HAL LEONARD SOLO LITERATURE BY COMPOSER
Highlights and New Releases
2012-2013
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solo literature by composer
Solo Literature by Composer Highlights and Recent Releases
Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach for Beginners New
Béla Bartók: For Children edited by Peter Bartók Boosey & Hawkes
40 Hungarian tunes for beginner pianists in a revised and re-engraved edition. Includes an introductory note by the composer’s son Peter Bartók. A piano teaching classic. “There are a few changes of notes from the old edition of 1946, more dynamics and all the music had been re-engraved. The result is a much sharper publication, and a better product to present to a pupil.” – Music Teacher, September 2000. 48012051 Volume 1 �������������������������������������������������������������������������$17.95 48012052 Volume 2 �������������������������������������������������������������������������$17.95
Books 1 and 2
Boosey & Hawkes
29 pieces, including selections from Anna Magdalena’s Note Book, The Little Clavier Book, and other suitable works for the beginning pianist. 48021006 �������������������������������������������������������$12.99
Johann Sebastian Bach: Inventions, New BWV 772–786 ed. Alfred Kreutz Schott
Newly engraved, very clean edition with unobtrusive fingering and suggestions for realizing ornaments. 49018686 �������������������������������������������������������$7.99
Samuel Barber: Complete Piano Music Revised Edition
edited by Richard Walters G. Schirmer, Inc.
The contents of the previous edition of Complete Piano Music, plus the content of Early Piano Works (50490042), with additional counterpoint exercises, make this edition the comprehensive collection of the composer’s piano music. Includes an introduction and commentary on each piece, with manuscript facsimiles of childhood compositions. 50336700 ........................................................................................$24.99
Samuel Barber: Early Piano Works edited by Richard Walters G. Schirmer, Inc.
new edition of previously unpublished piano A works by the American master composed between the ages of 7 and 21. Based on manuscripts found in the Library of Congress. Includes extensive commentary on each piece that shows a precocious and skilled talent developing into one of Americas greatest composers. 50490042 ........................................................................................$14.99
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Béla Bartók: Early Piano Works
New
edited by Peter Bartók Bartók Records & Publications
Includes 14 Bagatelles, Seven Sketches, Two Elegies, Two Roumanian Dances, and detailed notes on the music. 00220357 Hardcover ������������������������������������$47.00
Mikrokosmos
153 Progressive Piano Pieces Boosey & Hawkes
Volumes with pink covers have text in English, French, German, and Hungarian. Volumes with blue covers have text in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese.
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 1 48011048 Pink ��������������������������������������������$9.99 48011582 Blue ������������������������������������������$10.95
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 2 48011049 Pink ��������������������������������������������$9.95 48011583 Blue ������������������������������������������$14.95
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 3 48011050 Pink �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������$9.95 48011584 Blue ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������$16.95
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 4 48011051 Pink �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������$9.95 48011585 Blue ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������$14.95
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 5 48011052 Pink �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������$9.95 48011586 Blue ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������$16.95
Béla Bartók: Mikrokosmos Volume 6 48011053 Pink �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������$9.95 48011587 Blue ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������$16.95
solo literature by composer Béla Bartók: Roumanian Folk Dances
Frédéric Chopin: Études, Op. 10
edited by Peter Bartók Boosey & Hawkes
edited by Alfred Cortot Editions Salabert
Revised Edition 1993
48002467 ���������������������������������������������������������$9.95
50397890 �������������������������������������������������������$24.95
Leonard Bernstein: Music for Piano
Frédéric Chopin: Études, Op. 25
Boosey & Hawkes
First-time collection of Bernstein’s works for solo piano, including four previously unpublished pieces. With a composer biography and notes on the music. Contents: Four Anniversaries • Five Anniversaries • Seven Anniversaries • Thirteen Anniversaries • Four Sabras (previously unpublished) • Music for the Dance No. II (previously unpublished) • Non troppo presto (previously unpublished) • Sonata • Touches • Bridal Suite – for One Piano, Two Players (previously unpublished). 48020775 ........................................................................................$19.99
William Bolcom: Bird Spirits
New
Nine Piano Pieces First Edition
Edward B. Marks Music Company
Nine piano pieces inspired by nine bird prints of crows by Frank Boyden. Includes music and bird prints in side-by-side format. 00220364 �����������������������������������������������������$14.99
William Bolcom: Seven Easy Piano Pieces
Edward B. Marks Music Company
Bolcom composed these easy piano pieces for his wife to play in her piano lessons. They are accessible to beginner and intermediate level pianists of all ages. 00220188 ....................................................$10.99
Elliott Carter: Two Thoughts About the Piano Boosey & Hawkes
Includes two new piano pieces: Intermittences and Caténaires. 48019999 �������������������������������������������������������$16.99
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edited by Alfred Cortot Editions Salabert
50397900 �������������������������������������������������������$22.95
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
transcribed for solo piano by Bryan Stanley Boosey & Hawkes
Copland’s famous ballet suite has never been published in a solo piano transcription. This new version is idiomatic for the instrument, retaining all the music from the standard 1945 orchestra suite. 48019195 �������������������������������������������������������$14.95
Aaron Copland: Ballet Music for Piano
New
Boosey & Hawkes
Solo piano transcriptions of Appalachian Spring Suite, Billy the Kid, Dance Panels, Rodeo, and a 2 pianos, 4 hands transcription of Dance of the Adolescent. With a composer biography and notes on the ballets. 48021009 �����������������������������������������������������$19.99
Aaron Copland: The Copland Piano Collection Boosey & Hawkes
A broad selection of piano works by Aaron Copland, conveniently published in a single volume. Contents: The Cat and the Mouse • Down a Country Lane • Four Piano Blues • In Evening Air • Midsummer Nocturne • Night Thoughts • Passacaglia • Petit Portrait • Piano Sonata • Piano Variations • Three Moods • Midday Thoughts • Proclamation for Piano. 48019408 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$22.99
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solo literature by composer Carl Czerny: Selections from The Little Pianist, Opus 823 Technique Classics Series G. Schirmer, Inc.
The 29 etudes in this book are taken from Carl Czerny’s The Little Pianist, Opus 823. Preceding each etude or group of etudes is a worksheet divided into three sections: Practice Tips, Quick Quiz and Creative Corner, which help students focus on the important technical features in each etude, applying practical music theory to their study. 00296363 Book/CD Pack ������������������������������������������������������������������$9.99 00296364 Book ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������$6.99
Norman Dello Joio: Piano Music Selected Works
Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
Includes selected piano works by American composer Norman Dello Joio (1913 – 2008): Concert Variants • Diversions (selections) • Introduction and Fantasies on a Chorale Tune • Lyric Pieces for the Young (selections) • Prelude: To a Young Dancer • Prelude: To a Young Musician • Salute to Scarlatti: A Suite of Sonatas • Short Intervallic Etudes for Well-Tempered Pianists • Simple Sketches (selections) • Sonata No. 2 • Suite for Piano. 50485860 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde
New
Includes a CD of Original Album Tracks Ricordi
CD Sheet Music™ is the revolutionary series of masterworks on CD- or DVD-ROM that transforms a PC or MAC computer into a virtual music library. Now you can quickly locate, view and print the great works of the classical repertoire. Compared to traditional printed sheet music or music downloads, it is incredibly inexpensive. Original sources are out-of-copyright standard editions from publishers such as Breitkopf and Härtel, C.F. Peters, G. Schirmer, Carl Fischer, Ricordi, Durand and many others. The discs also include biographical and analytical information from Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1911 Edition.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Works for Keyboard and Four-Part Chorales 00220517 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Works for Solo Piano 00220504 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Johannes Brahms: Complete Works for Piano 00220516 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Frédéric Chopin: Complete Works for Solo Piano 00220514 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Franz Liszt: Collected Works for Piano 00220529 2 CD-ROMs ��������������������������������������������������������������$28.95
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Complete Works for Piano 00220518 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Franz Schubert: Complete Works for Piano 00220523 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Robert Schumann: Complete Works for Piano 00220515 CD-ROM ������������������������������������������������������������������$19.95 Please see page 26 for additional CD Sheet Music titles for piano.
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13 works from the popular 1996 album complete with a CD of original tracks. Intermediate Level. 50490792 Book/CD Pack ����������������������������������������������������������������$29.95
Alexis Ffrench: The Secret Piano
New
Boosey & Hawkes
12 titles from the album by film and television composer Alexis Ffrench. The Secret Piano draws on influences as diverse as evocative classical minimalism, meditative trance and romantic lyricism. Intermediate Level. 48021262 �����������������������������������������������������$16.95
Alberto Ginastera: The Piano Collection Boosey & Hawkes
The selected piano music of this Argentine master spans the arch of his compositional career. Includes: Pequeña Danza, Rondo on Argentine children’s folk-tunes, Sonata No. 1, Sonata No. 2, Sonata No. 3 and Suite de danzas criollas. 48019174 �������������������������������������������������������$22.99
Philip Glass: Solo Piano Chester Music
A collection of music arranged for solo piano, including “Metamorphoses One to Five” collected together for the first time. Suitable for intermediate to advanced pianists. 14012809 �����������������������������������������������������$25.95
Mikhail Glinka: Complete Works, Vol. II
New
Urtext Edition
ed. Alexander Bouzovkin and Victor Yekimovsky Editio Musica Budapest
25 works for piano written between 1832 and 1856. With notes on the sources and a biography of the composer. 50512038 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$23.95
solo literature by composer Claude Debussy Etudes, Volumes 1 and 2
Les Soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon
50564895................................................ $27.95
of music by Claude Debussy extracted from the critical editions by Roy Howat and Claude Helfer
Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre (2nd Version)
(Evenings Lit by the Burning Coals) 50564543 ������������������������������������������������$11.95
Solo Piano Part
Editions Durand
Bruyères (Moors, from Préludes Book 2)
edited by Jean-Pierre Marty
L’isle Joyeuse
50565023 .............................................. $25.95
50564738 ������������������������������������������������$14.95
1st Arabesque
The Little Shepherd from Children’s Corner
50564628 ��������������������������������������������������$7.95
50564740 ������������������������������������������������$11.95
50565204 ������������������������������������������������$8.95
Golliwogg’s Cake Walk
from Children’s Corner 50564734 ������������������������������������������������$10.95
Masques
50564790 ������������������������������������������������$11.95
Danseuses de Delphes
Images, 1st Set
Minstrels
Children’s Corner New
from Préludes, Book 1 50565202 ��������������������������������������������������$8.95
50564775 ������������������������������������������������$16.95
Deux Arabesques
50564735 ������������������������������������������������$15.95
50564937 ������������������������������������������������$10.95
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
excerpt from Children’s Corner 50560941 ������������������������������������������������ $8.95
...D’un cahier d’esquisses 50564776 ������������������������������������������������$12.95
Estampes 50564764 ������������������������������������������������$12.95
New
50564791 ������������������������������������������������$15.95 from Préludes, Book 1 50564854 ������������������������������������������������$10.95
Images, 2nd Set
Nocturne Op. 54, No. 4 50564739 ������������������������������������������������$12.95
Images (1894)
Le Petit Negre
50564960 .............................................. $16.95
50564793 ��������������������������������������������������$7.95
Jardins sous la pluie
from Estampes 50564745 ������������������������������������������������$13.95
Pour Le Piano
La cathédrale engloutie
Préludes: Books 1 and 2
50564998 .............................................. $10.95
50485759 ������������������������������������������������$34.95
La plus que lente
La puerta del Vino
50564629 ������������������������������������������������$19.95
New
from Préludes, Book 2 50564744 ������������������������������������������������$11.95
50565077 ����������������������������������������������$15.95
Six Morceaux De Jeunesse 50564799 ������������������������������������������������$18.95
Hanon for the Developing Pianist
Lou Harrison: 6 Sonatas for Cembalo or Pianoforte
Technique Classics
G. Schirmer, Inc.
The most elementary exercises have been selected from The Virtuoso Pianist, presented with informative historical and biographical facts and composer comments and practice instructions from the original edition. The CD contains orchestrated accompaniments featuring a variety of engaging styles, from Baroque to Jazz – sure to motivate students to play their best. Practice and performance tempos are included for each exercise. 00296183 Book Only.........................................................................$6.99 00296165 Book/CD Pack..................................................................$9.99
John Harbison: Leonard Stein Anagrams
New
Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
13 piano works inspired by anagrams based on the name of Leonard Stein. Stein was an American pianist, conductor, musicologist, professor, and champion of Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School. 50490584 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$12.99
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New
Peermusic Classical
00228129 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$15.00
Stephen Heller: 25 Melodic Studies, Op. 45
New
ed. Moritz Mayer-Mahr and Wilhelm Ohmen Schott
Varied, charming idiomatic figurations in a harmonically simple and pleasing Romantic language. Includes character pieces and bravura studies. Easy to Intermediate Level. 49018420 �����������������������������������������������������$13.99
Stephen Hough: Sonata (Broken Branches)
New
Joseph Weinberger
48021173 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$17.95
solo literature by composer Scott Joplin: Marches
New
9 Original Pieces
arranged for piano by Matthew Cameron G. Schirmer, Inc.
ed. Wolfgang Birtel Schott
Based on the first editions, originally published between 1896 and 1907, includes: The Crush Collision March, March Majestic, Something Doing, Search-Light Rag, and more. 49018783 �����������������������������������������������������$12.99
Scott Joplin: Waltzes
Aram Khachaturian: Adagio from Spartacus
New
Khachaturian’s ballet Spartacus (1950 –54) was first performed at the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad in 1956. This edition makes a piano arrangement of the ballet’s beautiful Adagio available for the first time. 50486875 .......................................................$4.99
Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite
5 Original Pieces
arranged by Katsuma Nakajima Zen-On
Waltzes from the “King of Ragtime.” Based on the first editions from 1896 and 1909. 49018395 �������������������������������������������������������$9.99
Khachaturian extracted and arranged five movements of incidental music he composed for the 1941 play Masquerade, which has become a popular concert suite. Acclaimed pianist Katsuma Nakajima has arranged this suite for piano. 50490004 .....................................................$19.99
Dmitri Kabalevsky: 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27
Ernesto Lecuona: Piano Music
G. Schirmer, Inc.
Edward B. Marks Music Company
edited by Wolfgang Birtel Schott
edited by Joseph Prostakoff
Contents: At Night on the River • Caprice • The Chase • Clowning • Cradle Song • Dance • Ditty • Dramatic Episode • Etude in A minor • Etude in A Major • Etude in F Major • Fairy Tale • Little Fable • A Little Prank • Lyric Piece • March • Meadow Dance • Novelette • Old Dance • Playing Ball • Rondo • Sad Story • Scherzo • Snow Storm • Sonatina • Songs of the Cavalry • The Tale • Toccatina • Waltz Time • War Dance. 50331530 ........................................................................................$12.99
John Kember: Piano Sight-Reading A Fresh Approach Schott
The importance of sight-reading as an essential skill for pianists of all ages and abilities is the hallmark of this series. Kember focuses on the importance of realizing the overall style, rhythm and tempo of a piece before you begin to play; the awareness of keys, chord and interval shapes, and overall melodic shape; and the need for a quick visual summary of repeat signs and changes in time - an overview of the general “geography” of the piece. Exercises increase in difficulty from Volume 1 through 3. 49012936 Volume 1 �������������������������������������������������������������������������$14.95 49012958 Volume 2 �������������������������������������������������������������������������$14.95 49015683 Volume 3 �������������������������������������������������������������������������$14.95
John Kember: More Piano Sight-Reading Additional material for piano solo and duet Schott
175 exercises in a range of musical styles and keys, providing supplementary material to Piano SightReading 1. Each section concludes with duets to encourage players to develop musicianship. 49018155 .....................................................$14.95
Revised Edition 55 Pieces by Cuba’s Greatest Composer A revised collection of piano music from “the Cuban Gershwin.” Contains nine currently unpublished works, including: Vals del Nilo • Preludio en la Noche • Rapsodia Negra • and more. 00220002 �������������������������������������������������������$24.99
Franz Liszt: Fantasia on Themes from Der Freischütz
New
First Edition
ed. Wolfgang M. Wagner Schott
49018416 �����������������������������������������������������$14.99
Franz Liszt: Memento Pages – Miniatures
New
Editio Musica Budapest
24 lesser-known miniatures which span the arch of Liszt’s compositional oeuvre. Includes editorial commentary. 50490599 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$20.95 °
Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Works Editions Max Eschig
Eleven selected piano pieces by the master Czech composer of the early twentieth century. Late Intermediate to Advanced Level. 50565007 .....................................................$35.95
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solo literature by composer Samuel Majkapar: Easy Piano Pieces compiled by Lakos Ágnes Editio Musica Budapest
20 short pieces by Russian pianist, composer and teacher Samuel Majkapar. All in a late Romantic style, the pieces offer a fresh alternative to Schumann or Tchaikovsky’s Album for the Young. Easy to Intermediate Level. 50490048 .....................................................$14.95
Olivier Messiaen: Préludes Editions Durand
50561132 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$29.95
The Best of Olivier Messiaen In Thirteen Pieces for Piano Editions Durand
A collection of some of the finest piano music by the composer, with representative selections spanning most of his musical career. 50564934 �������������������������������������������������������$22.95
Olivier Messiaen: 20 Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Lajos Papp: The Stonecutter After a Japanese Tale
Editio Musica Budapest
13 little piano pieces for beginners. Includes a story about each piece, which can be performed together with the music as a play. 50489926 �������������������������������������������������������$14.95
Astor Piazzolla: El Viaje 15 Tangos and Other Pieces Boosey & Hawkes
15 magnificent tangos and other characteristic pieces by the Argentinian master of tango nuevo, arranged for intermediate piano solo, and now in print for the first time. 48019906 �������������������������������������������������������$16.95
Astor Piazzolla: Vuelvo al Sur
10 Tangos and Other Pieces for Piano Boosey & Hawkes
Upper intermediate level piano solo arrangements, of the Argentinian master of the tango. 48019393 �������������������������������������������������������$16.95
Editions Durand
50561288 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$82.00
Frederic Mompou: Piano Album Editions Salabert
Contents: Six Preludes (Nos. V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X) • Variations sur un theme de Chopin • Suburdis (El carrer el guitarrista i el vell cavall, Gitanes, La cegueta, L’home de l’aristo) • Scenes d’Enfants • Paisajes (La fuente y la campana, El lago, Carros de Galicia) • Cancion y danza (Nos. IX, X, XI, XII) • Musica callada (28 pieces for piano) • Fetes Lointaines (6 pieces for piano). 50488477 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$42.95
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Selected Piano Works Schott Piano Collection Series
edited by Marianne Magolt Schott
ollection of 20 piano works, including: Menuett C in F Major, KV 2 • Andante grazioso, KV 331 • Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman, KV 265 • Six German Dances, KV 509 • Sonata in C Major, KV 545 • and more. 49005407 ........................................................................................$12.95
Michael Nyman: The Piano Music Sales America
Six original compositions for solo piano, by Michael Nyman, from the award winning film by Jane Campion. 14023670 .....................................................$12.95
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Francis Poulenc: 15 Improvisations Pour le Piano Editions Salabert
An anthology of Poulenc’s piano improvisations, each individually released by Salabert between the early 1930s and the 1960s. 50481455 �������������������������������������������������������$24.95
The Best of Francis Poulenc in Twenty Pieces for Piano Editions Salabert
Poulenc (1899 –1963) was a French composer and a member of the composer circle Les Six. Contents: Valse • Valse-Improvisation sur le nom de Bach • Villageoises, Petites pièces enfantines • Humoresque • Bourrée, au Pavillon d’Auvergne • and more. 50486583 �������������������������������������������������������$19.95
Puccini for Piano Solo 38 Inspired Selections from 9 Operas Ricordi
Piano solo arrangements of 38 inspired selections from 9 Puccini operas: La Bohème, La Fanciulla del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca, Turandot and Le Villi. Includes plot notes for each opera, information on its premiere, listings of librettists, pronunciation guides, and more. 50484325 ........................................................................................$12.99
solo literature by composer Eduard Pütz: Jazz Sonatina
New
edited by Fritz Emonts Schott
Editions Salabert
February 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of German composer Eduard Pütz’s birth. Apart from contemporary music, Pütz wrote jazz-inspired works with an elaborate style. Jazz Sonatina shows this combination of contemporary music and jazz. Intermediate Level. 49012998 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$12.95
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Preludes for Piano
The complete solo piano music of Erik Satie. 50488434 �������������������������������������������������������$44.95
The Best of Erik Satie in 25 Pieces for Piano Editions Salabert
Authentic Edition – Revised 1992 Boosey & Hawkes
48010804 �������������������������������������������������������$29.95
Includes: Trois Gymnopédies • Six Gnossiennes; Sonneries de la Rose + Croix (3 pieces) • Pièces froides (6 pieces) • La Diva de l’Empire • Je te veux; Le Piccadilly • Poudre d’or • La Belle Excentrique (2 pieces) • Vexations. 50486082 �������������������������������������������������������$21.95
Erik Satie: Seven Gnossiennes
Maurice Ravel: Sonatine
Editions Salabert
Editions Durand
50561569 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$10.95
Alexander Rosenblatt: Tango
Erik Satie: Piano Solo Album
New
Schott
49018491 �����������������������������������������������������$16.99
Inspired by a visit to the pavilion of exotic music at the 1889 Universal Exhibition, these seven piano pieces are simple, pretty ruminations. The seventh gnossienne is little-known, and published here with the other six for the first time. 50486496 �������������������������������������������������������$15.95
Domenico Scarlatti Hits & Rarities 16 Sonatas
selected and edited by Judit Péteri Editio Musica Budapest
Easy and moderately difficult piano sonatas, including: Sonata in C Major, K 200 • Sonata in E Major, K 215 • Sonata in D Major, K 377 • and more. 50490229 .....................................................$18.95
Nino Rota: Valzer edited by Adriano Cirillo Schott
The manuscript for Valzer (1945) was passed from the dedicatee to her heirs, keeping it out of public view for many years. This edition makes the lively piano work available in print for the first time. 49017941 .......................................................$6.95
Anton Rubinstein: Selected Piano Works
Seven Pieces for Piano Hal Leonard
Contents: Black and White • Bright Orange • Crimson • Grey • Pink • Purple • Shades of Blue. 00121249 ���������������������������������������������������������$6.99
New
ed. Wilhelm Ohmen Schott
Includes: Deux Mélodies, Op. 3 • Romanze in F Major, Op. 10, No. 5 • Impromptu in F Major, Op. 10, No. 16 • Suite, Op. 38 • Valse-Caprice in E-flat Major • and more. Advanced Level. 49018721 �����������������������������������������������������$19.99
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Robert Starer: Sketches in Color
Igor Stravinsky: The Stravinsky Piano Collection 14 Pieces
Boosey & Hawkes
vailable for the first time in one volume, this A collection features 14 piano pieces by Igor Stravinsky. It includes easier works for the intermediate pianist, and concert works for the seasoned performer. 48019387 �������������������������������������������������������$24.95
solo literature by composer Tan Dun: Eight Memories in WaterColor
Yann Tiersen: Piano Works 1994–2003 Ricordi
G. Schirmer, Inc.
This eight-movement suite was written by composer Tan Dun when he was a student in 1978-1979, about the time he left his home in Hunan to study at the conservatory in Beijing. He was homesick, and wrote this suite as a diary of his longing, while also being immersed in studying Western classical and modern music. Twenty years after its composition, pianist Lang Lang premiered the suite at the Kennedy Center in 2003, and he also played it at Carnegie Hall, in a performance recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. 50485502 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$10.95
Antonio Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), Op. 8, Nos.1-4 Transcribed for Piano
The Best of Alexandre Tansman in 31 Pieces for piano
Ricordi
Editions Max Eschig
Includes: 9 Mazurkas • 11 Intermezzi • ÉtudeScherzo • Berceuse • Tempo americano • Le Tour du monde en miniature • Album d’amis • and more. 50564999 .....................................................$22.95
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Vivaldi’s famous set of four violin concertos certainly ranks among the all-time top ten classical favorites. This Ricordi edition, especially designed for Englishspeaking markets, makes the music available to keyboard players, with new music engravings. Features include an introduction about the history of The Four Seasons and translations of the four “explanatory sonnets” written by the composer about the concertos. 50485114 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$14.95
BOOKS
Get to Know Classical Masterpieces
arranged by Hans-Günter Heumann Schott
With explanatory texts, the story of the ballet, and fully colored illustrations, this edition of Swan Lake is suitable for young and adult pianists alike. The easyto-play arrangements and original pieces provide an ideal introduction to the music of Tchaikovsky. 49018249 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$12.95
Mikis Theodorakis: Songs for Piano – Volume 1
23 piano works from the French musician and composer Yann Tiersen (b. 1970). 50490446 �����������������������������������������������������$36.95
New
40 Selected Pieces
arr. Tatiana Papageorgiou Schott
Selection of music by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925) arranged for piano, including song cycles, ballets, film music, and more. Intermediate Level. 49018448 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$24.99
Beethoven’s Piano Music
New
A Listener’s Guide
by Victor Lederer
Unlocking the Masters Series Amadeus Press
Beethoven’s works for solo piano – the sonatas, variations, and bagatelles – and the five concertos for piano and orchestra stand at the heart of the repertory. Beethoven’s Piano Music includes a movement-bymovement analysis of the 32 sonatas. Lederer also takes the reader through the most significant of the variations, as well as the bagatelles and piano concertos. Includes CD of performances by pianist Jenö Jandó. 00333060 Book/CD Pack ����������������������������������������������������������������$22.99
The Perfect Wrong Note
Learning to Trust Your Musical Self by William Westney Amadeus Press
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In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. He offers healthy alternatives for lifelong learning and suggests significant change in the way music is taught. For example, playing a wrong note can be constructive, useful, even enlightening. Practicing, in Westney’s view, is a lively, honest, adventurous, and spiritually rewarding enterprise, and it can (and should) meet with daily success, which empowers us to grow even more. Teachers, professionals, and students of any instrument will benefit from this unique guide, which brings artistic vitality, freedom, and confidence within everyone’s reach. 00331733 ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������$19.99
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