24 Contemporary Pieces For Solo Piano: Piano: Instrumental Album

Terry Riley most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music draws influence from a vast number of sources including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn his influence on contemporarycomposers and music in general is enormous and with this collection of his Piano Works you can learn a selection of his fascinating hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for soloPiano. As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody music that instead of being listenedto immerses and envelops you. His early works such as 'In C' spearheaded this innovative idea beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works this collection of TerryRiley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano. Featuring an extensiveforeword by Terry Riley himself this is not just a collection of sheet music it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a geniuscomposer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works such as Keyboard Study No.1 and No.2 Be Kind ToOne Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence it's just great. Finally at the end of the book a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand. As

Volume 1 (Book 1)-This collection contains exciting contemporary pieces (solos and duets) by seven leading FJH composers that will open up a world of new sounds through bitonality chromaticism jazz harmonies mixed meters ostinato patterns whole tone scales aleatoric writing and unique pedal effects - all that are fun to play! This collection will give students the opportunity to use their imagination to create their own interpretations.

Featuring the most relaxing and soothing contemporary music this collection of sheet music for solo Piano contains 21 pieces that will make sure you Keep Calm And Play On.When the stresses of modernlife get too much why not while away the blues with The Blue Book a compendium of calming and relaxing contemporary solo Piano pieces to help you take some time out and keep calm? We’ve brought together 21pieces including well-known themes from film & TV. Pieces include the Theme From Downton Abbey the beautiful Nuvole Bianche by Einaudi and Metamorphosis Two by Philip Glass. Forthe complete list of songs included please see below.So for a great way to unwind choose your favourite piece from this collection or just learn something new and you're sure to be inspired by these wonderful Pianopieces - a perfect addition to your repertoire. This Keep Calm And Play On: The Blue Book is part of our Keep Calm series including other books for solo Piano as well as Piano Vocal and Guitararrangements: click here to view them.

Developing Artist Original Keyboard Classics-The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 is a collection of authentic Keyboard literature for the late-intermediate level pianist.This book contains carefully selected repertoire from the Baroque Classical Romantic and Contemporary periods. Historical text on the major periods of music history is presented at the beginning of the book. The Developing Artist: Piano Literature - Book 4 offers a wealth of pieces to enrich Piano or Keyboard students' repertoire with works spanning all periods and styles. The pieces presented in this fabulous book have been compiled and edited by Nancy and Randall Faber.

36 Original Piano Pieces Instrument : piano Nombre de Pages : 72 The music teacher and pianist Monika Twelsiek adds a new selection of piano works around the subject of Night and Dreams to the Piano Classics series. At any time, the night was a theme in literature, art and music. 'Night' and 'Dream' are emotional images which evoke vastly different emotions in different people. The night is a place of peace and security, of longing and love, of secrets, imagination and dreams. But night also means strangeness, loneliness, fear, danger and crime. The collection 'Night and Dreams' with works from the Romantic piano literature to new contemporary sounds tries to capture all of these nightly emotions. Apart from a plethora of folk-song-like lullabies, numerous fantastic dream pieces and descriptions of dangerous night scenes have been added to the collection. An alluring mixture of imagination and reality, for advanced piano pupils and lovers of piano music. Content : P. Zilcher: Lullaby, op. 93/4 - G. Nevada: A Little Dreamy - A. Gretchaninoff: Lullaby, op. 98 - C. Gurlitt: 4 Reverie, op. 210 - R. Volkmann: Night Song, op. 17 - R. Schumann: Lullaby, op. 124 - J. Senfter: Lullaby - F. Burgmüller: Lullaby, op. 109 - P. Tschaikowsky: Sweet Reverie, op. 39 - R. Fuchs: Lullaby, op. 32 - E. Satie: Lullaby - K.-H. Pick: Sleeping Beauty is Sleeping - H. Regner: Phantasmagoria - B. Heller: Evening Flower - G. Nevada: When Paris Dreams - J. Turina: The Village Sleeps - E. Pütz: Sleep Well Blues - J. Kember: Midnight Blue - G. Nevada: Starry Dome - E. Grieg: Lullaby, op. 38 - A. Gretchaninoff: Bed Time, op. 109 - Nightly Event, op. 115 - K. Slavicky: The Evil Dream - B. Martinu: The Cats' Procession in the Solstice Night - R. Schumann: Reverie, op. 15 - Child Falling Asleep, op. 20 - A. Rubinstein: The Night, op. 44/1 - L. He: Lullaby - E. Pütz: Night of Love - J. Field: Nocturne B major, op. 9/2 - Nocturne E major, op. 72/1 - E. Grieg: Notturno, op. 54 - C. Debussy: Reverie - W. Killmayer: Nocturne III - P. Hindemith: Fantastic Duet of Two Trees at the Window, op. 15