Pianoworks Duets 2 is the perfect resource for developing pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres including 'Spring' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons Joplin's exuberant rag 'The Easy Winners' and the traditional Scottish song 'Afton Water'. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series. 21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner to intermediate pianists (approx.Grades 3-5) Wide range of styles including Classical Romantic jazz folk and contemporary CD contains backing tracks of each part to allow solo practice Useful tips on style and technique and background information on every piece Perfect companion to Pianoworks Book 2 and Pianoworks Collection 2

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Primer Level is an adventurous collection for the elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities a lively marching band the bass sounds of roaming pterodactyls or ringing French cathedral bells.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

Federico Ruiz finds constant inspiration in the rich popular and folkloric music of his country.No. 10 The little Peruvian girl is featured by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in their Grade 4 piano exam pieces 2013 & 2014.Clara has recorded these pieces on CD: The Music of Federico Ruiz - on Nimbus Alliance Records (Catalogue No. NI6179).They first met in 1993 and she became acquainted not only with his music but through it discovered the precision and the soft expressiveness of each of the numerous rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean. His music is a sophisticated synthesis of Latin American styles that amongst manyother traits expresses the subtle interface between 'classical' and 'popular' music of the continent.Clara Rodriguez is often described as an Ambassador of Latin-American piano music recognising the great number of concerts she has given and CDs where this music features prominently. Born in Caracas Clara studied there with Giomar Narváez and with Phyllis Sellick after winning a scholarship from the Venezuelan Arts Council to train in London at the Royal College of Music. At the age of sixteen she made her debut playing Mozart's last piano concerto with the Simón Bol var Orchestra under the baton of José Antonio Abreu which was the starting point of her international career as a concert pianist.Her discography includes CDs of the piano music of Venezuelan composers Moises Moleiro (Nimbus NI6104) Teresa Carreño (Nimbus NI6103) VENEZUELA (Nimbus NI 6122) receiving glowing reviews from international publications such as Gramophone Magazine: 'Clara Rodriguez makes the most of her innate feel for the exuberant and languorous dispatching the toe-tapping cross-rhythms with panache and a light touch. This is a treasure chest from which to cherry-pick.' She regularly plays in London's Wigmore Hall Southbank Centre St. John's Smith Square St. Martin in-the-Fields and at Barbican Centre. Clara Rodriguez teaches the

Original Piano Melodies for the Eclectic Romantic is the melding of the influences of three generations. 'I've long been impressed by the melodic and harmonic styles of jazz icons Marian McPartland and Dave Brubeck and always believed that a well constructed harmony complements a unique melody.'  - Dennis Leogrande Reeling in the horror of September 11 Dennis   like all Americans sought a way to respond to the unthinkable. Words obviously fail; so did anger. Acting on the belief that the creative spirit transcends both he slowly began to record on manuscript paper theconflicting emotions he was experiencing. Two weeks later this collection was under way. Dennis Leogrande was a music educator and supervisor of music in New Jersey (USA) public schools where he has taught band and string instruments to students ages four through eighteen as well as directed bands jazz ensembles and orchestras. He holds a Masters degree in music education from New York University and a Supervisor of Music degree. In addition to his teaching Mr. Leogrande has published numerous educationall works composed music for animated films and operates a digital recording studio.

30 pieces for the older beginner-If you've ever wanted to play the Piano look no further! Whether you have some experience or just a desire to learn the Pianoworks series provides all you need to get started. Pianoworks Collection 2 is a fabulous new anthology compiled especially for the older beginner Pianist. The collection is packed full of favourite pieces from a variety of different styles and genres including 'Jupiter' from Holst's The Planets Jazz standard 'Take Five' and a beautiful new arrangement of 'Scarborough Fair'. The pieces are ideal both for concert performance and to reinforce the techniques introduced in Pianoworks Book 2.

Pianoworks Duets 1 is the perfect resource for beginner pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres from Offenbach's lively 'Can-Can' and Joplin's 'The Entertainer' to traditional folk tunes from Japan and the West Indies. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series.21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner pianists (approx. Grades 1-2)Wide range of styles includingClassical Romantic jazz folk and contemporaryCD with backing tracks for each part to allow solo practiceUseful tips on style and technique and background information on every piecePerfect companion to Pianoworks Book 1 and Pianoworks Collection 1

Christmas Carols For Pian-Nine Christmas Carols cunningly arranged as solos or duets where some of the tunes combine together in the same style as the Spartans widely popular Pianoel duet book (grades 2 - 3). See also More Pianoel.Grade: 1 - 2

The long awaited sequel to 'Pianoel'. Once again many of these Christmas Carols sound good as solos yet when played together they make brilliant duets! See also 'Easy Pianoel'.Grade: 3 - 4

Le Concerto de Grieg in A Minor, Op.. 16, et le Concerto de Schumann en la mineur, op. 54 - deux des plus populaires de tous les concertos pour piano du répertoire - réimprimé dans les éditions qui font autorité. Dans chaque cas, la partie de piano 2ème est une réduction d'orchestre, en fournissant des pianistes avec le format 2-piano qui est la méthode standard pour les répétitions.Réimpression de sélections de Concerto en la mineur pour piano, op. 54, G. Schirmer, Inc, New York, 1918 et Konzert für Klavier, op. 16, A-??Moll, C. F. Peters, Francfort, n.c. / 2 Pianos

Pianogongs was inspired by the sonorities of the percussion section of the Beijing opera. The work is for one performer and features a combination of piano (functioning like a percussion instrument) and 2 gongs which are laid on the soft top of an extra piano bench to the left of the performer. The structure of the piece is formed by alternation of three different musical ideas: a fast repetitive rhythm a series of chords based on the major triad and perfect fourth and an energetic staccato motif.

Seasonal Piano Arrangements-Known primarily for his choral writing in the Shawnee catalog Philip Kern proves he's a versatile talent with a great sense of color and character in his keyboard writing. This excellent new collection of holiday carols for pianooffers a wide scope of styles and keyboard techniques. Innovative harmonies and an idiomatic keyboard sensibility characterize this truly inspired group of piano arrangements. Includes: Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus • Go Tell It On the Mountain • Angels We Have Heard on High • Silent Night • and many others

La Sonate en Ré majeur est la dernière des six Sonates K. 279?284 que Mozart emporta dans ses valises lorsqu?il s?apprêtait à se rendre vers Paris en septembre 1777. Il rapporta à son père qu?il exécuta ces sonates avec succès déjà à Munich, Augsbourg et Mannheim.

Il les pourvut de nombreuses indications de dynamique et trouva aussi en ce qui concerne leur forme des solutions inhabituelles, comme par exemple le lent Rondeau en Polonaise qui fait office de mouvement central de la Sonate en Ré majeur.

Jusqu?alors réunies dans les recueils (HN 1 et 3), ces six sonates sont désormais éditées séparément avec, en sus, de nouvelles préfaces.

Mozart a dédié cette sonate à un certain Freiherr Thaddäus von Dürnitz, ce qui explique qu?on l?ait souvent appelée la «Sonate à Dürnitz». De ces six premières sonates c?est conteste la meilleure, la plus brillante et celle qui requiert le plus d?habileté technique. On peut comprendre pourquoi Mozart l?affectionnait particulièrement et qu?il ait continué à l?exécuter lui-même.

C?est de cette incomparable lorsqu?elle était interprétée sur un des nouveaux pianofortes de Stein.

1er MOUVEMENT Une première version du début du premier mouvement rédigée sur une page et demie a été supprimée par Mozart. Il a commencé à réécrire la version définitive au bas de cette même page. Le matériau thématique de ce mouvement d?ouverture (et, à un moindre degré, celui des mouvements suivants) est disposé sur une échelle plus vaste, presque plus orchestrale, ce qui constitue une rupture avec le ton d?intimité des premières sonates. L?effet de tremolo dans les mesures 13 à 16 et les annonces répétées à l?unisson du premier thème peuvent très bien se lire comme la réduction d?un tutti orchestral. Le deuxième thème, ligne mélodique plus souple, sans accompagnement dans sa mesure d?introduction, contient une chaîne descendante de premiers renversements ? formule harmonique fort prisée aux siècles baroque et classique (il y a des passages analogues dans les thèmes subsidiaires de l?ouverture de l?Iphigénie en Tauride de Gluck et le premier mouvement du Concerto Italien de Johann Sebastian Bach). Cela fonctionne comme un passage de solo par opposition aux entrées de tutti qui suivent dans la mesure 30. Le développement traverse un cycle de tonalités mineures avant le début de la réexposition dans la mesure 72.

2eme MOUVEMENT Mozart a intitulé le second mouvement: Rondeau en Polonaise. Il s?agit donc d?une danse. Les quatre premières mesures constituent une forme de dialogue (comme le thème du premier mouvement de la sonate précédente en sol majeur) et Mozart les soumet à des variations avec un certain bonheur. Il accentue le contraste entre l?exposition et la contre-exposition par des indications de dynamique.

3eme MOUVEMENT Le dernier mouvement de la sonate est une suite de variations joyeuses qui est un régal pour le pianiste, et présente, jusqu?à la variation en adagio les caractéristiques d?une gavotte. Le don spécial de Mozart pour l?écriture en variations s?y manifeste de la manière la plus brillante. L?impression superficielle de forme diffuse ne résiste pas l?examen approfondi: il ne serait guère facile d?oublier une des douze variations ou d?en ajouter une. La variation Adagio est d?un intérêt tout particulier pour les spécialistes de Mozart, car elle nous donne quelque a perçus de sa conception de l?ornementation impromptue: l?autographe n?est que pudiquement orné et il est probable que Mozart enjolivait son texte lors de l?exécution au gré de sa fantaisie. Mais une version richement ornée a survécu dans la première édition publiée du vivant de Mozart ; et il ne fait pas de doute que cette version enjolivée est l??uvre de Mozart lui-même ? qui d?autre pourrait enjoliver une musique d?une manière aussi ingénieuse? Cela nous éclaire sir les idées de Mozart en matière d?ornementation en général et en particulier. / [Sonate pour piano en Ré majeur K. 284 (205b)] / Classique / Partition / Agrafé /

Cover design by Anna Aslanova 11 winner of the design competition September 2005. Images by the runners-up Jayana and Nisha Patel 12 appear on pages 10 and 13 depicting particular 'people'.Anthony Gilbert'simpressive set of People Pieces contains an accessible fun and stimulating array of 10 pieces in different characters designed for beginner and intermediate piano students. The volume has been written in consultation with thepianist and teacher Kate Dixon who has edited the book.With numbers like Peaceful Person and Tired Teacher for absolute beginners to Bluesy Busker Cockney Character and Fitness Fanatic that work towards the ABRSM Grade 5level the book is a hit with toddlers and teenagers alike. People Pieces makes an ideal accompaniment or alternative to grade exam pieces and covers a range of techniques and musical styles that is sure to keep any studententhusiastic.