentary. Muzio Clementi (1752-1832), a renowned piano teacher in his day, is today best-known for this set of six Sonatinas, Opus 36. It is a tribute...

(Artist Transcriptions). 18 transcriptions from one of the greatest and most revered jazz pianists, including: A Child Is Born * The Continental * The Girl from Ipanema * Gravy Waltz * I'm Old Fashioned * It Ain't Necessarily So * Little Girl Blue *...

(Easy Piano Vocal Selections). As one of Hollywood's most memorable films, and perhaps the greatest screen adaptation of a novel ever, the 1939 The Wizard of Oz brought the words to music, entrenching the songs in popular culture and ensuring their timelessness. This songbook...

(Music Sales America). Featuring an extensive foreword by Terry Riley himself, this is not just a collection of sheet music, it's almost a work of art: beautifully engraved music along with words by a genius composer. Includes introductory performance notes for each piece by...

Artist Duane R. Bibby brings Donald E. Knuth's computer-assisted musical "translation" of the biblical Book of Revelation to life in this illustrated edition of Knuth's multimedia work for pipe organ and video, Fantasia Apocalytica. Each of Bibby's hand-painted illustrations captures an associated passage from...

(Piano Collection). By popular demand, here are 13 additional Christmas favorites arranged in a classical style. Includes: Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella * Carol of the Bells * Coventry Carol * Gesu Bambino * The Holly and the Ivy * I Saw Three Ships...

Derived from a popular series of lecture-recitals presented by Carol Montparker over the past several years, The Composer's Landscape features eight insightful essays on the piano repertoire. Each chapter focuses on a single composer: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Montparker...

(Easy Piano Songbook). "The First 50" series provides perfect starter songbooks for those players who feel they have enough lessons now to go out on their own and start playing some songs. This new collection features 50 classic ballads simply arranged with lyrics, including:...

(Willis). FRENCH. A series for the early beginner combining rote and note approach. The melodies are written with careful thought and are kept as simple as possible, yet they are refreshingly delightful. All the music lies within the grasp of the child's small hands.Author:...

In this book, Ronald Ebrecht has meticulously studied each of Duruflé's works and put together the first book to discuss in detail all of Duruflé's music. With encouragement from Duruflé's editor and the foundation established in his name, Ebrecht has compiled copious examples from...

(Beginning Piano Solo Play-Along). The Beginning Piano Solo Play-Along series is designed for pianists ready to play their first solo. Each volume comes with audio of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations, and is carefully arranged for beginning pianists....

(Easy Piano Solo). 23 favorite ballads arranged so that even beginners can play them, including: Beautiful * Bridge over Troubled Water * Can't Take My Eyes off of You * Candle in the Wind * Crazy * Fields of Gold * Georgia on My...

(Creative Concepts Publishing). 32 of his most famous works arranged for advanced piano solo, including: Elegie in E Flat Minor Opus 3, No. 1 * Humoresque Opus 10, No. 5 * Piano Concerto No. 2 * Valse in A Major Opus 10, No. 2...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Baroque to Modern presents music from the 1700s through the 1900s, with composer biographies and practice and performance tips. Organized by difficulty level, the music is presented in newly researched editions. Each volume is in progressive order. J. S. BACH: Prelude...

(Schirmer Performance Editions). Baroque to Modern presents music from the 1700s through the 1900s, with composer biographies and practice and performance tips. Organized by difficulty level, the music is presented in newly researched editions. Each volume is in progressive order. ANTHEIL: Little Shimmy C.P.E....

Now a fully revised and expanded second edition, Bevington & Sons, Victorian Organ Builders, tells the story of four generations of the Bevington family who presided over Bevington & Sons, the renowned organ builders of Soho, London, who built and erected more than 2,000...

(Music Sales America). A compendium of 51 of the world's most beloved classical music presented in easy-to-read large print (four grand staves per page). A splendid collection of pieces that over the years have captured the heart of music lovers everywhere. Includes works by...

These classic hymns have been arranged for solo piano. Easy enough for early-intermediate students to learn or for more advanced players to sight-read. Great for preludes, offertories, postludes, recitals, and lessons. A Mighty Fortress Is Our GodAll Hail The Power Of Jesus' NameAmazing GraceBe...

(Jazz Piano Solos). Each volume in the Jazz Piano Solos Series features exciting new arrangements of songs which define a genre. This Christmas edition features 27 favorites perfect for your holiday gatherings: Christmas in New Orleans * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an...

(Piano). The Classical Piano Sheet Music Series includes compilations of intermediate-level pieces, with an easy-to-use coil binding so the music lays flat, ensuring smooth page turns. This volume features 20 lovely holiday favorites, including: Away in a Manger * Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella...