Grade 4 Lower-Sixteen studies selected by the ABRSM. Including works by Stephen Heller Henri Bertini and Carl Czerny.

Fifteen studies for the improvement of phrasing and agility from the ABRSM. Includes studies by Bertini Stephen Heller Felix Le Couppey and Carl Czerny.

Seventeen studies for dexterity and technique including works by Le Couppey Carl Czerny and Stephen Heller.

Rooted in European music history due to his acquaintance with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz and Schumann, Stephen Heller (1813-1888) is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic character piece. The Budapest-born pianist and piano teacher composed almost exclusively for his instrument. His overall oeuvre comprises more than 150 works, including sonatas, preludes, dances, variations, collections of studies, arrangements, numerous cycles and individual pieces. His rather simple, yet inventive and varied piano setting is typical of 19th-century moderately difficult, virtuoso salon music.In Melodic Studies Op. 45 Heller addresses various technical tasks in a melodious piano setting that is typical of him. Varied, charming idiomatic figurations appear in a harmonically simple and pleasing Romantic tonal language. The rather easy to moderately difficult studies are ideal for lessons and also suitable as performance pieces. Apart from character pieces, this collection also contains effective bravura studies.Contenu - Allegretto - Allegro vivace - Allegretto - Allegretto - Allegretto comodo - Allegretto con moto - Allegretto con moto - Allegretto - Andante quasi Allegretto - Moderato - Allegro - Con moto - Allegro scherzando - Poco maestoso - Poco maestoso - Andantino con tenerezza - Allegro vivace - Allegro - Allegretto grazioso - Allegro - Allegro vivace - Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto - Allegro veloce - Allegro con brio

Il est absolument sans raison que Stephen Heller vit dans l'ombre de leçons de vie et de piano de concert, même si le pianiste, né à Budapest en 1813 et mort à Paris en 1888, parmi les grands virtuoses de son temps et savait Chopin, Liszt et Berlioz. Nos éditions nouvellement gravées des deux ballades en si mineur et ré mineur vous invitent à une rencontre avec le travail par cette romantique dont le 200e anniversaire sera célébré par le monde musical en 2013. Les deux ballades d'un mouvement ne conviennent pas pour les concerts et les leçons de musique, démontrant sa capacité comme un maître de la forme de petit. / Piano

Per Pianoforte-Hellers Etudes Op. 45 first publisbed in 1844 were defined by the composer as « introductory to The Art of Phrasing ». Heller clearly states the problem of technique as one of sound quality rather than of mechanics and as a system of controllingno fewer than three tone colours at once. The edition is based on the first edition published and includes a preface with historical introduction.

The Horn of Plenty is a composition which allows to present the Horn in many styles. The opening has an heroic character and exudes an Spanish atmosphere. The next part is a playful and lighthearted Leggiero. The melody used in bar 38 has an oriental sound through melodic use of the harmonic scale. The Andante is a parody on a piano etude by the composer Stephen Heller a Frenchman of Hungarian descent. The piece ends with a relaxed swing area in which the Horn also in a different way can be heard.

The Horn of Plenty is a composition which allows to present the Horn in many styles. The opening has an heroic character and exudes an Spanish atmosphere. The next part is a playful and lighthearted Leggiero. The melody used in bar 38 has an oriental sound through melodic use of the harmonic scale. The Andante is a parody on a piano etude by the composer Stephen Heller a Frenchman of Hungarian descent. The piece ends with a relaxed swing area in which the Horn also in a different way can be heard.

The Horn of Plenty is a composition which allows to present the Horn in many styles. The opening has an heroic character and exudes an Spanish atmosphere. The next part is a playful and lighthearted Leggiero. The melody used in bar 38 has an oriental sound through melodic use of the harmonic scale. The Andante is a parody on a piano etude by the composer Stephen Heller a Frenchman of Hungarian descent. The piece ends with a relaxed swing area in which the Horn also in a different way can be heard.

A series of graded studies for the piano. Ideal as supplementary material for additional work between exams this books incorporates ideas from past masters such as Carl Czerny Louis Kohler and Stephen Heller.