Piano Mix is packed full of brilliant music that has been specially arranged for easy piano. It's a whirlwind of styles and genres from centuries gone by through to the present day. The repertoire reflects the type of music found in our Piano syllabuses. In Piano Mix 3 the pieces are mostly at Grade 3 standard, helping pianists progress to Grade 4 towards the end of the book. The series has been compiled and edited by David Blackwell with arrangements by Alan Bullard, Nikki Iles, Christopher Norton and Tim Richards to name a few. Every arrangement is enjoyable to play because it fits well under the pianist's hands while remaining faithful to the original work. Well-known music includes The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams and 'Consider yourself' from Oliver! There are also lots of unsung melodies to be discovered, like 'Clog Dance' from La fille mal gardee and a traditional Serbian folk tune Djurdjevka. From the orchestra to the opera and from folk to jazz, there's a world of music at your fingertips! Perfect for learners exploring repertoire for the own-choice piece in ABRSM's Performance Grade exams

This delightful collection of Preludes provides an excellent introduction to the music of the Baroque period. The album is grouped in three sets of six each: the first comes from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook, compiled by Johann Sebastian for his eldest son; the second, which has been preserved in copies made by his pupils, was probably composed by Johann Sebastian; and the third comes from the collection of Johann Peter Kellner, of which only Nos. 5 and 6 are known to be written by Johann Sebastian.

Daniel Gottlob Turk (1750-1813), who held the post of director of music at Halle University, was responsible for the most influential keyboard tutor of its day, the monumental Klavierschule. He also wrote these two books of practical pieces to accompany it. Progressing from the simplest two-part pieces to more complex works practising various aspects of technique, the albums provide excellent teaching material for the early grades.

This is the first book about the life of jazz pianist and composer Stan Tracey CBE (1926-2013). Drawn largely from his personal diaries and some of his many interviews, his son Clark Tracey pieces together what made the late Stan Tracey a unique character in jazz music. Stan's wit and wisdom also come shining through in abundance in this long overdue account of one of the UK's most important jazz musicians.In a career that spanned 70 years, Stan Tracey recalls his earliest memories in war torn London and his first experiences of hearing jazz. As a teenager, he joined ENSA and the RAF Gang Show and for the next three years played at more venues than many musicians do in a lifetime. Once demobbed, Stan befriends pianist Eddie Thomson, vibist and drummer Victor Feldman and clarinettist Vic Ash and begins his career in music. He toured with Kenny Baker's band and the Kirchin Band before joining the Ted Heath Orchestra, then began recording under his own name. He was asked by Ronnie Scott to be the house pianist at Scott's new club, where Stan's legendary status grew for the next six years.He accompanied giants of American jazz such as Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard and many others. During this period he wrote and recorded the seminal album Under Milk Wood, which to this day remains his best selling work. Stan left Ronnie's club following a drug addiction and in the 1970s found himself penniless. His wife Jackie employed her skill in the music business as an A&R from previous years and began presenting concerts to keep Stan afloat, as he formed new musical friendships in the free/improvised idiom at that time, such as Mike Osborne and Keith Tippett. Commissions for suites emerged and Stan's writing skills found an outlet again through the formation of his various groups that were to last for nearly 30 years. Stan's achievements and awards are ample and in many cases unique. Recipient of an OBE and a CBE, Stan also received several lifetime achievement awards and in his last year became the first recipient of the Ivor Novello Jazz Award.

Zum 350-jahrigen Geburtsjubilaum von F. W. Zachow erscheint erstmals in Buchform diese innovative, provokative und auch uberraschende Forschungsarbeit. Zachow war Handels Lehrmeister. Die Arbeit erschliesst die Handschriften der Vokalwerke Zachows mit historisch-quellenkundlicher Methodik und stellt erstmals ein Quellenverzeichnis zusammen. Sie untersucht die gattungs- und stilbildenden Aspekte seiner Kompositionen und seine musik-historische Sonderbedeutung. Ausserdem eroertert sie die Bewerbung von J. S. Bach 1713 in Halle und seine Teilnahme am Orgelneubau, Bachs ideale, recht schoene und recht grosse Orgel. Diese Arbeit wendet sich an Kirchenmusiker, Chorleiter, Organisten und Sanger und alle, die die musica sacra des Halleschen Spatbarockkomponisten F. W. Zachow wiederentdecken moechten.

Ultimate Piano Solos presents over 50 best-selling piano solos collected together for the first time in one book. Suitable for the intermediate piano player, it includes must-have Classical pieces such as Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Satie's Gymnopedie No.1 and Faure's Pavane, alongside modern classics from La La Land, Twilight and Final Fantasy soundtracks and songs arranged for piano from the likes of The Piano Guys, Ed Sheeran, Joni Mitchell, Birdy and Louis Armstrong.

Winner of the 2012 Ogasapian Book Prize from the The Organ Historical Society The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any other mode of solo performance. In this book, David Yearsley presents a new interpretation of the significance of the oldest and richest of European instruments, by investigating the German origins of the uniquely independent use of the feet in organ playing. Delving into a range of musical, literary and visual sources, Bach's Feet demonstrates the cultural importance of this physically demanding mode of music-making, from the blind German organists of the fifteenth century, through the central contribution of Bach's music and legacy, to the newly-pedaling organists of the British Empire and the sinister visions of Nazi propagandists.

All 21 sets of Beethoven's variations, including the Diabelli Variations, Op. 120, Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, the Eroica Variations, Op. 35, plus variations on themes by Dressler, Salieri, Sussmayr, Righini, other composers. Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition.

"In "Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music,""" Shim has provided a comprehensive biographical and analytical account of one of jazz's most important and most frequently misunderstood figures. Her insights into Tristano's personality are well nuanced, and the focus on his teaching makes a unique contribution to the history of jazz. This vividly written study is likely to become a standard work."
--Brian Priestley, author of "Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker" and coauthor of "The Rough Guide to Jazz" "Eunmi Shim's book is clearly a labor of love. Her thorough examination of Tristano's teaching is particularly important, for no one previously has assembled the thoughts of so many former students. Her illuminating transcriptions of, and commentaries on, Tristano's solos are also valuable. "Lennie Tristano" is an important contribution to the literature on jazz."--Thomas Owens, author of "Bebop: The Music and Its Players" "Comprehensive, objective, and acute in its judgments, this is the biography of Lennie Tristano we have been waiting for."--Larry Kart, author of "Jazz in Search of Itself" Lennie Tristano occupies a rare position not only in jazz history but in the history of twentieth-century music. Emerging from an era when modernism was the guiding principle in art, Tristano explored musical avenues that were avant-garde even by modernism's experimental standards. In so doing, he tested and transcended the boundaries of jazz. In 1949, years before musicians such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor took credit for the movement, Tristano made the first recordings of "free jazz," a new kind of group improvisation based on spontaneous interaction among band memberswithout any regard for predetermined form, harmony, or rhythm. Then, in the 1950s, Tristano broke new ground by his use of multitracking. Tristano was also a pioneer in the teaching of jazz, devoting the latter part of his career almost exclusively to music instruction. He founded a jazz school--the first of its kind--among whose students were saxophonists Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz, and pianist Sal Mosca. With its blend of oral history, archival research, and musical analysis, "Lennie Tristano" sheds new light on the important role Tristano played in the jazz world and introduces this often-overlooked musician to a new generation of jazz aficionados. Eunmi Shim received her Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is now Assistant Professor of Music at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This is her first book.

(Beginning Piano Solo Play-Along). The Beginning Piano Solo Play-Along series is designed for pianists ready to play their first solo. Each volume comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations, and is carefully arranged for beginning pianists. There are two tracks: a full performance track for listening and practice, plus a separate backing track that lets you be the soloist The CD is playable on any CD player, and is also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch. This volume features 8 Disney classics: Can You Feel the Love Tonight * If I Never Knew You (Love Theme from Pocahontas ) * Mickey Mouse March * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * When She Loved Me * A Whole New World * You Can Fly You Can Fly You Can Fly * Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). A collection of rock and roll classics from the '50s and '60s. The selections offer fun and excitement at the lessons, while still providing practice in the basics. Includes: Rock Around the Clock * Surfer Girl * Rockin' Robin * The Green Mosquito * Cool Strut * Come Go With Me * The Purple People Eater * Walk Right In * Peanut Butter * Blue Suede Shoes.

This deluxe collection features arrangements of all ten Vince Guaraldi arrangements from this annually anticipated holiday classic: Christmas Is Coming * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Christmas Time Is Here * Fur Elise * Hark, The Herald Angels Sing * Linus and Lucy * My Little Drum * O Tannenbaum * Skating * What Child Is This. It also includes a stunning color section featuring Peanuts(TM) illustrations!

(Piano Solo Songbook). 20 selections, including: Basin Street Blues * Blueberry Hill * Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans * Jambalaya (On the Bayou) * King Porter Stomp * New Orleans Blues * On the Sunny Side of the Street * Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) * Tipitina * and more.