These practical methods for piano playing, written by a world-famous expert, have been used by teachers and students for well over 100 years. Featuring basic studies that help pianists acquire the necessities for a strong piano education, this volume distills Carl Czerny's exercises into a manageable work that focuses on the basics that every beginner must master. As a bonus, MP3 files can be downloaded for each piece, further aiding in practice. Carl Czerny (1791-1857) was an Austrian pianist, ...
While Czerny's excellent fingering has been preserved, all unnecessary fingering has been removed by editor Willard A. Palmer. The book begins with lessons on learning the notes and introduces students to the various technical studies of keyboard music. In this edition, the music has been widely spaced for easy reading. 88 pages. - the publisher (sample pages)
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Classic Boston Music edition. Germer's contribution was to select a range of studies and then arrange them in systematic order. This book contains "50 Small Studies" and "32 Studies." 101 pages.
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Carl Czerny, a student of Ludwig van Beethoven, who then taught Franz Liszt, combined his ability to analyze technique with his years of teaching experience to create exercises that increase the technical ability of the piano student. In this 80-page edition, his pieces systematically introduce notes of various time-values and other musical principles in similar order. The book's many exercises are preceded by invaluable reference materials. In the second half of this volume, the exercises move i...
Inspired by classic American film noir cinema, in which Venetian blinds were often used to create an interplay of shadows. In three movements: Dark, Shadows, and Light. 9 minutes.
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This generous volume (80 pages) in the Basic Piano Literature Series, covers music from the formative stages of his development to his musical maturity, has been meticulously edited with reference to the best contemporary and urtext sources, and includesinsightful notes on each piece by Phyllis Lehrer and Paul Sheftel. The volume includes the complete Children's Corner Suite, Cake-walk (Le Petite Negre), Arabesque No. 1, Clair de Lune, La plus que lente, Rˆverie, and four of the Pr‚ludes for Pian...
more than the score_ is a series of classic piano music, covering much of the essential repertoire from Bach through Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Debussy, right up to John Cage. Each volume focuses on one piece, with written masterclasses and background information encouraging an exploration of the music - beyond the printed score. All titles in the this series include written masterclasses from one of our panel of internationally-renowned pianists including Joanna MacGregor, Roy Ho...