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Complete Preludes Books 1 and 2 (Book): Claude Debussy Complete Preludes Books 1 and 2 (Book)
Claude Debussy
R510 R481 Discovery Miles 4 810 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

24 works reveal Debussy's genius: "La Cathedrale engloutie," "Ondine," "La fille aux cheveux de lin," "Feuilles mortes," "Ce qu'a vu le Vent d'Ouest," many more. Glossary of French terms.

Piano Lessons Book 3 - Revised Edition - Hal Leonard Student Piano Library (Staple bound): Piano Lessons Book 3 - Revised Edition - Hal Leonard Student Piano Library (Staple bound)
R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Basic Principles In Pianoforte Playing (Paperback, New edition): Josef Lhevinne Basic Principles In Pianoforte Playing (Paperback, New edition)
Josef Lhevinne
R173 R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Save R11 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Great modern teacher and pianist's concise statement of principles, technique, and related material. 10 musical examples.

The Pianist (Paperback, Film tie-in ed): Wladyslaw Szpilman The Pianist (Paperback, Film tie-in ed)
Wladyslaw Szpilman 2
R306 R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Save R28 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. 'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival of one man throughout the war years in the devastated city of Warsaw than from several volumes of the average encyclopaedia' Independent on Sunday 'We are drawn in to share his surprise and then disbelief at the horrifying progress of events, all conveyed with an understated intimacy and dailiness that render them painfully close - riveting' Observer 'A book so fresh and vivid, so heartbreaking, and so simply and beautifully written, that it manages to tell us the story of horrendous events as if for the first time' Daily Telegraph

The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn (Paperback): Laszlo Somfai The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn (Paperback)
Laszlo Somfai
R1,740 Discovery Miles 17 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Interest in the authentic performance of early music has grown dramatically in recent years, and scholarly investigation has particularly benefited the study of keyboard music of the classical period. In this landmark publication, the most comprehensive study written on Haydn's keyboard sonatas, a leading Haydn scholar presents novel ideas, corrects misconceptions, and offers new hypotheses on long-debated issues of early music research.
Laszlo Somfai begins with a thorough study of Haydn's keyboard instruments and their development. After recommending instruments appropriate for modern use, he discusses performance practice and style, explains the peculiarities of Haydn's manuscripts in the context of eighteenth-century notation, and provides specific suggestions for playing ornaments, improvising, slurring, and dynamics. He also investigates Haydn's sonata genres within their historical context and discusses the problems of establishing a chronology of their composition. Finally, Somfai analyzes the organization and style of each musical form. The book includes an index listing the sonatas by date of first publication, and an extensive bibliography.

The Complete Keyboard Player - Book 1 with CD (Paperback, New, Revised): Kenneth Baker The Complete Keyboard Player - Book 1 with CD (Paperback, New, Revised)
Kenneth Baker
R464 Discovery Miles 4 640 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Teach yourself to play any make of electric keyboard .Based on popular songs and with easy to follow text and clear diagrams, it assumes no previous knowledge of the keyboard or music. The CD contains full band backing and demonstrations of all songs.

What Else Can I Play? Piano Grade 4 (Paperback): What Else Can I Play? Piano Grade 4 (Paperback)
R260 Discovery Miles 2 600 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

What Else Can I Play? Piano Grade 4 presents 18 carefully graded repertoire piecs for the grade 4 level pianist. With a variety of musical styles ranging from classical and jazz through to showtunes and popular songs, this collection will bring enthusiasm to learning the piano and provide an entertaining alternative for those pupils who are working towards, or have recently completed their grade exams. Each piece offers suggested fingering, dynamics and tempo together with technical tips and performance notes.

Fortepianos and their Music - Germany, Austria, and England, 1760-1800 (Hardcover): Katalin Komlos Fortepianos and their Music - Germany, Austria, and England, 1760-1800 (Hardcover)
Katalin Komlos
R4,263 Discovery Miles 42 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Eighteenth-century pianos shaped and influenced the music that was written for them. However, although organological studies probe the instrument in ever more detail, and musical criticism focuses increasingly on the musical repertoire, the relationship between the two has not been properly examined. This book concentrates on the keyboard writing of the last third of the eighteenth century, as inspired by the fundamentally different constructions of the German/Viennese and the English pianoforte. The highly articulated languages of Mozart and his Viennese contemporaries, and the more robust, pre-romantic style of Duzzek and his London colleagues reflect the very characteristics of these respective instruments. Beyond the scrutiny of the music, attention is given also to the players. The differentiation between professionals and amateurs is addressed, and contemporary sources help provide a description of late eighteenth-century performing styles; such a survey offers new insight into the living art of the pianoforte during a most important period in its history.

The Classic Piano Course Book 1 - Starting to Play (Book): Carol Barratt The Classic Piano Course Book 1 - Starting to Play (Book)
Carol Barratt
R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This course has been designed to guide you gently into playing simple tunes from day one. Items of musical history and biography, an easy-to-follow introduction to the theory of music is covered plus a free dummy keyboard for silent practice and theory work.

Simple Songs - The Easiest Easy Piano Songs (Book): Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Simple Songs - The Easiest Easy Piano Songs (Book)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
R518 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R32 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Synth Gods (Paperback): Ernie Rideout Synth Gods (Paperback)
Ernie Rideout
R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the pages of "Keyboard" magazine, "Keyboard Presents Synth Gods" spotlights artists who did much more than just play synthesizers: they changed the course of music history and inspired generations. Featuring in-depth profiles of leading synthesists such as Jan Hammer, Wendy Carlos, Rick Wakeman, and Stevie Wonder, this book delves into how these new, untested boxes of circuitry captured the imagination of these legendary artists. You can read about the design of some of the most famous synthesizers ever made, models from masterminds such as Dr. Robert Moog, Dave Smith, and Ray Kurzweil. You can get the details on what made them sound unique, what timeless music was created on them, and how you can re-create some of these sounds using synths you already have! Related titles: "In the Studio with Michael Jackson" (978-1-42346-495-2); and "Behind the Glass" (978-0-87930-614-4). Ernie Rideout (San Francisco, CA), as the former editor in chief of "Keyboard" magazine, got to spend a lot of quality time with many of the greatest synth players, synth designers, and synthesizers of all time. When he's not tweaking sounds on his beloved collection of analog and virtual synthesizers, he enjoys writing about music and video technology and participating in the music scene in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Improvising Fugue - A Method for Keyboard Artists (Paperback): John J. Mortensen Improvising Fugue - A Method for Keyboard Artists (Paperback)
John J. Mortensen
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Improvising Fugue: A Method for Keyboard Artists is a guide for those who aspire to the highest levels of fluency as inventors of spontaneous music at the piano, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, or digital keyboard. Written for professional performers, conservatory students, and devoted amateurs, this book leads the reader along the arduous journey from score dependency to improvisational freedom. Improvising Fugue begins with a comprehensive course in 18th century Italian partimento, the system of musicianship training that simultaneously strengthens improvisation, counterpoint, harmony, keyboard skills, and audiation. The reader then encounters fugue improvisation in a gradual, methodical, and rigorous manner. Every concept is accompanied by extensive and clear explanation, examples from music literature, and practical exercises. The book covers every aspect of fugue improvisation in depth, including subjects, countersubjects, tonal and real answers, episodes, presentations, pedal points, and stretti. Author John J. Mortensen draws on experience as a concert improviser on the international stage; the book's pragmatic, real-world instruction comes from a seasoned performer who knows firsthand exactly what is required to improvise fugues in the presence of a live audience.

The Joy Of Piano Entertainment (Book): Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation The Joy Of Piano Entertainment (Book)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation; Compiled by Denes Agay
R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

(Yorktown). Popular classics, jazz and novelty solos, waltzes, marches and polkas and favorite songs. Compiled and arranged by Denes Agay. Suitable for pianists from grade 3.

Piano Adventures Theory Book Level 2B - 2nd Edition (Staple bound, Revised): Nancy Faber, Randall Faber Piano Adventures Theory Book Level 2B - 2nd Edition (Staple bound, Revised)
Nancy Faber, Randall Faber; Contributions by Victoria McArthur
R233 R219 Discovery Miles 2 190 Save R14 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

(Faber Piano Adventures ). The thorough reinvention of the 2B Theory Book offers eight superb new pages for in-depth study of chords, harmonization, and rhythm. New improvisation activities offer creative exploration of scales in C major, G major and F major.

The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms (Paperback): Russell Stinson The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms (Paperback)
Russell Stinson
R1,453 Discovery Miles 14 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this penetrating study, Russell Stinson explores how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music. The author shows that this quadrumvirate not only borrowed from Bach's organ works in creating their own masterpieces, whether for keyboard, voice, orchestra, or chamber ensemble, but that they also reacted significantly to the music as performers, editors, theorists, and teachers. Furthermore, the book reveals how these four titans influenced one another as "receptors" of this repertory and how their mutual acquaintances--especially Clara Schumann--contributed as well.
As the first comprehensive discussion of this topic ever attempted, Stinson's book represents a major step forward in the literature on the so-called Bach revival. He considers biographical as well as musical evidence to arrive at a host of new and sometimes startling conclusions. Filled with fascinating anecdotes, the study also includes detailed observations on how these composers annotated their personal copies of Bach's organ works.
Stinson's book is entirely up-to-date and offers much material previously unavailable in English. It is meticulously annotated and indexed, and it features numerous musical examples and facsimile plates as well as an exhaustive bibliography. Included in an appendix is Brahms's hitherto unpublished study score of the Fantasy in G Major, BWV 572. Engagingly written, this study should be read by anyone at all interested in the music of Bach or the music of the nineteenth century.

Beginning Chopin For Piano (Book): Music Sales Beginning Chopin For Piano (Book)
Music Sales; Frederic Chopin
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

(Music Sales America). A superb selection of more than 20 Chopin works for the pianist. With its combination of all-time favorites arranged for easy piano and several very accessible pieces presented in their original versions, this is a unique collection that makes a perfect introduction to playing the works of the great Polish composer.

First 50 Jazz Standards You Should Play on Piano (Book): Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation First 50 Jazz Standards You Should Play on Piano (Book)
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
R547 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R30 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Counterpoint - A Memoir of Bach and Mourning (Hardcover): Philip Kennicott Counterpoint - A Memoir of Bach and Mourning (Hardcover)
Philip Kennicott
R740 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R90 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As his mother was dying, Philip Kennicott began to listen to the music of Bach obsessively. It was the only music that didn't seem trivial or irrelevant, and it enabled him to both experience her death and remove himself from it. For him, Bach's music held the elements of both joy and despair, life and its inevitable end. He spent the next five years trying to learn one of the composer's greatest keyboard masterpieces, the Goldberg Variations. In Counterpoint, he recounts his efforts to rise to the challenge, and to fight through his grief by coming to terms with his memories of a difficult, complicated childhood. He describes the joys of mastering some of the piano pieces, the frustrations that plague his understanding of others, the technical challenges they pose, and the surpassing beauty of the melodies, harmonies, and counterpoint that distinguish them. While exploring Bach's compositions he sketches a cultural history of playing the piano in the twentieth century. And he raises two questions that become increasingly interrelated, not unlike a contrapuntal passage in one of the variations itself: What does it mean to know a piece of music? What does it mean to know another human being?

The Pianist's Talent - A New Approach to Piano Playing Based on the Principles of F.Matthias Alexander and Raymond... The Pianist's Talent - A New Approach to Piano Playing Based on the Principles of F.Matthias Alexander and Raymond Thiberge (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Harold Taylor
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Harold Taylor draws on a combination of Alexander Technique and the teaching of pianist Raymond Thiberge to propound a piano method that is all about overall mental and physical coordination rather than analysing different elements of technique. Playing the piano, in this world, is not about the fingers, but about the whole body; it's not about conquering the external obstacle of the piano, but about removing the internal obstacles with which we habitually distort or get in the way of ourselves.

Easiest Piano Chord Book (Paperback): William Bay Easiest Piano Chord Book (Paperback)
William Bay
R350 R322 Discovery Miles 3 220 Save R28 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Features all common keyboard chords shown in every key in root position. Chords are shown as keyboard diagrams and also notated on both treble and bass clefs. Chords are arranged by type and presented in the order of the Circle of Fifths. The book also presents scales in treble and bass clef for all major keys. An excellent supplement to any piano or keyboard method.

Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Volume II (Sheet music): Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, Volume II (Sheet music)
Ludwig Van Beethoven; Edited by Harold Craxton, Donald Francis Tovey
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Beethoven's Complete Pianoforte Sonatas, edited by Harold Craxton, are published within the 'Signature' Series, a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

The Joy of Piano Duets (with CD) (Paperback): Denes Agay The Joy of Piano Duets (with CD) (Paperback)
Denes Agay
R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Learn How to Play Piano / Keyboard For Absolute Beginners - A Self Tuition Book For Adults & Teenagers! (Paperback): Martin... Learn How to Play Piano / Keyboard For Absolute Beginners - A Self Tuition Book For Adults & Teenagers! (Paperback)
Martin Woodward
R629 Discovery Miles 6 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
London College of Music Electronic Keyboard Handbook 2021 Grade 2 (Sheet music): London College Of Music Examinations London College of Music Electronic Keyboard Handbook 2021 Grade 2 (Sheet music)
London College Of Music Examinations
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Speaking the Piano - Reflections on Learning and Teaching (Hardcover): Susan Tomes Speaking the Piano - Reflections on Learning and Teaching (Hardcover)
Susan Tomes
R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers. In Speaking the Piano, renowned pianist Susan Tomes turns her attention to teaching and learning. Teaching music encompasses everything from putting a drum in a child's hands to helping an accomplished musician unlock the meaning and spirit of the classics. At every stage, some fundamental issues keep surfacing. In this wide-ranging book, Susan Tomes reflects on how her own experience as a learner, in different genres from classical to jazz, hasinfluenced her approach to teaching. She tells us how her performing career has given her insight into what young performers need to know, and how discussions with students have fed into her own practice. She describes the brilliant and intriguing teachers whose masterclasses opened her ears to the many ways in which music can be brought alive and communicated. This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginnerto professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers. In a passionate contribution to the ongoing debate about the place of music in education, Susan Tomes argues that this most inspiring of arts can play a unique role in personal development. This is a lovely, wise, elegantly written book, filled with tips and anecdotes which could be helpful and encouraging for any pianist, whether a beginner or aprofessional. Above all it is a book in which one senses constantly the deep love the author has for music itself, for its ability to inspire, touch and, indeed, change lives. STEPHEN HOUGH SUSAN TOMES is a multi-award-winning pianist whose career encompasses solo, duo and chamber music playing; she has been at the heart of the internationally admired ensembles Domus, the Gaudier Ensemble and the Florestan Trio. Her lecture-recitals have enabled many listeners to engage with the classics on a new level. She is the author of four acclaimed books about performance: Beyond the Notes (Boydell Press 2004), A Musician's Alphabet (Faber, 2006), Out of Silence (Boydell Press, 2010), and Sleeping in Temples (Boydell Press, 2014).

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