Carol Matz's Famous and Fun Jewish Songs, Book 5 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method. / Piano

Carol Matz's Famous and Fun Jewish Songs, Book 1 is filled with well-known, beloved Hebrew melodies. The collection contains songs for various Jewish holidays, Israeli, and Yiddish folk songs, as well as treasured traditional pieces. The arrangements can be used to supplement any method and have optional duet parts for teacher or parent. / Piano

50 great folk favorites simply arranged with lyrics for beginning pianists to learn. Includes Amazing Grace • Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) • Down by the Riverside • Good Night Ladies • Home on the Range • I've Been Working on the Railroad • Kumbaya • Man of Constant Sorrow • Michael Row the Boat Ashore • My Old Kentucky Home • Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen • Oh! Susanna • The Red River Valley • Scarborough Fair • She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain • This Little Light of Mine • Turkey in the Straw • The Wabash Cannon Ball • When the Saints Go Marching In • YankeeDoodle • The Yellow Rose of Texas and more.

Béla Bartók's series of piano pieces For Children, based on folk melodies, was written around the end of the first decade of the 20th century. The pieces were published shortly afterwards by the Hungarian publisher Károly Rozsnyai. That first publication was in four volumes, the first two containing a total of 42 pieces based on Hungarian folk tunes, the third and fourth containing 43 pieces based on Slovakian folk tunes.In 1943, whilst in the United States, Bartók prepared a revised version of the collection for the publishers Boosey and Hawkes. The revisions were minimal: two Hungarian and four Slovakian songs were eliminated, there were a few minor alterations incorporating new ideas, some of the pieces previously written with accidentals had key signatures added, a few pieces were rewritten with changed meters - some fingerings were added or changed.The composer prepared the revised 1943 edition by using copies of the first edition on which he marked minor changes - where the changes were more extensive, fresh manuscript was written and a new version engraved. However, much of the engraving of the first edition was preserved in the 1943 edition. Publication took place in 1946, after the composer's death - it is not known if he saw final proofs prior to printing.The revised edition was published in two volumes, which now have been published together as one volume for the first time. / Piano

One of the least known of the great Russian pianists of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, Alexander Siloti (1863-1945) was one of the most influential and progressive. As a concert promoter, he introduced the music of dozens of composers to the Russian public in the famous Siloti Concerts of 1903-1917, including Albeniz, Debussy, de Falla, Delius, Elgar, Enesco, Mahler and Schoenberg. A student of Liszt (and one of the teachers of Rachmaninoff), Siloti is a central figure in the development of the great age of the piano virtuoso. As with many of his colleagues, transcribing and arranging existing music for the piano was a major part of Siloti's activity, and since he madeno recordings, his published transcriptions are one of the few existing keys we have to his musical taste and philosophy. In an extended biographical essay, Dr. Charles Barber explores this issue and writes cogently about the style and influence of this remarkable man. The Alexander Siloti Collection is dominated by Siloti's remarkable transcriptions and arrangements of the music of J.S. Bach, notable particularly for their pianistic character and faithfulness to the unique genetic code of Bach's design. Some of the Bach works included are: Prelude in B Minor, BWV855a, Gigue from Suite in Bb Major, Chaconne in D Minor, the Organ Preludes in E Minor and G Minor and the celebrated Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565. Music by Gluck, Mozart and Chopin is also contained in this generous compilation of pianistic wizardry. This addition to The Master's Collection is likely to be one of the most talked about piano folios of the year. (288 pages, smythe sewn binding).Prelude in B MinorAdagioAirChaconne in D MinorGigueAndanteFantasia in C MinorOrgan Prelude in E MinorParaphraseOrgan Prelude in G MinorPreludePrelude from Cantata No. 29Prelude from Cantata No. 35SicilianoToccata and Fugue in D MinorMelodyVariationsVariations in F MajorEtude No. 25 in F MinorScherzo in B-flat MinorAu bord d'une sourceAu lac de WallenstadtConsolation No. 3 in D-flat MajorConcert Etude in D-flat MajorSposalizioIl PenserosoSursum CordaLe cygneHumoresqueTheme original et variationsA Song of IndiaFour Russian Folk SongsFour Russian Folk SongsFour Russian Folk SongsTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesNo. 3. On the Beautiful Blue DanubeTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesTwelve Themes from Famous WaltzesEtude in C-sharp MinorPoemeRomanzePrelude in G-sharp Minor / Piano / Carl Fischer

The songs in this collection represent a cross-section of some of the best known Hebrew melodies. Arranged especially for upper elementary-level Pianists these arrangements may be played and enjoyed by anyone interested in exploring Hebrew music. The teacher accompaniments may be used for enhancing lesson material or for duet performance in recitals.

Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Volume 38. Par BARTOK BELA. The third volume in the Complete Edition contains Bartók's works for piano solo composed between 1914 and 1920. Bartók's pianistic oeuvre from the years of World War I span a broadly varied spectrum; in addition to simple arrangements of folk music (15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sonatina) and original pieces for the concert podium (Suite, op. 14), we find Bartók's audaciously innovative Etudes (op. 18) inspired by Liszt, as well as Improvisations (op. 20), perhaps his most abstract and original folk music adaptations. The appendix of the volume reproduces movements originally intended for, but eventually discarded from, Suite and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, as well as all original sources for the folk-inspired pieces. The introductory essays in English, Hungarian, and German not only explore the genesis and reception of the works more thoroughly than ever before, but also orient the reader in issues of notation and performance. The critical commentary presents all manuscript and print sources of the works in detail (including folk music sources), it documents the compositional processes and surveys the range of textual variants and problems. / Somfai, László / Répertoire / Piano

Level 1 Elementary Level-NFMC 2016-2020 Piano Hymn Event Primary B Selection 9 Jewish folk and holiday songs: Artza Alinu (folk dance) - Avinu Malkeynu (traditional) - Eliyahu Havavi (Israeli National Anthem) - Hava Nagila (Israeli folk song) - Hevenu Shalom Aleychem (Sabbath Greeting Song) - Mazel Tov (traditional Yiddish) - Purim Day (traditional) - Zum Gali Gali (Israeli folk tune).

There are four movements in this composition the first three of which are brief and provide contrast in character. The theme of the last movement the longest is based on a Buddhist chant heard at the wake forSheng's mother in February 2005.Composer Note: In 1990 after eight years in the United States I wrote my first work for solo Piano titled My Song commissioned for Peter Serkin. At the time myprimary compositional concentration was to develop a melodic and harmonic style within the boundaries of Chinese folk music which are mostly in pentatonic modes and contemporary Western Classical music. As a result all the fourmovements in My Song were either based on existing Chinese folk tunes or written in their style. I was asked recently by another virtuoso pianist friend Yefim Bronfman to write a work for solo piano. After thepassing of 17 years I wonder if there is any change in my writing. I therefore titled the new suite My Other Song. – Bright Sheng

Polnisches Weihnachtslied in der Fassung von Simon Laks. Par LAKS SIMON. Simon Laks (1901-1983), who came from an assimilated Jewish family in Warsaw, composed arrangements of both Jewish and Christian folk songs which captivate by their subtle piano writing. His Eight Jewish Folk Songs from 1947, composed two years after his liberation from the Auschwitz death camp, are classics of the repertoire. Another real gem is his version of the Polish Christmas carol Jezusek (Little Jesus), which was rediscovered only recently as part of the complete recording of Laks? songs. Still very popular in Poland today, the pastorale with the original title Oj malu?ki, malu?ki originates from the Podhale region of southern Poland. Laks? piano accompaniment is especially enchanting, with its canonically treated secondary part and cleverly used chromatic suspensions and passing notes, which allude to the future suffering of Christ without taking away any of the melody's warmth. Holger Groschopp, who has been studying the works of Simon Laks as an interpreter and arranger for a long time, let himself be inspired by Laks' artful arrangement and wrote the present free arrangement as a 'song without words'. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Piano

This volume presents easy pieces for piano by great virtuosos. It unites the two greatest, and perhaps best-known, pianists of the 19th century, Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. The technical requirements of these works are very moderate without muting the stylistic characteristics of these two composers. The ability to play an original composition by Liszt in the first years of lessons can be very motivating for the piano student. Also featured in this collection are works by the virtuoso Ferdinand Hiller, to whom Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto. As in many of the works by Liszt and Chopin, Hiller's works are frequently reminiscent of folk music. His Irländisches Lied and Fandango, included in the collection, are fine examples of 19th-century 'world music'. / Piano

NFMC 2016-2020 Piano Hymn Event Class I Selection-These revered Jewish folk and holiday songs have been simplified so that they are easily playable by most students. Respectful arrangements retain the traditional characters of the music. This collection is intended for all types of youth and adult Jewish organizations clubs and groups. The selections are mainly in Hebrew in either the Ashkenazic or the Sephardic dialect. There are a few songs in Yiddish and English. The vocal ranges of the melodies are in suitable keys for group singing. 21 songs including: Adon Olam - Chauka Song - Eli Eli - Hatikvah - Hava Nagila - Shalom Chaveyreem - Zum Gali Gali - and more.

Great folk songs of the British Isles are given a dusting down by Kevin Mayhew’s house composers. The result is a book of fantastic arrangements for Piano. The 11 improvisations on traditional folk melodies in Music OfThe Islands For Piano - Book One include Comin' thru' the rye (Moore) Early one morning (Hand) Golden slumbers (Chappell) Men of Harlech (Vann) My bonnie lies over theocean (Nixon) On Ilkley Moor baht 'at (Jordan) Shenandoah (Tambling) The ash grove (Gant) The Skye boat song (Lloyd) The floral dance (Mawby) Wi' a hundred pipers(Moore).

Level 3A-3B. FunTime Piano Music from China is a special collection of folk songs and original Chinese works arranged for early intermediate students (Level 3A-3B). These pieces offer dance-like rhythms, dramatic movement across the keyboard, sonorous use of the pedal, and fast tempi with crisp articulations. Music and text explore fascinating aspects of China such as flowing canals, majestic elephants, peacock dances, mooncakes, and mountain songs. The delightful character LeLe the panda lends a paw with questions for interpretation, and students create their own Chinese sounds in improvisation and composition activities. Songs include: Elephant · The Flowing Canal · Gazing at the Moon · Mountain Song · Northwest Rains · Peacock Dance.