Four Friendly Pieces

SKU: FP.FSC05

ISBN 9790570504169.

Cyri l Scott’s music is currently the subject of major revival, having lain largely ignored for much of the 20th Century. Once described as 'the father of modern British music' by Eugene Goossens, and admired by Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and his lifelong friend Percy Grainger, he composed four hundred works including: four Symphonies, three Operas, two Piano Concertos, four Oratorios, Concertos for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Harpsichord, several Overtures, Tone Poems, many Chamber works and innumerable songs.

There is a story that when Bernard Shaw commented to Elgar on the (then) daring harmonies of his Second Symphony Elgar replied 'You mustn’t forget, it was Cyril Scott started all that!'.

'a pioneer of British piano music, producing more piano works in the period 1903-1914 than any other British composer and any other international one, with the exception of Scriabin... (He) was a key figure before World War I in helping Britain to break away from musical conservatism and the prevailing Germanic influences.' (Lisa Hardy, The British Piano Sonata 1870-1945).

SKU: BT.MUSM570365913

English.

Sadie Harrison wrote these jazzy miniatures especially for Helen Burford as a thank you for her performance of ..around and a round.. in 2014. Helen is renowned for her innovative programmes which combine jazz classics with new commissions and works by little known contemporary composers and these pieces celebrate this joyful approach to repertoire. The pieces are titled: I - Pavillion Ferris Stride (Fats Waller) II - Just air and water (Bill Evans) III - Erroneous Monkish (Thelonius Monk) IV - Boogie Woogie Barcarolle (Albert Ammons) Duration: c. 6 minutes Four Jazz Portraits was premiered by Helen at the Brighton Fringe Festival on 10th May 2015 at the Friend s Meeting House,Brighton.

SKU: BA.BA08991

ISBN 9790006565665. 30 x 23 cm inches.

The nine pieces in this second volume of the “Viola Recital Album” augment those appearing in volume 2 of the viola tutor. There the pieces are integrated in ascending order of difficulty, whereas the additional pieces in the “Recital Album” can be handled more freely and inserted at any point for the sake of variety.

The volume contains such pieces as Carrie Williams Krogmann's “Rotkehlchens Nachtgesang” (“Robin's nocturne”) or Wilhelm Fitzenhagen's “Russisches Lied ohne Worte” (“Russian song without words”).

Eac h piece is accompanied by duo version in which the teacher or an advanced learner can play the second part. There is also a piano part that can be played by the teacher or parents.

All the pieces in the four “Viola Recital Albums” represent welcome additions to the already varied repertoire of Egon Sassmannhaus's viola tutor “Early Start on the Viola”.

Kurt Sassmannshaus is the editor of many string editions in the Bärenreiter catalogue. He continues in the tradition of “Early Start on String Instruments” founded by his father, Egon Sassmannshaus. The new editions mentioned here were developed by Kurt Sassmannshaus in conjunction with his wife Melissa Lusk and his son Christoph Sassmannshaus.

About Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus

Children playfully learn reliable technique at the earliest age. For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play using this publication.

Thi s tried and tested German method is now available in English! The best-selling method that gave generations of European musicians their foundation is now available in English, with content and songs newly adapted for today's English speaking children.

What makes this method so special?

• The child-friendly and age-appropriate text underlying the music enables children to perceive melodies as a whole and to understand their singable qualities.
• Songs and scales in different positions are easily explained and mastered within the first year. This is an important advantage over methods that confine children to the first position for many years.
• Note reading is emphasized from the first lesson - children are brought up to become proficient sight-readers and play in chamber music ensembles as early as possible.
• In contrast to other beginner methods, The Sassmannshaus Tradition progresses swiftly by introducing advanced techniques in rudimentary form, such as shifting and varied bow strokes.
• Ensemble playing is encouraged from the very beginning.
• The method is suitable for single instruction as well as for group and class lessons.
• The large print notes and text as well as many colorful illustrations are particularly child-friendly and very attractive to pre-school children and school children alike.
• The substantial volumes contain comprehensive material and carefully calibrated learning curves. They keep children curious and interested for many months and years.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14753

Hungarian.

Ág nes 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.

Ágnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit deren Hilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern gemeinsam gespielt werden.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14749

Hungarian.

Ág nes 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.

Ágnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit derenHilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern gemeinsam gespielt werden.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14755

Hungarian.

Ág nes 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.

Ágnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit derenHilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern gemeinsam gespielt werden.

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: BT.EMBZ14756

Hungarian.

Ág nes 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.

Ágnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit derenHilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern gemeinsam gespielt werden.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14750

Hungarian.

Ág nes 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.

Ágnes Lakos schreibt über ihre mit Christina Diederichs lustigen Bildern illustrierte vierbändige Klavierschule: Eine freundliche Klavierschule, ganz ohne trockene Fingerübungen, aber voll mit kleinen Meisterwerken, und sie ist bunt wie ein Märchenbuch! Das Klavierspiel kann man vom Anfang an nur an schönen und guten Werken erlernen. J. S. Bach komponierte für seine Kinder und zahlreiche Schüler meisterhafte Charakterstücke: Die Klavierschulen des 18. Jahrhunderts wählten Vortragsstücke aus, mit derenHilfe sich der Schüler vom ersten Kennenlernen an mit dem Klavier als Interpret fühlen konnte. Genau das ist auch unser Ziel. Die Klavierstücke der vier Hefte vertreten beinahealle Epochen der Musikgeschichte. Die zahlreichen Werke für drei oder vier Hände können mit dem Lehrenden oder den Mitschülern 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.50606821

ISBN 9798350114355. UPC: 196288188216.

Mikro kosmos is perhaps the 20th century's most influential set of piano pieces and one of the milestones in pedagogical piano repertoire. These 153 piano pieces, organized in ascending order of difficulty, engage not only with technical aspects of piano playing but also with the fundamentals of composition. In addition, they include character pieces and even pieces with programmatic ideas. The Microcosm of String Ensemble Music provides 148 transcriptions from this series for making music for various string ensembles and graded in four volumes according to level of difficulty. Volumes 1 to 3 also include one copy of each part in additionto the full score. For performances with orchestra, further printed parts can be ordered individually. The parts are also available. 1. Elementary (first position): for three violins and cello or children's string orchestra (50605347) 1. Intermediate: for three violins and cello or string quartet or junior string orchestra (50605348) 3. Advanced: for string quartet and quintet or string orchestra (50605349) 4. Advanced: for string orchestra (50605350) Following Bartók's example, Volume 1 includes preparatory exercises, designed for practicing the more challenging technical and musical tasks, in the appendix. At the end of the volume, there are also notes on some of the pieces. This publication is printed on high-quality, age-resistant paper that is produced in an environmentally-friendly, climate-neutral manner using renewable raw materials.