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

Contemporary in style yet tonal and accessible this dramatic showpiece uses traditional technique (scales arpeggiations repeating patterns) to produce untraditional results. Filled with sweeping pianistic sonorities and recurring melodic and rhythmic themes. Makes a fabulous recital finale!

Per Pianoforte A Quattro Mani (O Due Pianoforti). Par CALLIGARIS SERGIO. Sergio Calligaris was born in Rosario (1941), Argentina. He is one of the last musicians to incarnate the traditional 19th century figure of pianist, teacher and composer, inaugurated at the beginning of the 19th century by Muzio Clementi and carriedon after that by a sequence of famous names that the history of music has handed down to us. As a pianist, he began to give public performances at the age of 13, making his debut in his home town Rosario. Following this success, he embarked upon an extremely busy career as a soloist, giving numerous recitals in Buenos Aires and other citiesin Argentina. He continued to take advanced lessons with eminent exponents of the most prestigious international piano schools. In 1974 he became an Italian citizen and settled in Rome, teaching piano as principal instrument at the S. Pietro a Majella StateConservatory in Naples, the Luisa DAnnunzio Conservatory in Pescara and the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in Aquila. As a composer, he began - at just 9 years of age - to study in the rigorous school of Paul Hindemith, under the guidance of Father Luis Machado, from whom he inherited a love of counterpoint and a strong taste for harmony. He took a diploma incomposition, counterpoint and fugue at the age of 16 at the Amigos del Arte Society in Rosario, going on in 1964 to do an advanced course in 12-tone counterpoint at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The catalogue of his compositions, which has nowreached Op. 55, encompasses a huge range of instrumental/vocal chamber music and symphonic works: a vast and articulated catalogue, in which Sergio Calligaris’s composition expresses its inspiration through the dramatic development of a dialecticalcontrast between the two natures of the composer’s personality - the elegiac and the dithyrambic - which confront and interact with each other giving rise to artistic outcomes of a deeply moving nature. / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Le langage tonal du jeune Richard Strauss a été entièrement influencé par la tradition du 19ème siècle. Logiquement, il était l'examen des exemples de Schubert, Mendelssohn et Schumann qui ont caractérisé les événements musicaux dans la musique du compositeur pour piano de début.Schott Music publie actuellement plusieurs volumes avec des pièces pour piano jusqu'alors inédits de Strauss, dont deux oeuvres de sa période créatrice du milieu dont l'existence a été fait inconnue jusqu'à récemment: 'Impromptu et Marsch der Königin Luise '. Autre nouveauté chez Schott Music: 'Intermezzo' pour piano à quatre mains, composée par Strauss à l'âge de 21 ans dans l'esprit de la tradition romantique. L'autographe a été privée en Italie et n'a pas apparu en public jusqu'à présent. La pièce élégante et pleine d'esprit est un excellent ajout au répertoire. / Piano À 4 Mains / 20 pages / niveau : Avancé / Partition

Arrangeur: Mike Cornick. Par ELGAR EDWARD / CORNICK MIKE (ARR.). Although often regarded as quintessentially English in style, Elgar's music is undeniably deeply rooted in the German Romantic tradition. Elgar's gift for the creation of melody, often sequential and frequently including one of his most familiar 'fingerprints' - the falling seventh - might well be the most obvious attraction in his music. But underpinning those melodies is a sophisticated harmonic vocabulary which often reveals that wider Germanic influence, especially in moments of drama. It is hoped that this set of piano duet arrangements, suitable for intermediate-level players and beyond, will continue to bring new performers to these Elgar favourites, whether they are simply playing for their own enjoyment or preparing for concert performance, and that they will find much to reward their efforts./ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Connections for Piano Duets. Christopher Norton?s distinctive contributions to the literature for the piano successfully bridge the gap between traditional piano literature and music in contemporary popular styles. Christopher Norton ConnectionsTM for Piano contains over 200 newly composed pieces, carefully selected, edited, and sequenced to span ten levels from elementary to advanced.Connections Duets are very much for the beginner pianist (of any age). The attractive accompaniments, which are not too hard to play, add harmonic and rhythmic richness. A teacher can play the Secondo part, or a student. These pieces provide a great opportunity to play ensembles in contemporary styles at a very early stage.As fun and entertaining additions to the performance repertoire of young players, these pieces will prove to be popular selections for recitals, festivals, informal performances, and even examinations. Parents and friends will enjoy them, too, resulting in a positive experience for the performer.

A fantastic 2 Piano 8 Hands arrangement by Eugenie R. Rocherrolle of this traditional work song.

The In Recital: Duets range offers a terrific collection of some of the most musically engaging duets by leading composers and arrangers. The selection is diverse too and you will find original duets as well as duet arrangements of classical themes and popular songs. The purpose of the series is to focus on this fabulous repertoire with the intention of motivating students with entertaining pieces and outstanding arrangements. Comprising six levels that feature a comprehensively levelled curriculum with gentle transitions between each stage In Recital: Duets has something for all students even those who work ahead at their own pace! This is VolumeOne - Book Three which contains material suitable for Late Elementary Pianists with wonderful pieces such as Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz and the popular traditional piece Chopsticks addressing a wide variety of different musical and technical abilities as well as different genres. The enclosed companion CD is a superb teaching and learning tool which help to get the best from students. Listen to the demonstration recording as a reference to hear the personality of each track and then Play-along with the performance tracks. As a further aid the series provides practice tips rehearsal suggestions and duet performance strategies to help students be even more successful!

Works For Piano Duet-'Flee the storms.' Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) put this motto of classical artists at the heart of his music for piano four hands preferring the balance of proportions to the roar of passions the eclecticism of good taste charm and delicacy. Berceuses falls within the French tradition of children's music such as illustrated by Fauré's Dolly and Ravel's Ma mère l’Oye. These seven pieces evoke with refinement the happiness of a cloudless day the effervescence that reigns on Christmas Eve or the gentle syncopated rocking of a young Creole Selfiana. The Variations puériles sur une mélodie de CarlReinecke manifest a free whimsical vein whereas the Trois préludes sur des airs irlandais drink at the pure sources of folk music borrowing their thematic material from the famous collection Songs of Old Ireland which Stanford had brought out in 1882. Published for the first time from a handwritten score the Variations sur un thème de Charles Levadé end with a wild quadrille that takes the heroes of the celebration to the nearest inn. The Pièce en forme d’aria et Bergerie from 1896 finely polished takes up with the ambiance of the pastorale popular in the 17th century.

Le populaire 'Tea for Two série' se poursuit avec plus de duos pour piano inspirants de Mike Cornick - cette fois sur le thème de l'amour. Styles contrastés sont explorées à partir de Duke Ellington élégant et swinguant Ne pas Get Around Much plus à un unique, un arrangement de chansons entrelacées les Caraïbes, le Yellow Bird et de l'eau Come a des yeux Me (Come Back Liza). Les anciens favoris Dark Eyes et plus contemplatives j'ai donné mon amour une cerise et The Water Is Wide compléter la collection. Le CD inclut l'exécution complète de chaque duo ainsi que le long des voies jouent-répétition pour les joueurs et primo secondo.Pour les joueurs de niveau intermédiaire et au-delà. / 4, 6 Ou 8 Mains

Par HEUMANN HANS-GUNTER. Nouveau volume thématique de la méthode moderne de piano pour les jeunes et les adultes « À vous de jouer Piano », ce recueil consacré au « quatre mains » ? propose une sélection de 32 jolies pièces faciles à quatre mains allant du classique à un répertoire moderne tiré du jazz, des comédies musicales et de la musique pop, ? constitue un complément idéal à la méthode « À vous de jouer piano » (vol. 1 et 2) et à toute autre méthode de piano, ? contient un CD à écouter pour se familiariser avec les morceaux et à utiliser comme soutien auditif, pour jouer chez soi lorsque son partenaire n?est pas disponible ou pour se préparer au jeu à deux / Niveau : facile - moyen / Date parution : 2022-03-03/ Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

Cette collection irrésistible de piano duos est un un autre dans la populaire 'Tea for Two' série. ? Avec le thème panthère rose est la suivante: Bill Bailey, Tu ne veux pas S'il vous plaît Come Home, La Maison du Soleil Levant, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot et Joshua combattu la bataille de Jéricho - tout savamment arrangé par Mike Cornick. La collection qui en résulte varie du ludique à la plus réfléchie. Le CD inclut l'exécution complète de chaque duo et, si un partenaire en duo n'est pas disponible, pour la simple répétition, enregistrés séparément primo et pistes Secondo sont fournis. / 4, 6 Ou 8 Mains