Bartók is regarded as one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He became famous both as a music teacher and as an ethnomusicologist. Being a trained pianist, his relation to the piano certainly was very special and is reflected in numerous piano works.This comprehensive collection of selected piano works by Bartók is a rich source of his most beautiful pieces, including the two com…

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Easier Piano Pieces 03-Cornelius Gurlitt was a German organist pianist and composer who wrote many instructional pieces and studies. He obviously composed at speed with considerable facility and it is not surprising that some of his output lacks individuality. Kleine Blumen however is one of his works which displays particular charm and character. No titles were originally given to the twelve p…

Easier Piano Pieces 21-These two sets of pieces celebrate all the characteristics of the music of this fine English composer - modal inflections the influence of 16th-century English composers quirky fast movements and in the piece 'There was a most beautiful lady' elegiac melodies of great beauty.

Easier Piano Pieces 18-This is a delightful collection of 18 short preludes composed by J.S. Bach and edited here for Piano by Hedwig McEwen and Kethleen Long.The preludes are here grouped in three sets of six each. The first group comes from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook compiled by J.S. Bach for the instruction of his eldest son. However Nos. 3 and 6 may have been composed by the son un…

Intermediate to Upper Intermediate Level. Par . 'Upon embarking on this project, I had little idea of what I would find. There were, of course, the 'usual suspects:' women composers whose name and whose music have stood the test of time and are familiar to many. There were also those whose names ring a bell but whose music does not. The real unknowns were, well, the unknowns. How many women compos…

1. Basic Elements 2. Exercises 3. Perpetuum mobile (objet trouvé) 4. Prelude and Waltz in C 5. Palm Stroke (1) 6. Palm Stroke (2) 7. Wrong Notes Allowed (1) 8. Wrong Notes Allowed (2) 9. Flowers We Are, Frail Flovers... (1a) 10. Dot-strumming 11. Flowers We Are, Frail Flowers... (1b) 12. ...flowers also the stars... 13. Out and In (1) 14. Objet trouvé (2) 15. Elbows 16. Hommage a Verdi (sopra: Car…

Long before his famous Mikrokosmos Bart?k composed a comprehensive collection of little piano pieces entitled For Children. Written in 1908 1911 its two volumes are based on Hungarian and Slovakian folk tunes respectively. Bothare organised in ascending difficulty from simple two-part pieces to Impressionistic miniatures and they offer everything that children???s hands can manage. Bart?k rev…

Seven Little Piano Pieces Opus 138

Easier Piano Pieces 13-This album brings together three groups of pieces all written in 1913 by the eccentric French composer Erik Satie. Ingeniously devised to make full and basic use of the five fingers of each hand they display the characteristic simplicity of Satie's music and in the text sprinkled across the music his quirky humour.

June 1914. Nadia Boulanger is at the height of her composing career  which she pursues alongside her other musical activities – concert performance and teaching – though only a few years later she will deliberately give it up. Right now however she has gone to meet her sister Lili in Rome where the two young musicians united by a deep affection will put their study trip to good u…

Easier Piano Pieces 43-Benjamin Godard was a French composer and violinist who wrote a great many pieces for the piano. This is a splendid instructional album of studies that provides some interesting contrasts of styles for Piano solo.

A Progressive Piano Method for the Christian Student. Keys for the Kingdom is a fully-graded piano pieces series designed especially for the Christian student. While learning the basic concepts of piano playing, the student is introduced to many styles of sacred music: the wealth of great hymnody, songs and psalms of the church, as well as great classics in piano literature that every student need…

By Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Piano Solo Songbook. Softcover. 400 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

For keyboard. Keyboard (Essential Keyboard Repertoire Series). Level: Late Elementary (2). Published by Alfred Publishing.

Music for Millions Series. Edited by Denes Agay. Music for Millions Series - Volume 17. Classical. Collection (softcover). With standard notation, introductory text and fingerings (does not include words to the songs). 160 pages. Music Sales #AM41484. Published by Music Sales

By Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Piano Solo Songbook. Softcover. 464 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Composed by Various. For Piano/Keyboard. Piano Solo Songbook. Softcover. 456 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Edited by Scott Beard and Lucy Mauro. For Piano. This edition: 2 copies required. Piano Duo (Two Pianos, Four Hands). Masterwork. Level: Late Intermediate / Early Advanced. Book. 144 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Edited by Maxwell Eckstein. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings. Series: Everybody's Favorite Series #3. 191 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Music Sales.

Piano Solo. Composed by Various. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 352 pages. Music Sales #AM66895. Published by Music Sales

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings. Baroque, Classical Period and Romantic Period. 80 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press. (MS.YK21376) A selected repertoire of classical pieces for the beginning pianist. Includes inventi…

Composed by Johann Burgmuller, edited by Willard A. Palmer. Collection and examples CD for solo piano. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

(Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics). Composed by Various. For Piano. Piano Collection. Softcover. 232 pages. Published by G. Schirmer

Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 37 Composers. Edited by Maurice Hinson. Masterworks; Piano Collection. Alfred Masterwork Edition. 20th Century; Masterwork. Book. 208 pages. Alfred Music #00-21442. Published by Alfred Music

By Mendelssohn Grieg. For Piano. (Piano Solo). CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). PDF file on CD. 1600 pages. Published by Subito Music.

By Various. Almost 600 pages of world-famous Sher Music transcriptions! Don't go to the gig without it!. Various. Fake Book. Published by Sher Music Company.

Edited by A. Nikolaev. Instructional book for piano. With introductory text and fingerings. 84 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

Composed by J. Friedrich Burgmuller. Edited by Margaret Otwell. Schirmer Performance Editions. Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 64 pages. Published by G. Schirmer

(for Flute and Piano). By Various. Arranged by Louis Moyse. Woodwind Solo. Softcover with CD. 72 pages. Published by G. Schirmer

Arranged by Paul Sheftel. Collection for Piano. This comprehensive volume for beginning piano students offers the player 132 original masterpieces from Beethoven to Bartok and covers a wide range of styles. Selected by noted piano pedagogue Paul Sheftel, this collection will offe…

(12 Easy Pieces for the Piano) Composed by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). For piano. Schirmer's Library, volume 1772. Format: piano solo songbook. 20th century. 28 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Schirmer.

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings, introductory text, biographical sketches of composers and glossary of musical terms. 20th century. 238 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press.

Composed by Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907). For piano. Format: piano solo book. Romantic period. 216 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Schirmer.

(13 Pieces for Violin and Piano). By Aaron Copland. BH Chamber Music. Softcover. 128 pages

By Keith Snell. (Master Composer Library). Piano. Kabalevsky. Level: Intermediate. Music Book. Size 232. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

By Gade. For piano. Published by ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music).

(Piano Solo). By Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987). Piano. Piano Collection. Book only. 152 pages. G. Schirmer #LB2036. Published by G. Schirmer

Edited by Jane Magrath. For solo piano. Piano Collection. Alfred Masterwork Edition. Instructional. SMP Level 6 (Late Intermediate). Collection. Standard notation, fingerings and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). 48 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishi…