In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called »Scottish Collegium Musician« a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for Harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly Violin or Oboe).- Urtext of the New Bach Edition- Full scores and performing material to the five concertos for Harpsichord and Strings BWV 1052-1056 (BA5224-BA5228) the concerto for Harpsichord two Recorders and Strings BWV 1057 (BA5229) as well as the concerto BWV 1058 (BA5230) also for Harpsichordand Strings based on the Violin concerto in A minor are available for sale.- Study score of the Complete Concertos for Keyboard format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP410)

Easier Piano Pieces 62-Eduard Schütt (1856-1933) was born and brought up in St Petersburg but spent most of his working life in Vienna. He composed a great many poetic and melodious miniatures for piano from which some of the most expressive and colourful have been selected for this album.?The music is charming expressive and pleasantly recreational in character.? Music Teacher

A selection of beautiful and inspiring movements from the world's greatest piano works. Some of the most beautiful piano music in the world is to be found in introspective slow movements nocturnes elegies and so on. Thiscollection brings together a selection of the most inspiring and romantic original music for piano from the great composers.Suitable for intermediate players (grades 4-6).

For the Beginning Pianist with Downloadable MP3s-Now even the often-challenging works of the last of Russia's Romantic composers are accessible to beginning pianists. Rachmaninoff's music can be daunting to those just starting out but these simple arrangements focus on the composer's melodies and style. The more abstract works are excerpted and presented in manageable samples and the keys are simplified. Suggested fingerings are also provided.The collection features easy-to-play versions of 'Vocalise'; Prelude in C-sharp Minor Op. 3 No. 2 ('Bells of Moscow'); the second movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 (Theme); Nocturne No. 1 in F-sharp Minor and Nocturne No. 3 in C Minor; Morceaux de Salon No. 3 Op. 10; Variations of a Theme of Corelli; and other selections.In addition to the piano arrangements the compilation includes a free MP3 download for every piece which will help students develop an ear for the melodies. The MP3s may be downloaded individually or collectively.

Arrangement For Piano-In 1786 Haydn was commissioned by the cathedral canon in Cádiz to write meditative music which was to be performed alternately with readings of Christ's last words on Good Friday. Already in the spring of 1787 the orchestralversion and an arrangement for string quartet (HN851 and HN9771) were published by Artaria in Vienna. Barely ten years later he also made an oratorio version which Henle has published as a study score (HN9830). Although Haydn didnot undertake the version for 'Clavicembalo o Forte Piano' (harpsichord or fortepiano) himself he received the proofs and praised the piano reduction as being 'very good and conceived with particular care'. In addition thisexpressive work is also extremely well-suited to being performed on the organ.

Easier Piano Pieces 18-This is a delightful collection of 18 short preludes composed by J.S. Bach and edited here for Piano by Hedwig McEwen and Kethleen Long.The preludes are here grouped in three sets of six each. The first group comes from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook compiled by J.S. Bach for the instruction of his eldest son. However Nos. 3

Brahms? popular 16 ?Waltzes? opus 39 composed in 1866 for four hands were transcribed by Brahms one year later for two hands. At the request of his publisher Brahms also wrote an easier version of the work for solo piano. Brahms himself described the first version as suitable for 'reasonable hands' that is for proficient players and the easier version as 'perhaps for prettier hands' that is for domestic music-making. He initially described the latter version to his publisher as a 'children?s edition'. The catchy and musically easily accessible pieces are among the composer?s most popular works and are particularly suitable for piano students and lovers of the Romanticrepertoire.Both versions of the ?Waltzes? op. 39 (BA 9602 BA 9603) are available in separate editions and form an important contribution to Bärenreiter?s series of Brahms?s works in scholarly-critical Urtext editions. Both editions include fingering a well-presented musical layout and optimum page-turns. The Urtext editions are complemented by explanations on performance practice used by Brahms an informative foreword on the genesis sources and significance of the works together with comments on the primary sources.A key work in the Romantic piano repertoireAll known sources and the latest research findings taken into accountWell-presented musical layout with optimum page-turnsIncludes fingeringSuggestions on performance practice and interpretation (Ger/Eng)Informative foreword (Ger/Eng) and critical commentary (Eng)The EditorChristian Köhn has been awarded several scholarships as well as winning major international music competitions in Germany.He has released 24 CDs to date including the first ever complete recording of the piano duo works of Johannes Brahms. Christian Köhn is a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Detmold.

Succeeding with the Masters-The Festival Collection is a series of eight books designed to give students and teachers a great variety of fabulous repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and 20th/21st Centuries. The series is carefully levelled from elementary through advanced repertoire. These pieces are true crowd pleasers and will showcase students' technical and musical abilities. Each level covers the gamut of your repertoire needs from works that showcase power and bravura to pieces that develop a students' sense of control and finesse. Having a wide selection of works with pedagogically-correct levelling will help make your repertoire selections easier and your students'performances more successful.Each book includes access to online recordings of all the corresponding works to guide students in their interpretation. The editing in the scores reflects these performances. While the performances are consistent with the editing in the books and vice versa they also demonstrate an appropriate degree of interpretive license. This will help to instil an appreciation for accurate performances while nurturing a sense for stylistically appropriate interpretive license.The Festival Collection is a companion to the Succeeding with the Masters series - a series which provides the student with practice strategies and valuable information about the musical characteristics of each era. The Festival Collection expands the repertoire selection with numerous additional top-drawer pedagogical works in a wide array of styles and with different musical and technical demands. There is no duplication of repertoire between these two series and all the pieces presented in both series are motivational and exciting for students to learn as well as for teachers to teach!

A collection of pieces from across the ages arranged specifically to provide the confident Piano student with an exciting variety of styles to master. The melodies in this book range from Handel to Sculthorpe and beyond with exercises in improvisation and writing your own pieces. Each piece is accompanied by guidance footnotes that will help you to understand the music and get the best from your performance.

A flat maj Wq. 49/2 B min Wq. 55/3 F maj Wq. 55/5 F min Wq. 57/6 C min Wq. 60-Five of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's best sonatas in one terrific volume edited and annotated by Howard Ferguson. Published within the â??Signature Series' a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works prepared from original sources by leading scholars including informative introductions and performance notes. These authoritative and satisfying volumes are all set for solo Keyboard instrument and are suitable for Piano Harpsichord or Keyboard solo.

Schirmer Performance Editions-A selection of 12 pieces from the most famous Keyboard notebook in the history of music presented here as part of the Hal Leonard Student Piano Library.The Anna Magdalena Notebook is a particularly intimate and unusual set of didactic pieces composed by J.S. Bach as practice material for his second wife. Such a notebook would have been commonplace in any musical household containing a large variety of music often transcribed by the students themselves and from which an initial repertoire would develop. By its very nature this set of pieces has become a vital source of information regarding Keyboard teaching in the Baroque era andespecially regarding the methods and thinking behind one of the world's greatest composers.This special selection suitable for any early intermediate Piano student has been edited by Christos Tsitsaros who performs all 12 pieces on the included online audio.

144 Pieces by 22 Composers-This convenient value-priced series includes four volumes containing some of the world's greatest Piano literature at four different levels of difficulty with selections by C.P.E. Bach J.S. Bach Bartók Beethoven Burgmüller Clementi Grieg Handel Heller Schumann Tchaikovsky and more.

Hal Leonard Piano Repertoire - 25 Essential Masterworks-Journey Through The Classics is a four-volume Piano repertoire series designed to lead students seamlessly from the easiest classics to the intermediate masterworks.The graded pieces are presented in a progressive order and feature a variety of classical favorites essential to any Piano student's educational foundation. The authentic repertoire is ideal for auditions and recitals and each book includes a handy reference chart with the key composer stylistic period and challenge elements listed for each piece. Quality and value make this series a perfect classical companion for any method.