Grades 2-Whether a student or a great artist the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pieces came from the wish to give young students music which would develop their ear for both good intonation and beautiful tone production. All the pieces have a strongly implied harmonic structure allowing them to be played without accompaniment. The purpose of the accompanuments is therefore to enable the teacher to underline theharmony as well as to influence the student's tone production and intonation through his own sound as much can be taught by good example.Finally it is the author's belief that children enjoy the challenge of expressing different moods and emotions musically and it is hoped that the range of ideas implied by the keys and the titles of these pieces will fire their imagination.Contents:Almost Alone D MinorAlong the Sunny Path F MajorDance of the Gnomes D MinorEnglish Folk Song A MajorFisherman's Tale Bb MajorFull Moon F MajorHappy Song G MajorIntermezzo Bb MajorLana's Song A MinorLändler A MajorMountain Climb G MajorOff to School C MajorOverture G MajorQuick March ! A MajorRustic Dance D MajorSad Song G MinorSicilienne G MinorSicilienne Variation G MinorSpring Song C MajorSunshine and Flowers C MajorVirtuoso Variations G Major

3rd movement of the 'F.A.E.-Sonata' composed by R. Schumann A. Dietrich and J. Brahms-In October 1853 Robert Schumann invited Joseph Joachim to take part in a Concert at Dusseldorf. In order to celebrate the arrival of the famous young violinst his friends in Dusseldorf prepared a jocular surprise for him. They composed together a Sonata for Violin and Piano and Joachim has to guess the composer of each movement. Dietrich wrote the Allegro in A Minor Schumann the Intermezzo in F Brahms the Scherzo In C Minor (the work printed here) and Brahms completed the Sonata with the Finale in A Minor.