Par HAHN. Le Ruban Dénoué is one of the most important pieces by Reynaldo Hahn...(+)
Par HAHN. Le Ruban Dénoué is one of the most important pieces by Reynaldo Hahn. This set of twelve waltzes for 2 pianos was conceived as entertainment for Hahn's friends and has a strong melodic aspect. It is one of the greatest pieces of work composed by Hahn in terms of harmony and, written at the end of his Piano writing period - it is a good transition toward his second period that is more focused on comedies and operas./ Répertoire / Piano
Par POULENC FRANCIS. Born in Paris in 1899, Francis Poulenc soon became a notabl...(+)
Par POULENC FRANCIS. Born in Paris in 1899, Francis Poulenc soon became a notable composer and pianist. His Trois Pièces for Piano were composed in 1928, towards the beginning of his career and paved the way for exceptional Piano works from the composer. Poulenc, as a member of Les Six, composed music in a style contrary to that of Richard Wagner and impressionists Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Trois Pièces for Piano is made up of three movements, 1. Pastorale, 2. Hymne and 3. Toccata, all of which exploit the Piano to its full potential. Being an imaginative and evocative composition, TroisPièces for Piano is a pleasure to play for all pianists./ Répertoire / Piano
et autres inédits pour piano. Par HAHN REYNALDO. Having been considered as a 'f...(+)
et autres inédits pour piano. Par HAHN REYNALDO. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's Piano Works remain unknown. Pièces D'Amour Et Autres Inedits Pour Piano, however, shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was a magical art and his Pianocompositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Suitable for intermediate standard pianists, Hahn 's Pièces D'Amour Et Autres Inedits Pour Piano provide pleasant and evocative short pieces, incorporating a range of expressions, rhythms and other musical features./ Répertoire / Piano
Born in Paris in 1899 Francis Poulenc soon became a notable composer and pianis...(+)
Born in Paris in 1899 Francis Poulenc soon became a notable composer and pianist. His Trois Pièces for Piano were composed in 1928 towards the beginning of his career and paved the way for exceptional Piano works from the composer. Poulenc as a member of Les Six composed music in a style contrary to that of Richard Wagner and impressionists Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Trois Pièces for Piano is made up of three movements 1. Pastorale 2. Hymne and 3. Toccata all of which exploit the Piano to its full potential. Being an imaginative and evocative composition TroisPièces for Piano is a pleasure to play for all pianists.
Par BOULEZ PIERRE. Composed by Pierre Boulez, 2nd Sonata For Piano is a piece fo...(+)
Par BOULEZ PIERRE. Composed by Pierre Boulez, 2nd Sonata For Piano is a piece for Piano in four distinct movements. Really modern and dissonant, this piece, played in its totality, lasts approximatively 32 minutes. - 1st movement: Really fast & 7'30 - 2nd movement: Slow & 11' - 3rd movement: Moderate speed & 2'30 - 4th movement: Rapid & 11' This piece is difficult and requires a good music theory knowledge and a strong / professional practice of Piano. Really atonal, it includes numerous accidental notes, trills, and many changes in nuances at a rapid tempofor most of the piece. Pierre Boulez was a French composer who believed in the progress of music and who wrote many modern pieces. He studied with Olivier Messiaen, but developed a very different, distinctive style./ Répertoire / Piano
Recueil Piano. Par POULENC FRANCIS. Nocturnes is a set of 8 pieces for piano by ...(+)
Recueil Piano. Par POULENC FRANCIS. Nocturnes is a set of 8 pieces for piano by Francis Poulenc. Composed between 1929 and 1938 for intermediate players, this set was composed as a cycle and represents night scenes of different events. They can be differentiated from most of the other nocturnes as they are not romantic tone-poems. Nocturnes 's eight pieces are: - 1st Nocturne (C Major) - 2nd Nocturne & Young girl's ball / Bal de jeunes filles (A Major) - 3rd Nocturne & Maines' bells / Les Cloches de Maines (F Major) - 4th Nocturne & Ghost's Ball / Bal fantome (C minor) - 5th Nocturne& Moths / Phalenes (B minor) - 6th Nocturne (G major) - 7th Nocturne (Cb major) - 8th Nocturne (For Coda) Francis Poulenc is French compositor and pianist. He also produced Piano and Chamber pieces, Operas ('Dialogues des Carmelites'), ballets ('Les Biches') as well as some Orchestra works. / Répertoire d'Examen / Répertoire / Piano
Par LACK THEODORE. Miss Didi\'\'s studies, Op. 85 is the first volume of a serie...(+)
Par LACK THEODORE. Miss Didi\'\'s studies, Op. 85 is the first volume of a series of two by Theodore Lack. Containing 20 studies for beginner or upper-beginner pianists, the rhythms used are easy and the tempo quite slow. Keys are maximum of 1 flat or 1 sharp. These 20 first studies of one page each are named: 1. Prelude, 2. Chanson du voyageur, 3. Berceuse, 4. N/A, 5. Valse, 6. N/A, 7. Alsacienne, 8. Le Rouet, 9. Tyrolienne, 10. Musette, 11. N/A, 12. Lied, 13. N/A, 14. Improvisation, 15. N/A, 16. Tarentelle, 17. Rondino, 18. N/A, 19. Romance and 20. Guigue. This first volume is followed by a second oneand can be studied alongside the two volumes of exercises called Miss Didi\'\'s Exercises, Op. 85 for a more complete method. Theodore Lack (1846-1921) was a French pianist and composer who also composed a \'\'Piano Method for Four-hand Piano, Op. 269\'\'./ Etude / Piano
Kabalevsky (1904-1987) believed that no piece of music however short and modest...(+)
Kabalevsky (1904-1987) believed that no piece of music however short and modest should pass by a child without touching his mind and heart. His last set of piano pieces for students was composed between 1972 and 1974 when the composer was in his late sixties. These were also his last compositions for piano. In Kabalevsky's output 35 Easy Pieces for Children most closely resembles 24 Pieces for Children Op. 39 which was composed thirty years earlier. These are exquisite miniatures by a master composer conceived to teach technical as well as musical progress. Schirmer Performance Editions are designed for piano students and their teachers as well as for professional pianists.These editions offer insightful interpretive suggestions pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary. Prepared by experienced artists and master teachers these publications provide an accurate well-informed score resource for pianists.
Recueil Piano-Nocturnes is a set of 8 pieces for piano by Francis Poulenc. Compo...(+)
Recueil Piano-Nocturnes is a set of 8 pieces for piano by Francis Poulenc. Composed between 1929 and 1938 for intermediate players this set was composed as a cycle and represents night scenes of different events. They can be differentiated from most of the other nocturnes as they are not romantic tone-poems. Nocturnes’s eight pieces are:- 1st Nocturne (C Major)- 2nd Nocturne – Young girl's ball / Bal de jeunes filles (A Major) - 3rd Nocturne – Maines’ bells / Les Cloches de Maines (F Major) - 4th Nocturne – Ghost’s Ball / Bal fantome (C minor) - 5th Nocturne–Moths / Phalenes (B minor) - 6th Nocturne (G major) - 7th Nocturne (Cb major) - 8th Nocturne (For Coda) Francis Poulenc is French compositor and pianist. He also produced Piano and Chamber pieces Operas ('Dialogues des Carmélites') ballets ('Les Biches') as well as some Orchestra works.
Par MOMPOU FEDERICO. Composed by Federico Mompou, Preludes Pour Piano is a set o...(+)
Par MOMPOU FEDERICO. Composed by Federico Mompou, Preludes Pour Piano is a set of four pieces with two hands for upper intermediate players. It covers the Preludes n° 1 to 4 written in 1928. Each of these preludes is written on one to four pages and can be played separately. The first one is short, to be played like a romance, with chords only. The second one lasts longer and features distinctive parts, starting with an energetic section followed by a sudden musical burst, the rest of it being slower until the animated close. The third prelude is quite slow and very expressive while the last piece of this book is quite short and simple. Federico Mompou was a Spanish pianist and composer. He composed numerous pieces for Piano and some songs./ Répertoire / Piano
Par HAHN. Composed by Reynaldo Hahn, Sonatine En Ut Majeur (1907) is a piece for...(+)
Par HAHN. Composed by Reynaldo Hahn, Sonatine En Ut Majeur (1907) is a piece for Piano for intermediate players. This really melodious piece is divided in three main movements.
1. Allegro Moderato in C
The main theme starts the piece with an accent on the tonic arpeggio. Counterpoint principle is also used thanks to a canon in two measures.
2. Andantino Rubato in G
Written in the form ABA, this movement is then continued by four variations of the theme.
3. Final in G
The piece ends on a coda with harmonious arpeggios, played after a ternary dance.
Reynaldo Hahn was a naturalised French composer, conductor, theatre director and singer. Best known as a composer of songs, he also wrote many pieces and melodies for different instruments./ Répertoire / Piano
Composed by Federico Mompou Préludes Pour Piano is a set of four pieces with...(+)
Composed by Federico Mompou Préludes Pour Piano is a set of four pieces with two hands for upper intermediate players. It covers the Preludes n°1 to 4 written in 1928. Each of these preludes is written on one to four pages and can be played separately. The first one is short to be played like a romance with chords only. The second one lasts longer and features distinctive parts starting with an energetic section followed by a sudden musical burst the rest of it being slower until the animated close. The third prelude is quite slow and very expressive while the last piece of this book is quite short and simple. Federico Mompou was a Spanish pianist and composer. He composed numerous pieces for Piano and some songs.
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was an energetic French composer who is known for bo...(+)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was an energetic French composer who is known for both his light-hearted instrumental works and his more serious sacred and choral music. Pastourelle was a dance written as one of ten movements for the children’s ballet L'Eventail De Jeanne (Jean’s Fan) in 1927. Each dance was composed by a different French composer. Only the first movement by Ravel who also gave the first performance of the Ballet on the Piano and Poulenc’s eighth movement have endured. An orchestral version was composed at the same time but the original version for Piano is published here.
Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his...(+)
Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Portraits De Peintres for Piano however, is one of many compositions that shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was amagical art and his compositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Portraits De Peintres is made up of four movements based on the poems of Marcel Proust, depicting four different artists. Hahn 's Portraits De Peintres contains a variety of different features, making for a pleasant and evocative work for intermediate pianists./ Répertoire / Piano
Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his...(+)
Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Premières Valses for Piano, however, shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was a magical art and hiscompositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. With each of the ten waltzes in Premières Valses containing a variety of different features, Hahn 's compilation provides pleasant and evocative pieces for intermediate pianists./ Répertoire / Piano
Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was ...(+)
Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, the Ballet, Le Train Bleu, being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Le Train Bleu. Composed in 1924, Le Train Bleu is a Ballet based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau, and composed for the Ballets Russes. The title is taken from a night train called The Blue Train, which transported wealth passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. In hisreduction for Piano, Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals, harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud 's Le Train Bleu is essential to all advanced pianists seeking modern and exciting repertoire./ Répertoire / Piano
Par HAHN REYNALDO. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' compos...(+)
Par HAHN REYNALDO. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Melodie, however his other works have never gone amiss. His Le Rossignol Eperdu Poèmes for Piano represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education from Decombes, Lavignac, Dubois and Massenet before becoming a prolific and versatile composer himself, writing works for all genres. For Hahn, music was a magical art and his instrumental compositions often contain expressions of his otherwise hidden emotions and moods. Suitable advanced pianists, the first volume of Hahn 's Le Rossignol Eperdu Poèmes provides pleasant and evocative performance pieces, incorporating a range of expressions, rhythms and other musical features./ Répertoire / Piano