The second installment of this exceptional piano literature series continues to strengthen a student’s ability to find and project melody. The music represents a variety of keys tempi meters and style. Includes technical exercises for melodic expression descriptive summaries for each piece and composer biographies. Contents include: Fantasia in G major Wq. 117:8 (C.P.E. Bach); Concerto in D Minor BWV 974 2nd mvt (J.S. Bach); Gavotte from French Suite #5 (J.S. Bach); Buciumeana from Romanian Dances No. 4 (Bartok); Bagatelle in F Major Op. 33 No. 3 (Beethoven); Sonata in C# Major Op. 27 No. 2 1st mvt (Beethoven); Dream (Bloch); Waltz in G# Minor Op. 39 No. 3(Brahms); Mazurka in G Minor Op. 67 No. 2 (Chopin); Prelude in C Minor Op. 28 No. 20 (Chopin); Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy); The Little Shepherd (Debussy); Sonatina in C Major Op. 151 No. 4 1st mvt (Diabelli); Epilago (Granados); Arietta (Grieg); Etude in E Major Op. 47 No. 16 (Heller); Piano Piece Op. 11 No. 7 (Kodaly); Sung Outside the Prince's Door Op. 4 No. 1 (MacDowell); Venetian Boat Song Op. 30 No. 6 (Mendelssohn); Fantasia in D Minor K. 397 (Mozart); Siciliana (Muffat); Sonata No. 6 in C Minor 3rd mvt (Pescetti); Visions Fugitives Op. 22 No. 16 (Prokofiev); A Ground in Gamut Z. 645 (Purcell); Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 Theme (Rachmaninoff); Romance Op. 15 No. 2 (Rimsky-Korsakov); Sonata in E Major K. 380 L. 23 (Scarlatti); Album Leaf in C Major (Wagner).

This collection features piano works by prominent G. Schirmer composers including: Adams Barber Cowell Dello Joio Harbison Kabalevsky Khachaturian Prokofiev Shostakovich Tan Dun and others. Includes previouslyunpublished first editions by John Corigliano and Gabriela Lena Frank. Suitable for advanced high school and college-level pianists.

Contains ten pieces for children with illustrations. Titles featured are: Lullaby The Joyous Party With Mother Elves Joyous March Melody Melody Pastorale Rainy Day Teasing and Dream.