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New facsimile edition of a Classic Text of Music Education. Anne
Rodwell's book, subtitled 'A Mirror of Music for Infant Minds', is
presented in the form of conversations between mother and daughter,
a typical format for the period as the engravings portray. The idea
was to amuse as well as teach the child and reduce 'the fatigue of
imparting instruction'. All that is known about Rodwell is her
description of herself as 'Teacher of the Piano Forte'. Her book
succeeds in presenting us with a striking contemporary background
to private music teaching as it existed in fashionable London at a
time when the possession of a piano was a luxury. For other studies
of this kind see Kilner (1819) and Fitton (1855), CTME 30 and 33.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Treat your pre-reading students to an
adventurous first Christmas book Young players will be delighted
with familiar carols such as "O Christmas Tree" as well as new
favorites including "Rudolph's Little Brother" and "I Love My Candy
Cane " The My First Piano Adventure "friends" make snowmen, ride a
big sleigh, and enjoy candy canes together. First players will
benefit from the clean presentation of pre-reading notation and
festive teacher duets. The Christmas Music Calendar encourages
students to count down the days until Christmas Songs include: Away
in a Manger * Good King Wenceslas * I Love My Candy Cane * Jingle
Bells * Little Snowmen * Christmas Tree * Rudolph's Little Brother
* Up on the Housetop.
A comprehensive and immersive survey of thirty-five Beethoven piano
sonatas "Beethoven piano sonatas accompany every pianist, amateur
or professional for his or her entire life and constitute one of
the most miraculous constants of the human civilization. To help us
around the exciting journey through those masterpieces Jan Marisse
Huizing combines his expertise, knowledge, and above all his
unconditional love for this music."- Alexander Melnikov, pianist
Beethoven's piano sonatas are among the iconic cornerstones of the
classical music repertoire. Jan Marisse Huizing offers an in-depth
study of the sonatas using available autographs, first editions,
recordings, and nearly three hundred musical examples. Digging into
the historical background and historical performance practice, the
book provides illuminating detail on Beethoven's pianism as well as
his characteristics of notation, form and content, "types of
touch," articulation, beaming, pedal indications, character,
rubato, meter, metric constructions, tempo, and metronome marks.
Packed with anecdotes, quotations, and considerable new
information, the book will inspire all involved with these
masterworks, playing a fortepiano or modern Grand, giving the sense
of the composer sitting beside them as he translates his
inspiration and ideas into his notation.
The Faber Music Contemporary Piano Anthology is an exciting
collection of best-loved neoclassical music for solo piano. The
book includes well-known pieces from Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi,
Enya and Philip Glass alongside stunning works from the likes of
Agnes Obel, Imogen Heap and Anne Lovett, all arranged for the
intermediate pianist and many in print for the first time. "Faber
Music have surely struck gold with The Contemporary Piano
Anthology. Here we have a top-drawer sourcebook for some of the
best music in this genre. This beautifully presented collection is
another winner...and can be recommended without reservation!"
Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, March 2021
(Faber Piano Adventures ). Outstanding popular repertoire
skillfully arranged and correlated with the concepts in Accelerated
Lesson Book 1. Contents include: In Dreams * Video * Star Wars *
Hedwig's Theme * Fiddler on the Roof * What a Wonderful World *
Soak up the Sun * Over the Rainbow * The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
(Faber Piano Adventures ). This new collection features 11 hits
that students will love to learn, including: Dancing Queen * I Saw
Her Standing There * Lean on Me * 100 Years * Pachelbel Canon *
Pure Imagination * Star Wars (Main Theme) * You Raise Me Up * and
more.
Ever wondered how to create better accompaniments for the melodies in your favorite fake books?
This "teach yourself" book introduces you to chord building, various rhythmic styles, and much more, so that you play the songs you like just the way you want them. Keyboard players with a basic understanding of notation and sight-reading will be on their way to more fun with fake books.
The relaxed tone of the text and selection of fun songs keep How to Play from a Fake Book entertaining throughout - perfect for amateur musicians, or as a supplement for keyboard teachers and their students.
Piano Star Skills Builder develops musicianship skills for young
pianists who are working towards Initial Grade level and beyond. It
provides a firm foundation in scales, aural, and sight-reading
skills, building essential techniques progressively. The varied
material includes fun pieces to play, songs to sing, written and
listening activities, composition games, and much more. Based on
decades of proven teaching strategies, with all content tried out
on - and approved! - by children, Piano Star Skills Builder will
grow young pianists' confidence and skill around all areas of
musicianship, providing them with the underpinnings they need to
succeed at ABRSM Initial Grade Piano and beyond, and develop their
musical journey for many years to come. Key features: - 10 units,
each covering musical activities around scales, aural, and music
reading - A comprehensive scheme of study, creatively presented in
an engaging and fun way - Varied musical content, including new and
familiar tunes to play, duets for pupil and teacher, and songs to
fire the imagination - Works towards, at, and beyond the
requirements of ABRSM Initial Grade Piano - Brought to life with
colour illustrations
Teaching Notes offers invaluable guidance for teachers on the 81
pieces included in the graded books of Piano Exam Pieces 2021 &
2022, Grades Initial-8. For each piece, you will find teaching
ideas relating to three areas of learning - musical context,
technical challenges, and performance and interpretation - in a
clear and easy-to-use layout. Written by experienced piano teachers
and ABRSM examiners, Teaching Notes also includes advice from
ABRSM's Chief Examiner on selecting and interpreting pieces.
Alongside practical solutions to technical challenges, it's full of
creative ideas to support and inspire your teaching.
More people watched his nationally syndicated television show
between 1953 and 1955 than followed "I Love Lucy". Even a decade
after his death, the attendance records he set at Madison Square
Garden, the Hollywood Bowl and Radio City Music Hall still stand.
Arguably the most popular entertainer of the 20th century, this
very public figure nonetheless kept more than a few secrets. Darden
Asbury Pyron, author of "Southern Daughter: The Life of Margaret
Mitchell", leads us through the life of America's foremost showman
with his fresh, provocative and definitive portrait of Liberace, an
American boy. Liberace's career follows the trajectory of the
classic American dream. Born in the Midwest to Polish-Italian
immigrant parents, he was a child prodigy who, by the age of 20,
had performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Abandoning the
concert stage for the lucrative and glittery world of nightclubs,
celebrities and television, Liberace became America's most popular
performer. While wildly successful and good natured outwardly,
Liberace, Pyron reveals, was a complicated man whose political,
social and religious conservatism existed side-by-side with a
lifetime of secretive homosexuality. At the same time, Liberace's
swishy persona belied an inner life of ferocious aggression and
ambition. Pyron related this complex private man to his public
image and places this remarkable life in the rapidly changing
cultural landscape of 20th-century America. Pyron presents
Liberace's life as a metaphor, for both good and ill, of American
culture, with its shopping malls and insatiable hunger for
celebrity. In this biography, Pyron complicates and celebrates our
image of the man for whom the streets were paved with gold lame.
The Music Workbook contains pages of coloring, tracing, matching,
ear training and listening that have been carefully designed to
reinforce the musical concepts introduced in the Music Lesson Book
1. In full color, 48 pages.
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!
Peaceful Piano Playlist: Revisited presents a chilled collection of
peaceful piano solos for the intermediate pianist. Inspired by the
popular Peaceful Piano playlists available on streaming services,
it features pieces such as The Light She Brings by Joep Beving, I
due fiumi by Ludovico Einaudi, and By The Still Waters by Amy
Beach.
A selection of twenty-eight of Luke Howard's favourite and most
requested compositions for solo piano, including Portrait Gallery
and In Metaphor, Solace. Faber Music presents this beautiful book
of scores and photographs, matching the sold-out first edition.
These wonderful neo-classical style pieces are ideal for
intermediate to advanced level pianists.
for Tenor Tuba (Euphonium) and piano Vaughan Williams's Concerto
for Bass Tuba and Orchestra was the first major concerto to be
written for the instrument. It was composed in 1953-4 to mark the
50th anniversary of the LSO, and was premiered by the orchestra's
principal tuba player, Philip Catelinet. The original plan to
transpose it for Euphonium was not realised during the composer's
lifetime, and only now, in this transcription by David Childs, has
that goal been attained, with Vaughan Williams's orchestration
deftly transposed and rearranged by Rodney Newton to allow this
characteristic work to enter the repertoire of many more players.
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