The Phillip Keveren Series-15 familiar polka and waltz tunes arranged in a classical style for easy piano by Phillip Keveren. Includes: Acceleration Waltz - Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) - Bitte Schön! (If You Please Polka) - By the Beautiful Blue Danube - Clarinet Polka - Fascination (Valse Tzigane) - The Godfather Waltz - Liechtensteiner Polka - Pennsylvania Polka - Piano Man - Pizzicato Polka - Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - The Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tennessee Waltz - Waltz of the Flowers.

This unique collection comes from original magazine sheet music from the heyday of the big bands. Bill Irwin shares his collection of music from legends of the genre (Art Tatum, Nat 'King? Cole, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Error Garner, Fats Waller, Alec Templeton, etc.) as well as other lesser-known but influential pianists such as Milt Buckner, Buddy Cole, Pete Johnson, Mel Powell, Gohnny Guarnieri, and more. Irwin includes an analysis of each piece, with musical insights to the style and techniques used. Anyone interested in playing big band styles and following the development of popular piano playing will be fascinated by this look back in time. / Piano

Volume 2-Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is known for his unique composition style. Incorporating complex rhythms harmony melodies and his passion for ornithology his Catalogue D'Oiseaux for Piano is no exception to the composer's popular distinctive style. Messiaen became fascinated by birdsong from an early age however it wasn't until the 1950s that he took his passion to a new level incorporating birdsong into all of his compositions. Catalogue D'Oiseaux  composed in 1958 comprises thirteen movements each depicting a specific bird. The second volume contains movement four; The Black-eared Wheatear.Catalogue D'Oiseaux is essential to all advanced pianists seeking to expand and vary their repertoire.

Le Merle de roche-Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is known for his unique composition style. Incorporating complex rhythms harmony melodies and his passion for ornithology his Catalogue D'Oiseaux for Piano is no exception to the composer's popular distinctive style. Messiaen became fascinated by birdsong from an early age however it wasn't until the 1950s that he took his passion to a new level incorporating birdsong into all of his compositions. Catalogue D'Oiseaux  composed in 1958 comprises thirteen movements each depicting a specific bird. The sixth volume contains movement ten; The Rock Thrush.Catalogue D'Oiseaux is essential to all advanced pianists seeking to expand and vary their repertoire.

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is known for his unique composition style. Incorporating complex rhythms harmony melodies and his passion for ornithology his La Fauvette Des Jardins for Piano is no exception to the composer's popular distinctive style. Messiaen became fascinated by birdsong from an early age however it wasn't until the 1950s that he took his passion to a new level incorporating birdsong into all of his compositions. La Fauvette Des Jardins composed in 1972 begins with a list of the 18 birds depicted in this work. Messiaen's La Fauvette DesJardins is highly virtuosic often containing three staves. La Fauvette Des Jardins is essential to all advanced pianists seeking to expand and vary their repertoire.

Op. 31-With his sonatas Op.31 composed in 1802 Beethoven for the last time grouped together piano sonatas under one opus number. The centrepiece of the collection is undoubtedly the dramatic Sonata in D minor nicknamed »Tempest« which already fascinated his contemporaries. According to Anton Schindler who asked the composer about the „key“ to this work as well as to the sonata Op.57 (»Appassionata«) Beethoven advised him: “Just read Shakespeare’s Tempest”. Jonathan Del Mar currently one of the most renowned Beethoven scholars stands for a meticulously edited Urtext edition on the basis of anintensive study of all sources. Performers are presented with a musical text offering new readings and based on the latest research findings. The detailed Critical Commentary accounts for sources readings and editorial emendations. In this edition great care has been given to a user-friendly layout which on the one hand reflects the flow and tempo of the music and on the other hand facilitates the study of this complex music by means of a transparent and clear appearance on the page as well as good page turns. Particularly enlightening is the chapter on period performance practice which sheds light on certain issues of Beethoven’s instruments and their range the usage of the pedals tempo dynamics articulation and ornaments. Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship New readings Based on an evaluation of all available sources Reader-friendly layout and practical page turns Informative Introduction (Eng/Ger) and detailed Critical Commentary (Eng) With valuable information on historical performance practice (Eng/Ger)

This is a new edition of Béla Bartók?s popular Romanian Folk Dances in its original scoring for Solo Piano. With fascinating background notes and unique imagery this publication is essential for pianistsinterested in the work of the Hungarian composer.When Bartók?was just 23 years old he visited the Transylvanian town of?Gerlicepuszta. Overhearing a lullaby sung by a teenage servant girl named LidiDósa he quizzed her about it and noted it down. This was the beginning of a passion for folk music that would go on to change the course of the composer's life and work. Romanian FolkDances?remains one of Bartók's most popular and enduring works evoking the folk melodies combined with his own idiosyncratic harmonies and textures. Each of the six short pieces here is based on atraditional melody which Bartók?penned during his travels.? Including newly engraved masterpieces?Stick Dance Waistband Dance In One Spot Dance From Butschum Romanian Polkaand Fast Dance this sheet music collection features editorial revisions guided by recordings of Bartók's own performance. The notation also includes fingering guidancethroughout. Romanian Folk Dances also?features a specially-written introduction as well as some fantastic photographs that both tell the story of the young composer and the intriguingbackstory of this work.? One of the most important 20th century composers and along with Liszt one of Hungary's finest musical minds Bartók?held a strong fascination for folkmusic. Through his studies recordings and arrangements he composed some incredible music like these?Romanian Folk Dances ?while simultaneously initiating the field of

Quel joueur de piano ne voudrait jouer le blues cool et décontractée sur son instrument? Cette école est la parfaite introduction à l'univers fascinant du piano blues. Il contient tout ce que vous devez savoir pour jouer parfaitement le blues. simplement et naturellement les bases nécessaires telles que des échelles de blues, les accords et les bleus styles sont d'abord expliqués. Puis il se met immédiatement mal avec les premiers exercices et de motifs. Par la structure logique et le concept novateur de ce qu'ils ont appris depuis le début peut être intégré dans votre propre piano. En utilisant des exercices pratiques et des chansons formes des pièces les plus importantes que les dominantes bleues, Minor Blues et Boogie Woogie être appris ludique. De cette façon, les compétences sont améliorés étape par étape, de sorte que l'une des extrémités est capable de jouer n'importe quel style de blues, convaincante. En outre, une bonne base pour vos propres compétences d'improvisation est créé. Dans les chansons que vous apprenez à utiliser le blues dans les styles de musique comme le rock and roll, salsa, funk, hip-hop et beaucoup plus de savoir. Un tableau utile avec voicings gauche à la fin de l'ouvrage terminé l'école. 2 Les CD fournis comprennent tous les exercices et 25 chansons produites professionnellement en deux versions: une avec ou sans piano que l'échantillon à jouer long. L'auteur Michael Gundlach a lui-même enregistré le piano. Ainsi, vous pouvez écouter les détails comme la dynamique et le phrasé exactement et promulguer. Dans de nombreuses chansons il ya une part d'improvisation supplémentaire, dans lequel vous appliquez les compétences nouvellement acquises et pouvez renforcer. De cette façon, vous apprendre et pratiquer la réussite de l'apprentissage est garantie. Le livre est également adapté pour les leçons de piano moderne à la fois pour l'auto-évaluation. / Piano

Toshi Ichiyanagi est né à Ashiya-Shi (Japon) en 1933 - il étudie avec k. Hirao et t. Ikenouchi et vit aux Etats-Unis depuis 1952-61, où John Cage et Aaron Copland influencé son travail. Il commence à composer de la musique électronique et expérimentale, passer plus tard au comprennent des pièces pour piano, musique de chambre et oeuvres orchestrales ainsi que composer pour instruments japonais traditionnels. Son cycle de piano ' Cloud Atlas '(SJ 1059) est devenu bien connu : elle il décrit le monde fascinant des formes parmi les nuages. La pièce pour piano Piano spatiale a été écrite en 2001 et dure neuf minutes. Le ' espace piano 'est ressentie de deux manières différentes ici : d'une part, les différentes zones du son (profonde et middle, haute) sont a travaillé dans la structure formelle de la composition, tandis que d'autre part les récitations d'une mélodie avec une structure rythmique très libre créent un espace qui lient les notes individuelles en relation à l'autre avec aucun cadre global métrique, ainsi, dans un sens générant ' rythmiques... / Piano

Nico Muhly's Drones & Piano is a fascinating and thrilling piece for Piano and Pre-recorded elements composed for pianist Bruce Brubaker. Drones And Piano was commissioned by the 2010 Gilmore International Keyboard Festival for pianist Bruce Brubaker. The piece involves staccato stabs dynamic discords and an innovative beauty that always shines through. The work was composed for Drones And Piano meaning that each movement begins with a pre-recorded drone that underlies the rest of the movement. This allows for a certain degree of improvisation in the tempo and the rests which can give an element ofunpredictability to each performance. To obtain the pre-recorded sounds for your own performances of Nico Muhly's engrossing and hypnotic Drones & Piano  contact the publisher at promotion@musicsales.co.uk

Collection of Piano Scores. Par YIRUMA. Yiruma SOLO: Original is the authorised collection from the best-selling album SOLO, written and scored by Yiruma for piano solo. Yiruma?s musical journey began at age five, when a fascination with the piano grew into a love for music and composition. Since then, Yiruma?s huge popularity has led to many sold-out performances and award-winning albums around the world. He continues to find inspiration in people around him, and hopes his music can heal, inspire, and remind the audience of love and hope. ?I have compiled a list of my pieces for solo piano that have existed for a long time. These works were the simplest way of capturing a specific moment and feeling when I wrote them. I would like to share these moments with you now and wish sincerely that my music be a hand to hold along the winding path of life.? - Yiruma   / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Recueil / Piano

This collection of 15 pieces, transcribed and edited by the Howells scholar Jonathan Clinch and published for the first time to coincide with Matthew Schellhorn?s recording of the complete piano music by Howells for Naxos, reveals a previously neglected aspect of this celebrated English composer.
The pieces chart the musical development of Howells, from his earliest known work The Arab?s Song, written when he was 16, to the Petrus Suite, completed in his 80s, as well as demonstrating his fascination with French music (Phantasy, Harlequin Dreaming) and the Tudor period (Pavane and Galliard).
The volume also includes the moving tribute to his friend and fellow composer Finzi: his rest. Comprising a wide array of pieces from characterful miniatures to more substantial suites, the collection will appeal to Howells devotees and lovers of 20th century English music, as well to as anyone seeking fresh and distinctive piano repertoire. / Partitions classique / Piano - instruments à clavier / Piano / NOVELLO

Schott Piano Classics-Fast tempo is a fascinating phenomenon people are not immune to. The childish joy of fast movement of testing one's limits and possibilities as well as of playing with time nurtures our pleasure in fast tempos. In her most recent anthology in the Piano Classics series the successful piano educationalist Monika Twelsiek examines the phenomenon of fast tempo presenting 40 fast and wild rousing and virtuoso turbulent and bold dynamic and risky brilliant and splendid pieces through all epochs from the Baroque to the modern era. The pieces not only hone the pianistic skills rather each piece is an individual work of art with high artistic demand. Challenging the tempo-lovingpianist the large number of etudes scherzos variations and very lively character pieces are a treasure trove for piano lessons.

This is the first time that a version of Gustav Holst's The Planets for solo Piano has been published. In this glorious publication the emotional rollercoaster that is this seven-movement orchestralsuite can be played on a single Piano with those crashing chords and textural melodies sounding just fantastic on the solo keys. Originally scored for two pianos and four hands this epic orchestral workcontinues to astound and astonish audiences around the world even a century after Holst begun work on the first movement Mars the Bringer of War. This volume allows the solo pianist to emulate those gloriousmelodies wonderful harmonies and dynamic rhythms bringing the wonder of The Planets to the keys. This unique arrangement of The Planets reduces the entire orchestra tojust a solo Piano with some fingering hints throughout. The lovely engraving is an absolute pleasure to read from and the sound of those thunderous rhythms and sweet melodies sounds absolutely brilliant coming from the purityand clarity of a solo Piano. With all seven movements included in this The Planets sheet music you'll be able to learn Mars Venus Mercury Jupiter Saturn Uranus and Neptune in theentire work that's sometimes thunderous occasionally calm often bombastic but always beautiful. With the full-colour astrophotography of the cover the detailed accurate and clear engraving and theinherent uniqueness of such an arrangement befits the timeless and enduring achievement of a work like this. The compositional history and musical qualities of The Planets are fascinating and the lengthyintroduction details the rhythms the harmonies and the personality that Holst injected into his work so you can learn about this glorious work before delving into the stunning arrangement of each of the seven