Ce volume comporte des 46 miniatures du Godowsky pour quatre mains où l'étudiant en position five-finger joue le ' primo 'et l'enseignant joue un accompagnement intéressant et parfois difficile dans le ' secondo '. Magnifiquement écrit, Rachmaninoff utilisé ces miniatures avec ses propres élèves. Complet avec commentaire savante et une analyse détaillée, ce beau livre devrait être fait partie de bibliothèque d'un professeur de piano. Mots d'éloges sur les Miniatures de Godowsky: ' les Miniatures ont ravi sincèrement me et méritent en raison de leurs qualités excellentes pour devenir très populaire. '-Sergei Rachnaninoff ' ces morceaux de charme présentent une réelle nouveauté pour lesquels les enseignants ne manquera pas d'être reconnaissants.'-Percy Grainger / Piano 4 Mains

This collection of 45 piano duets (for one piano, four hands) consists of selections for teachers and students at the elementary to late elementary levels. Duet repertoire from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries are included by such composers as Cui, Diabelli, Enke, Foote, Godowsky, Gurlitt, Löw, Reinecke, Sartorio, and more. Students will improve in musicianship, ensemble performance, fingering, and rhythmic control while enjoying this delightful duet literature. To facilitate reading, the primo and secondo parts are on separate pages. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance. Essential ornamentation is realized in footnotes, both parts contain measure numbers for convenient reference, and brief composer biographies are included. / Piano 4 Mains

Volume II of the Godowsky duets features seven ancient dances including a gavotte, bourre, and rigudon, and seven modern dances (waltz, tarntella, polka, jig, and more). The preface describes specifics about each piece, and offers insight into the composer's life. Joseph Banowetz graduated with a First Prize from the Vienna Akademie fr Musik und darstellende Kunst. Banowetz has been a piano recitalist and orchestral soloist on five continents. He was awarded the Liszt Medal by the Hungarian Liszt Society in recognition of his outstanding performances of Liszt and the Romantic literature.

Par GODOWSKY LEOPOLD. ALFELM01014CD / Date parution : 1905-06-23/ Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

Finger Exercises-Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill. All of these original exercises were written specifically for this book by world-famous masters ??? including Leopold Godowsky Joseph Lhevinne Ignaz Friedman Ernst von Dohn?nyi and Emil von Sauer ??? who also share their ideas about technique pedaling fingering and other methods.These creative finger exercises include some with a fixed position of the hand exercises for flexibility and dexterity of the thumbs diatonic and chromatic exercises special exercises with held notes exercises for the strengthening of individualfingers and exercises for lateral motion of the fingers. Additional exercises involve diminished sevenths combined legato and staccato touch for one hand the crossing of the hands and development of speed and lightness of fingers. Introductory material is presented in English German Italian and French. This new edition from a long out-of-print series includes a new Introduction and Foreword plus rare photos by the author's last living student.Reprint of Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity Carl Fischer Publishing New York 1922.

16 Selections Featuring Student Parts in 5-Finger Position-This valuable assortment of teacher-student duets in their original form written by teacher-composers during the 18th 19th and early 20th centuries is a sequel to the Easy Classical Piano Duets for Teacher and Student series. The student parts are limited to a single five-finger position and fall primarily within the grand staff reading range. Book 2 contains works by Berens Cui Foote Godowsky Grimaldi Reinecke and Sartorio.