The Baroque Era Piano Album: Piano: Instrumental Album

Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics-The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 is a collection of authentic Keyboard literature for the late-intermediate level pianist.This book contains carefully selected repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary periods. Historical text on the major periods of music history is presented at the beginning of the book. The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 offers a wealth of pieces to enrich Piano or Keyboard students' repertoire with works spanning all periods and styles. The pieces presented in this fabulous book have been compiled and edited by Nancy and Randall Faber.

Essential Piano Repertoire provides piano students with carefully chosen collections of the very best keyboard literature from the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries. The appropriately graded levels ensure steadyand thorough progress as pianists advance in their study of the baroque classical and romantic styles.Compact Disc Recordings performed by pianist Diane Hidy are included in each volume of Essential PianoRepertoire. The interpretations follow the editions closely serving as practical examples for students.

Unlike many anthologies of Baroque keyboard music which include pieces that vary widely in merit this excellent volume comprises only the greatest works of the era. Intermediate and advanced pianists will find that these carefully chosen pieces offer a rewarding and satisfying reflection of the glories of the Baroque.

The Joy of Baroque is a tremendous collection with some of the richest most beautiful and enjoyable pieces from history. Here are forty-four easy to intermediate works by Bach Purcell Scarlatti and other 17th and 18th century composers all selected and edited by Denes Agay for Piano solo.

This great compilation contains 24 masterpieces by 10 composers in their original form and spans the Baroque to Romantic eras. All of the material is a must for any serious pianist and serves as a perfect follow-up for students who have studied the Sonatina Album .

35 Beautiful Pieces-Part of a new series of Piano music books edited by British concert Pianist Samantha Ward and designed primarily to be played at home simply for pleasure. Selected for their relaxing qualities the pieces in this volume range from well-known classics to delightful lesser-known gems. Featuring arrangements of pieces from the Baroque period the collection is of an easy/intermediate level so a competent amateur Pianist will have little difficulty in mastering the pieces.

Fugue No.1 from 36 Fugues for Piano (BA9541) The Czech composer Antonin Rejcha (also Anton Reicha 1770–1836) was famous as both an experimental composer and as a teacher and theorist. His “36 Fugues for Piano” testify to this experimentalism; they can be seen as a type of “Well-Tempered Piano of the new ages” basing the traditional Baroque fugue on radical new fundaments. The first edition of this unusual collection was produced in 1803 in Vienna by Reicha’s own publishing company “Au Magasin de l’Imprimerie chimique”. It included both a dedication poem to JosephHaydn and a comprehensive foreword in which Reicha identifies the characteristics of his compositional style. The second edition (Vienna 1805) included a short theoretical text “Ãœber das neue Fugensystem” (“On the new fugal system”) in the form of a polemic reacting to his critics one of whom was Beethoven. Six fugues are based on the themes of other composers (Haydn Bach Mozart Scarlatti Frescobaldi Handel). The musical text (BA9541) is a corrected reprint of the edition by Václav Jan Sýkora from 1973 which itself was based on the referred to edition from 1805 as well as on the later edition by Tobias Haslinger (Vienna c. 1828). Works historically important to the development of the fugue. New foreword by Roman Dykast (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Arranged to be playable by any combination of band instruments these duets cover a wide range of styles from the Baroque Period to the 20th Century. Difficulty ranges from grades II through IV providing a great deal of flexibility for the needs of young musicians. In addition to the mallet duet lines the percussion book provides an optional percussion line that can be used in place of or in addition to a duet line. Perfect for smaller ensembles with unusual instrumentation and for solo and ensemble festivals.

The Piano Solos series features original performance repertoire from fourteen different composers. These inviting compositions provide ample reinforcement of skills and concepts learned in the corresponding-level Piano Lessons books. The outstanding variety of musical styles makes every solo an important piece in its own right - exciting to both performer and listener. Fully orchestrated accompaniments for every piece are provided on the accompanying audio download including both a practice and a performance tempo for each piece.