Frédéric Chopin: The Easy Piano Collection Chopin Gold (CD Edition): Piano:

SKU: BR.EB-8031

ISBN 9790004174340. 9 x 12 inches.

This series of easy piano music for teaching purposes presents pupils in the lower and lower middle grades with a carefully chosen selection of well-known and lesserknown compositions by important masters. The volumes are deliberately kept small in extent, since it is more stimulating for children to change the teaching material frequently. When the aspiring pianist has dealt successfully with the works of Frederic Chopin for the first time, he will have left the elementary level of instruction behind. The following selection of easy pieces also requires security of technique and capability of musical expression in order to enable the florid sound of Chopin's piano music to unfold. As much as works like the Prelude in D flat major or the Walz in A minor may tempt one to premature endeavours, a study of Chopin's music should not be attempted too early. In the following five Preludes, the two Valses and the Nocturne in G minor (six Mazurkas have been published in a separate folio), the editor has made a selection of pieces, which can be mastered by the pupil (with the exception of opus 28/15 and opus 28/20), even if a limited facility and finger stretch is present. Because of the finger stretch required for some chords, a different distribution of the hands has been indicated or simplifications have been suggested. An introduction to the Tempo rubato, taking style into consideration, is a task lying within teacher's responsibility. Indications for pedal use were added by the editor. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Fall 1979.

SKU: BT.EMBZ13348

English-German-Hungarian.

Each book in series presents a composer trough a selection of brief pieces. The first volumes help the young pianist to become acquainted with the music of Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, J. S. Bach and Weber. Most of the works are dance movements, although some sonatinas or sonatas have also been included. All the books contain a variety of compositions easy to play but of undoubted musical value. The selection is the work of four well-known music pedagogues, Magda Csurka, Gábor Kováts, András Héra and József Sármai.

SKU: BT.DHP-1104783-400

ISBN 9789043134125. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Die Qualität vereinfachter Bearbeitungen leidet“ oft daran, dass Rhythmen und Tonarten verändert und Gegenstimmen sowie Harmonien weggelassen werden. Diese Arrangements von Ad Wammes zeigen, dass es auch anders geht: Unter Erhalt von Harmonie, Tonart und Rhythmik wurden die Originale von Chopin so vereinfacht, dass sie nun schlanker klingen, aber noch immer kleine Meisterwerke sind, wie die ausgezeichneten Demoaufnahmen auf der CD beweisen.

Les arrangements de Ad Wammes réunis dans ce recueil prouvent qu’il est tout fait possible de simplifier des pièces sans pour autant nuire la qualité des oeuvres originales. Il a su maintenir les harmoniques, la tonalité et le rythme de chacune d’entre elles afin que vous puissiez les interpréter comme des chefs d’oeuvres de la musique classique. Sur le compact disc joint sont enregistrées les versions démo de chaque morceau.

Gli arrangiamenti di Ad Wammes dimostrano che è possibile semplificare alcune parti, senza sacrificare la qualit di opere originali. Mantenendo le armonie, le tonalit ed il ritmo di ciascun brano, si possono quindi interpretare con più facilit queste trascrizioni fedeli capolavori della musica classica. Nel CD allegato sono registrate le versioni demo di ogni brano.