SKU: FV.FUE-1010

ISBN 979-0-50012-001-8.

Toccatina (1963): Written in a playful vein, this piece is reminiscent of Aram Khatchaturian's Toccata. Appro-priate for use as a 20th-century composition in piano examinations. Medium difficulty. Tonkette (1986): this piece was commissioned by a goldsmith on the occasion of the opening of one of her jewelry exhibits. Entertaining, written in unison with hidden polyphony, traditionally notated, easy to moderately difficult.

SKU: BT.WH31506CD

ISBN 9788759824702.

Pianisten Henrik Metz har her kastet sig over komponisten Aage Stentofts udødelige melodier og præsenterer dem her i udgaver for soloklaver.

SKU: AP.36-50760008

ISBN 9781621563068. UPC: 654690491695. English. Traditional Traditional.

This unique collection of Indian character pieces reveals a genre that has been neglected for many years, with much of the music having been out of print since the 1920's. Musically, the pieces are appealing to play and are a fascinating reflection of social and political issues our nation was facing at the turn of the 20th century. Contains detailed historical notes on this nearly forgotten aspect of American classical music, along with supplementary fingerings and practice suggestions added throughout by editor Stephanie Bruning, professor at Morgan State University, who is both a celebrated piano performer and expert in piano pedagogy.

These products are currently being prepared by a new publisher. While many items are ready and will ship on time, some others may see delays of several months.

SKU: M7.VHR-13519

ISBN 9783864342011.

31 Christmas songs in easy to medium difficulty. The arrangements of the piano accompaniment are especially characterized by their stylistic diversity: from classic traditional to modern and groovy. In addition to traditional Christmas songs, the German hits In der Weihnachtsbäckerei and Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich are included, as well as international titles, such as: White Christmas, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Feliz Navidad, Sleigh Ride, Les anges dans nos campagnes, Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Little Drummer Boy, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow ... All editions of the series Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt (Christmas songs from around the world) are compatible (exception: guitar solo) and ideally suited for playing together.

SKU: ET.PNO81

ISBN 9790207003256.

L’enfance en éclats 2001 [Childhood Shattered]
As its title suggests, Childhood Shattered is program music. A simple and graceful tune, symbolizing childhood, is abruptly interrupted by a horrific, dissonant chord. The tune returns ; but the echo of the chord, still lingering in the background, tells us that the memory of the traumatic event persists. Life has darkened. Nothing is as it was before. The initial melody wanders into keys ever stranger and more distant, ultimately arriving at a new theme, obsessive, with grating seconds and thrusting accents. This shattered childhood and its episodes of aimlessness, will it give birth to new certainties?
The piece is an exercise in contrasting detached notes with tied notes.
Commissioned by the Association Jeune musique. Required work at the International Piano Competition Freiburg - Jeune Musique, 2002.

Toccata (2004)
This piece by Caroline Charrière issues from the historical lineage of the toccata, traditionally an exercise of dexterity characterized by repeated musical motifs.
The introduction is constructed of subtly displaced upper-register chords in the right hand that alternate with two lower notes in the left hand, creating an almost meditative preamble. In the rapid section of the piece, the performer playfully exploits the keyboard's full breadth in the course of spirited dialogues between notes high and low.
Commissioned by the Association Jeune Musique. Required work in Category IV at the International Piano Competition Freiburg - Jeune musique, 2004.
Irène Minder-Jeanneret.

SKU: HL.50601295

9.0x12.0x0.108 inches.

“My musical education began with piano instruction, as with most composers of my generation in Central Europe. This interest in the piano has a quite obvious origin: I have been playing the instrument since my childhood and have meanwhile mastered it enough to appear in public as a pianist. Thus for many years I wrote my piano compositions for myself, whilst other pianists took them up in their repertoires only over the course of time. So not only piano sonatas have been written, but also chamber music with piano (2 Cello Sonatas, Piano Trio, Piano Quartets, Piano Quintet, etc.) I finished the Sei intermezzi’in 2013. In this cycle, I wanted to give the interpreter the opportunity to present himself/herself both with technical virtuosity and with sonic beauty in the traditional sense of the word. This beautiful tone’is basically indispensible in all pieces. The Intermezzi form a cycle that conjures up the spirit of classical piano music without engaging itself in the traditional constraints associated with it.”(Krzysztof Meyer).