Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee: Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 31: Piano: Instrumental Album

This is the second volume of Modern Piano miniatures by American-Armenian composer Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee and is intended for Intermediate to early Advanced pianists. The natural musicality present in this tremendous collection of studies demands the same kind of careful attention that we expect from the standard canon of repertoire. These teaching pieces follow in the modern tradition of pedagogical works by Bartók Kabalevsky and others; they are written to challenge a student's mind fingers imagination and soul. The style is varied allowing students to tackle a broad range of study and practice such as Perfect fourths Staccato and Seconds. Contents include:Floating In Space Here and There Harlequin Waltz Popcorn Toccatina and more! Arranged in order of difficulty it is a practical volume that offers students interesting and absorbing study material. The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Editions Series focuses on the best contemporary music for the keyboard form the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These collected works have all been chosen for their strong musical voices and their artistic and pedagogical merits.

This engaging and accessible contemporary sonata has a broad emotional range and is full of intensity. Each of its four movements makes a strong statement with relatively few notes. ?I have used the 12-tone language in my own unique way.? Rahbee. The fourth movement ?Toccata ? is often performed as a solo; the arm clusters are often a special subject of conversation among pianists and audiences.

Selected from the 2023 and 2024 syllabus. This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 7 Piano syllabus for 2023 and 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams.

The Phantasie Variations Op. 12 were commissioned by Phyllis Alpert Lehrer for her Merkin Hall Debut Concert near Lincoln Center in 1980. The piece uses two 12-tone rows opening with the first row in retrograde as if regressing back into a subconscious dream state. The rows go through many transformations stylistically in a variety of expressive modes. At the end the row reappears in its natural state reverting back to conscious reality.