Terry Riley: The Piano Works

Terry Riley most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music draws influence from a vast number of sources including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn his influence on contemporarycomposers and music in general is enormous and with this collection of his Piano Works you can learn a selection of his fascinating hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for soloPiano. As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody music that instead of being listenedto immerses and envelops you. His early works such as 'In C' spearheaded this innovative idea beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works this collection of TerryRiley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano. Featuring an extensiveforeword by Terry Riley himself this is not just a collection of sheet music it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a geniuscomposer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works such as Keyboard Study No.1 and No.2 Be Kind ToOne Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence it's just great. Finally at the end of the book a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand. As

Featuring works from 19 of the world's leading composers Easy Contemporary Pieces reflects the tremendous variety of styles prevalent in contemporary music. These enjoyable pieces have been selected to beaccessible to both the performer and the listener. The 29 contemporary works in this collection have been carefully selected for beginner and intermediate pianists. Many of the featured composers are known for theirchallenging works. However the difficulty level of the pieces in this book has been carefully considered to provide the best playing experience for pianists at an intermediate level or under. Several of the works have beencommissioned with this in mind appearing here for the very first time in print. Easy Contemporary Pieces contains Shard Two Years and Tiger Moth by Neil Cowley Familiar by NilsFrahm Fragments and Brooklyn by Hauschka Simone's Lullaby by Terry Riley Chatterbox Waltz and The Exchange by Michael Nyman Slumber Song by Morton Gould and more.