Par AASS LARS / HINSON MAURICE. The stylistic transition from the late Baroque to the Classical period was almost something of a Bach affair. While Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) defined and summed up the Baroque musical language, his sons Willhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johann Christian, infused with the spirit of innovation, struck new musical paths t…

Repertoire by both well-known and lesser-known composers from the Romantic period are included in these performance editions, with commentary relating to the composers' lives and social changes in the era. These well-edited editions give students an overall view of the period through an integrated arts approach. This library-quality edition is a complete version of The Romantic Spirit Books 1 and…

The turn of the 20th century ushered in a new era in which several styles of art music existed simultaneously. In Beyond the Romantic Spirit Book 1, students can recapture the spirit of the environment in which composers lived, created and performed, and learn about influential events of this era. This edition presents 19 piano solos representing Impressionism, Pointillism, Neo-Classicism, Expres…

Brahms completed his Cello Sonata op. 99 during the productive summer of 1886. The first public performance took place in Vienna on 24 November of the same year. Robert Hausmann played the cello part and the composer himself was his partner at the piano. Even though the work was generally received positively, it took some years until it was fully appreciated and gained its irrevocable place in the…

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 22 pieces by 14 composers, including Berens, Beyer, Burgmüller, Duvernoy, Ellmenreich, Gurlitt, Heller, Kullak, Kunz, Oesten, Reinecke, Schumann, Streabb…

Romantic piano music is particulary suitable for awakening and encouraging the pupil's desire to play with expression. In Volumes 2 and 3 of The European Piano Method (ED 7931, 7932, 7933) this expressive, cantabile playing is particularly encouraged. The two romantic supplementary books are specifically intended to further these qualities.
All the great masters of the Romantic era, from Sch…

The French superstar with a recording career that stretches from the mid-seventies to the present day. Clayderman's romantic Piano solos and irresistible melodies have enchanted audiences and Piano fans for many years, and this book of Piano solos features his best-loved melodies, as well as transcriptions of of his own reworkings of popular classics. Includes Don't Cry For Me Argentina and All By…

Offering insightful interpretive suggestions, pertinent fingering and historical and stylistic commentary, the Schirmer Performance Editions series is designed for Piano students and teachers, as well as professional pianists.This volume contains 27 pieces by 12 composers, including Beach, Burgmüller, Chopin, Grieg, Gurlitt, Heller, Kullak, MacDowell, Nielsen, Reger, Schumann and Tchaikovsky.Compl…

12 Short Piano Solos. Par MIER MARTHA. Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal, inward-looking form of musical expression, on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new character pieces emulate this important art form and are carefully graded for students at the late elementary to early intermediate level. Some are bold in character,…

This new and modern book by Hans-Günter Heumann is now spiral bound for the utmost convenience and combines 50 up to date chart and film hits from Adele to Twilight. All songs are set in easy arrangements for Piano. / Piano