Hungarian Master

SKU: AP.36-60710010

ISBN 9798888521663. UPC: 676737709938. English.

Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Béla Bartók (1881-1945) originally completed the cycle of 85 short piano pieces FOR CHILDREN in 1909. Each piece was based on a folk tune, with the first 42 being Hungarian, and the remaining 43 being Slovakian. Famed Hungarian violinist Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973) took six of the Hungarian folk tunes and transcribed them for violin and piano. As Bartók later removed and revised some of the songs in the collection, the following numbers included are the original numbers from the 1909 collection: No. 28 - Parlando, No. 18 - Andante con moto, No. 42 - Allegro vivace, No. 33 - Andante sostenuto, No. 6 - Allegro, No. 13 - Andante, No. 38 - Poco vivace. In addition to the original, more difficult violin part he transcribed originally, Szigeti also wrote a simplified version where only the first to fourth positions are used. Both violin versions are included in this edition.

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SKU: BT.EMBZ13591

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I saac Albéniz (1860-1909), the renowned pianist and composer, was one of the most significant Spanish masters of the second half of the 19th century. Following studies in Paris and Brussels he went on a world tour and earned great success as a pianist. From 1880 onwards he belonged to Ferenc Liszt's circle and improved his piano technique as a pupil of the Hungarian master. Besides his operas, orchestral works and songs he also composed a considerable number of piano works. One of his most popular cycles for the piano is the Op. 47 Suite espagnola (1886), the movements of which he named after Spanish towns and provinces. The composition is thus an enthusiastic tribute to hishomeland: a fascinating embodiment of Spanish folk music elaborated with Lisztian virtuosity.

SKU: HL.50512026

ISBN 9790080147504. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Slovak, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Maria Samarjay; Christina Diederich.

Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: +A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils; 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too.+ The piano pieces in the four volumes represent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil.

SKU: HL.50512025

ISBN 9790080147498. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Slovak, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Maria Samarjay; Christina Diederich.

Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: +A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils; 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too.+ The piano pieces in the four volumes represent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil.

SKU: HL.50512027

ISBN 9790080147535. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Romanian, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Marius Tabacu; Christina Diederich.

Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils: 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too. The piano pieces in the four volumesrepresent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil.

Agnes Lakos schreibt uber ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbandige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerubungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Marchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schonen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte fur seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schuler meisterhafte Charakterstucke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wahlten Vortragsstucke aus, mit deren Hilfe sich der Schuler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fuhlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstucke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke fur drei oder vier Hande konnen mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschulern gemeinsam gespielt werden.

SKU: HL.50512028

ISBN 9790080147542. K/4 (23,5x31) inches. Romanian, Hungarian. Gyorgy Orban; Marius Tabacu; Christina Diederich.

Agnes Lakos writes the following about her four-volume piano tutor, enlivened with cheerful illustrations by Christina Diederich: +A friendly piano tutor, without dry finger exercises, full of little masterpieces and colourful as a picture book! Piano playing can only be learnt with attractive, good quality works from the very beginning. J. S. Bach composed masterful character pieces for his children and his many pupils; 18th-century piano tutors contained a selection of performance pieces, so that from their first encounter with the piano, learners could feel that they were performers. This is precisely what we are aiming at too.+ The piano pieces in the four volumes represent every stylistic period of music history. The numerous works for three or four hands can be performed together with the teacher or with another pupil.

SKU: HL.49019327

ISBN 9783795747558. UPC: 841886018204. 9.0x12.0x0.2 inches.

This volume contains everything needed for guitar lessons: 58 easy original guitar pieces by Aguado, Mertz, Diabelli, Carulli, Sor or Carcassi, but also easy-to-play arrangements of classical music from the fields of orchestral music, chamber music or opera. Among them are themes from Vivaldi's Four Seasons, from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks, Mozart's Magic Flute, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 or Verdi's Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves. It is this volume's concern to make classical masterpieces of concert literature accessible to children by means of such rather easy arrangements and make them enjoy classical music. All pieces are recorded on the accompanying CD to make it easier for the pupils to study and master the works.