Frédéric Chopin: Play Easy Chopin: Piano: Instrumental Work

SKU: BT.EMBZ13348

English-German-Hungari an.

Each book in series presents a composer trough a selection of brief pieces. The first volumes help the young pianist to become acquainted with the music of Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, J. S. Bach and Weber. Most of the works are dance movements, although some sonatinas or sonatas have also been included. All the books contain a variety of compositions easy to play but of undoubted musical value. The selection is the work of four well-known music pedagogues, Magda Csurka, Gábor Kováts, András Héra and József Sármai.

SKU: BT.DHP-1104783-400

ISBN 9789043134125. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

Die Qualität vereinfachter Bearbeitungen leidet“ oft daran, dass Rhythmen und Tonarten verändert und Gegenstimmen sowie Harmonien weggelassen werden. Diese Arrangements von Ad Wammes zeigen, dass es auch anders geht: Unter Erhalt von Harmonie, Tonart und Rhythmik wurden die Originale von Chopin so vereinfacht, dass sie nun schlanker klingen, aber noch immer kleine Meisterwerke sind, wie die ausgezeichneten Demoaufnahmen auf der CD beweisen.

Les arrangements de Ad Wammes réunis dans ce recueil prouvent qu’il est tout fait possible de simplifier des pièces sans pour autant nuire la qualité des oeuvres originales. Il a su maintenir les harmoniques, la tonalité et le rythme de chacune d’entre elles afin que vous puissiez les interpréter comme des chefs d’oeuvres de la musique classique. Sur le compact disc joint sont enregistrées les versions démo de chaque morceau.

Gli arrangiamenti di Ad Wammes dimostrano che è possibile semplificare alcune parti, senza sacrificare la qualit di opere originali. Mantenendo le armonie, le tonalit ed il ritmo di ciascun brano, si possono quindi interpretare con più facilit queste trascrizioni fedeli capolavori della musica classica. Nel CD allegato sono registrate le versioni demo di ogni brano.

SKU: HL.49045373

ISBN 9783795709815. UPC: 841886027510. 9.0x12.0x0.183 inches.

Chopin - this is passion, elegance and melancholy! And it is exactly what makes him well liked in piano lessons and while music-making at home. Chopin's music is technically quite demanding, but thanks to the suitable fingerings of the composer most technical figures are very comfortable in the hands and can be easily played by advanced pianists. The collection contains Chopin's easiest piano pieces in one volume which is perfect for piano lessons - but also for playing the piano at home.

SKU: HL.49044195

ISBN 9790001190879. UPC: 840126933604. 9.0x12.0x0.065 inches.

The melodies from George Gershwin's (1898-1937) musicals, from 'Porgy and Bess', from orchestral pieces like 'Rhapsody in Blue' or 'An American in Paris', we all know them! But the career of the young musician started as a pianist in a music publishing house where he was to encourage customers to buy music by playing it. Soon he began to compose music himself and caught the attention of the Broadway, which paved the way to his international career. Inspired by Frederic Chopin's 24 Preludes, he began to write his own 'Preludes' for the piano in the mid-1920s: Of the five preludes composed by him, he used two for the violin composition 'Short Story' and presented the other three at a concert on 4 December 1926. These 'Preludes' combine classical moments and jazz elements into an effective whole and can be played individually or as a little jazz sonata (fast - slow - fast). Thanks to the present arrangement, the charming miniatures are now available in a version for solo instrument and piano accompaniment.

SKU: TA.TSPB-44

In Mainstream Mallets, Jason Hammond-Wood has compiled over 20 short, 2-mallet solos with optional piano accompaniment to challenge more experienced middle school students while offering high school percussionists more performance opportunities.

All selections are familiar tunes, including classical favorites such as The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), and The Barber of Seville. Also included are nonclassical melodies like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Entertainer, and On Wisconsin (the university's fight song).

All pieces are playable on xylophone, vibraphone, or marimba, and two of the solos are adapted to be performed as duets! The optional piano accompaniment may be performed with a pianist, or by using the provided audio accompaniment tracks.

Mainstream Mallets includes these 24 pieces:

On Wisconsin | J.S. Hubbard and Charles D. Rosa | (Med-Easy, :35)
The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann | (Med-Easy, :51)
Bourree | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:51)
Infernal Galop | Jacques Offenbach | (Med-Easy, 1:06)
Sonatina | Muzio Clementi | (Medium, 1:07)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 | Johannes Brahms | (Medium, 1:47)
Pizzicati | Leo Delibes | (Med-Easy, 2:07)
Sleeping Beauty | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:33)
The Barber of Seville | Gioachino Rossini | (Medium, 1:22)
The Royal Fireworks | George Frideric Handel | (Medium, 1:19)
Anitra's Dance | Edvard Grieg | (Medium, 1:40)
The Entertainer | Scott Joplin | (Medium, 2:10)
Spring Season | Antonio Vivaldi | (Medium, 1:47)
The Stars and Stripes Forever | John Phillip Sousa | (Medium, 2:12)
Badinerie | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Advanced, :57)
The Chromatic Galop | Franz Liszt | (Medium, 1:19)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | (Med-Advanced, 1:43)
Trepak [Russian Dance] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Med-Advanced, 1:10)
Turkish March | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | (Med-Advanced, 1:52)
Csardas | Vittorio Monti | (Med-Advanced, 1:44)
Back Home Again | James F. Hanley | (Medium, 1:18)
Raindrop | Frederic Chopin | (Medium, 1:45)
Bourree [Duet Version] | Johann Sebastian Bach | (Med-Easy, 1:53)
Sleeping Beauty [Duet Version] | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | (Medium, 1:35)

Mainstream Mallets ships as a fully-bound book with a sleek cover design by Bob Beck of Montreal's Design Society. Also included are reference recordings of each solo, PDF parts for duets, PDF parts for the piano accompaniment, and audio tracks with piano only, so that players can perform with just the piano accompaniment.

SKU: HL.49044196

ISBN 9790001190886. UPC: 888680784737. 9.25x12.0x0.06 inches.

The melodies from George Gershwin's (1898-1937) musicals, from 'Porgy and Bess', from orchestral pieces like 'Rhapsody in Blue' or 'An American in Paris', we all know them! But the career of the young musician started as a pianist in a music publishing house where he was to encourage customers to buy music by playing it. Soon he began to compose music himself and caught the attention of the Broadway, which paved the way to his international career. Inspired by Frederic Chopin's 24 Preludes, he began to write his own 'Preludes' for the piano in the mid-1920s: Of the five preludes composed by him, he used two for the violin composition 'Short Story' and presented the other three at a concert on 4 December 1926. These 'Preludes' combine classical moments and jazz elements into an effective whole and can be played individually or as a little jazz sonata (fast - slow - fast). Thanks to the present arrangement, the charming miniatures are now available in a version for solo instrument and piano accompaniment.