This work offers a selection of Philip Glass's most successful and best-loved pieces for solo Piano, brought together in one collection. These pieces include selections from the BAFTA-winning and 2003 Academy Award[registered] nominated film "The Hours". Also included is the "Trilogy Sonata for Piano" and pieces from the "Metamorphosis Suite". The songs include: "An Unwelcome Friend", "Dead Things", "I'm Going To Make A Cake", "Something She Has To Do", "Tearing Herself Away", "The Hours", "The Poet Acts", "Why Does Someone Have To Die?", and, "Metamorphosis". The Trilogy Sonata for piano includes: "Knee Play No.4" (from "Einstein on the Beach"); "Satyagraha" (Conclusion, Act III); "Dance from 'Akhnaten'" (Scene III); "Modern Love Waltz"; and "Opening Piece" from "Glassworks".

(Willis). The Modern Course series provides a clear and complete foundation in the study of the piano that enables the student to think and feel musically. It may be preceded by the Teaching Little Fingers to Play series. Proceeds in all directions from the point of advancement reached at the end of the Third Grade book with particular emphasis given to style.

This Treatise on Harpsichord Tuning (1643-50) was the first French document to discuss keyboard performance practice in any detail. Jean Denis was both a harpsichord builder of renown and the organist of a prominent Parisian church, and is thus an authority worthy of careful study. The treatise addresses numerous matters of interest to both scholars and performers, including temperament, ornamentation, fugue, and the use of the organ in liturgical practice. Also included in the treatise are a keyboard prelude designed to reveal errors in tuning, and two delightful anecdotes attesting to the power of music. The forthright character of Denis's writing lends a unique and distinctly enjoyable tone to the work."

This book examines two notable forms of chamber music involving piano and strings. Smallman surveys the development of these genres from their origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

(Pace Piano Education). Adults will enjoy learning to play, read and create music with this clear, step-by-step keyboard guide. Chapters include: Getting Started, Songs on the Black Keys, Rhythmic Notation, Songs on the White keys, Reading the Grand Staff, Combining the Black and White Keys, Beyond the 5-Finger Tune-up, Interval Accompaniments, and Chords. Features written exercises, entertaining illustrations, glossary, and, above all, an outstanding selection of traditional and original compositions. The versatile CD enhances practice and musical enjoyment, offering colorfully orchestrated audio tracks, plus MIDI tracks with tempo adjustment options.

Alkan: lonely 19th century genius, virtuoso pianist and also composer of some of the most difficult and disturbingly powerful piano music. After a long period of neglect his piano music is being discovered by an ever-widening public and played and recorded by some of the world's leading pianists. This edition, in two parts, was originally published in two separate volumes - the first dealth with the man, and the second was devoted solely to his music. With this reprint in one volume the books have been extensively revised, with two extra appendices added, and new bibliographies and discographies included.

Includes an index profiling the 27 tempo variations as they are arranged in all three principal movements. Chord names included.

A vivid (and startling) example of the "new musicology", Beethoven's Kiss is an interdisciplinary study of romantic pianism in relation to gender and sexuality, ultimately underscoring the extent to which the piano resonates with intimations of both homosexuality and mortality. The first chapter, on the amateur pianist, scrutinizes the way Andre Gide and Roland Barthes discuss piano playing, their favorite composers - and their homosexuality. Situating these discussions within the histories of sexuality and amateur pianism, the author argues that connections between musical and sexual mastery are shaped by the "performance" of class and gender. The second chapter examines the homoerotic basis of the creation of nineteenth-century piano music and the equally homoerotic basis of the twentieth-century recreation of this music. The title of the third chapter, "Beethoven's Kiss", refers to the apocryphal story that Beethoven kissed Liszt, then eleven, in public. The author recounts other quasi-sexual myths about nineteenth-century child prodigies, examining how and why these stories used to circulate and why they no longer do so. The next chapter examines the different ways nineteenth- and twentieth-century audiences sexualize famous pianists and polarize them along gender and sexual lines. The fifth chapter describes the gender, sexual, and class positioning of the "maiden" piano teacher in a variety of texts - interviews, memoirs, short stories, novels, and films. The book concludes with a far-ranging analysis of Liberace, who (with his silver candelabra) tried to perform upper-class status, who (with his devotion to Chopin) tried to perform highbrow taste, and who (with his closetedlifestyle) tried to perform heterosexuality.

The two collections include the best of C. H. Trevor's series 'Organ Books 1-6', and are ideal for teaching or for service use. The pieces have been specifically selected with the beginner's needs in mind: a variety of easy and attractive items with simple pedal parts. Each book is arranged in order of difficulty, book one covering grades 2-4, book two grades 5-6.

(Educational Piano Library). Unit 1 of Book 3 begins by introducing eighth notes in 4/4 and 2/4 time. Swing eighths are also presented in the first half of the book. Folk, jazz, classical, and contemporary selections provide students with an interesting variety of repertoire. The second half of Book 3, teaches relative and parallel major/minor five-finger patterns, and students learn to improvise their own songs using these basic patterns. This package includes a Piano Lessons Book and an enhanced CD. The CD works in any CD player but it also contains MIDI files for Windows and Mac computer users.

Encore is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM piano exam pieces, selected from syllabuses of the past few decades. Pianists will find an appealing mix of repertoire, while teachers can be confident that the perfect balance of content has been selected at every level. Book 2 features 20 popular pieces at Grades 3 and 4. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics, like Top Cat! or Burgmuller's Ballade. Footnotes provide background information, a summary of the key skills that each piece develops, and new ideas for exploring the music. Whether you're working through our exams, playing informally, or planning a performance, Encore is full of music you'll want to play again and again! Perfect for learners exploring repertoire for the own-choice piece in ABRSM's Performance Grade exams

(Music Sales America). Noel 2 is an exciting collection of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music for mixed voice choirs, from the easy to learn to the more challenging and unconventional. The contents range from the Renaissance to the present: from Bach and Sweelinck, familiar settings of traditional and lesser known carols through the ages to Howells and Leighton and works by today's composers include Richard Rodney Bennett, Eric Whitacre, John Tavener, Tarik O'Regan and Richard Allain. Among the 43 anthems, mixed voice choirs of all levels will find new arrangements of favorite carols, hymns with new descants, as well as stimulating original works for the Christmas season. Songs include; Angelus Ad Virginem * Coventry Carol * E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come (Manz) * Gloria, Dei Sir Gesungen (Bach) * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn) * Lullay My Liking (Holst) * Once in Royal David's City * Of a Rose (McDowall) * Resonet in Laudibus (Praetorius) * Rocking (Tavener) * Threshold of Night (O'Regan) * Torches (Joubert) * What Sweeter Music (Allain) * and more.

Edited, revised and fingered by Rafael Joseffy with historical and analytical comments by James Huneker.

(Faber Piano Adventures ). An ideal introduction to the easiest keyboard sonatinas. Contents include: Sonatina in C 1st mvt (Gurlitt) * Sonatina in C (Duncombe) * Sonatina Op. 57 No. 1 (Biehl) * Sonatina in D (Saliutrinskaya) * Sonatina in C (Biehl) * Sonatina Op. 792, No. 8 (Czerny) * Sonatina in G (Attwood).

(BH Piano). 29 pieces, including selections from Anna Magdalena's Note Book, The Little Clavier Book, and other suitable works for the beginning pianist.

40 really easy arrangements of popular classical tunes graded in order of increasing difficulty. Children (and adults ) will enjoy learning them as a welcome break from slogging away at all those exam pieces.

THE DEFINITIVE, INVESTIGATIVE BIOGRAPHY OFJAZZ LEGENDDAVE BRUBECK(TAKE FIVE) In 2003, music journalist Philip Clark was granted unparalleled access to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Over the course of ten days, he shadowed the Dave Brubeck Quartet during their extended British tour, recording an epic interview with the bandleader. Brubeck opened up as never before, disclosing his unique approach to jazz; the heady days of his classic quartet in the 1950s-60s; hanging out with Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and Miles Davis; and the many controversies that had dogged his 66-yearlong career. Alongside beloved figures like Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, Brubeck has achieved name recognition beyond jazz. But finding a convincing fit for Brubeck's legacy, one that reconciles his mass popularity with his advanced musical technique, has proved largely elusive. In Dave Brubeck: A Life inTime, Clark provides us with a thoughtful, thorough, and long-overdue biography of an extraordinary man whose influence continues to inform and inspire musicians today. Structured around Clark's extended interview and intensive new research, this book recounts one of the last untold stories of jazz, unearthing the secret history of Take Five and many hitherto unknown aspects of Brubeck's early career-and sharing details about his creative relationship with his star saxophonist, Paul Desmond. Woven throughout are cameo appearances from a host of unlikely figures, from Sting, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, and Keith Emerson to John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varese. Each chapter explores a different theme or aspect of Brubeck's life and music, illuminating the core of his artistry and genius. To quote President Obama, as he awarded the musician with a Kennedy Center Honor: You can't understand America without understanding jazz, and you can't understand jazz without understanding Dave Brubeck.

Easy Keyboard Library: 100 Songs presents 100 classic tunes from a broad range of genres, arranged for electronic keyboard and published as part of the Easy Keyboard Library series. Includes classics such as It's a Long Way To Tipperary, Like A Prayer, Hello Dolly and Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.

50 original piano duets by Stravinsky, Czerny, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Brahms and others.

For more than a century the piano occupied a dominant place in music and society. Professor Ehrlich follows its fascinating history from the fortepiano of Mozart's time, through the Victorians' `household orchestra and god', to the most sophisticated modern products of the Japanese manufacturers. His protagonists include barnstorming virtuosi, fashionable ladies and aspiring clerks, the great makers and the back-street `garrett-masters', distinguished musicians, and hire-purchase touts. Originally published in 1976 by Dent, this book has now been updated and revised by the author in the light of developments of recent years.

The Best of Grade 4 Piano comprise pieces selected by the major examination boards in one volume that have captured the imaginations of teachers and students over the years, including some old favourites and some forgotten gems. All the pieces are tried and tested and perfectly graded and fingered for Grade 4. This book also provides top-quality music that is ideal as a sight-reading resource for more advanced students. The music has been carefully selected and edited by Anthony Williams, a leading ABRSM piano examiner and selector. There are five books in the series Best of Grade... for Piano, and a similar series exists for Flute (selected and edited by Sally Adams), and Clarinet (selected and edited by Paul Harris).