Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata No.1: Piano: Instrumental Work

Martinu's First Sonata for flute and piano suitable for advanced flautists. Includes score and part.

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. Sonatine for Trumpet and Piano was composed in 1957 and is adaptable to both the B flat and C Trumpet. Martinu himself was a violinist but he liked to experiment and the mid-1950s saw him move to Nice in France where he began writing Sonatas for wind and brass. Sonatine for Trumpet exemplifies the composer's influence of Stravinsky Debussy and jazz music. The piece is excitingly virtuosic in its use of flutter tonguing complex rhythms chromaticism and ensemble between the Trumpet and Piano. As a varied substantial work for the Trumpet repertoire Martinu's Sonatine is essential to the advanced trumpeter.

This book contains twelve pieces from ABRSM's Grade 8 Piano syllabus for 2019 and 2020 three pieces chosen from each of Lists A and B and six pieces from List C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer and attractive and varied range of styles creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suite every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. Recordings of all 32 pieces on the grade 8 syllabus are available. These can be purchased as part of the Piano Exam Pieces with CD package. Those preparing for exams will also require the ABRSM Piano Grade 8 Scales and Arpeggios  book and may be interested in Specimen Sight-Reading Tests and Specimen Aural Tests to help with these practical tests in the exam. Piano Teachers will find ABRSM Teaching Notes a helpful resource with advice and ideas from ABRSM Examiners and experienced teachers covering repertoire from the whole syllabus.

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett.