Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature

Pianists Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature

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  • Author: Jane Magrath
  • Publisher: Alfred Music
  • ISBN: 9781457438974
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 588

This reference book is an invaluable resource for teachers, students and performers for evaluating and selecting piano solo literature. Concise and thoroughly researched, thousands of works, from the Baroque through the Contemporary periods, have been graded and evaluated in detail. Includes an alphabetical list of composers, explanations of works and much more.


Piano Literature for Teaching and Performance

Piano Literature for Teaching and Performance

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  • Author: Jane Magrath
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781737723707
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

An invaluable resource for teachers, students, and performers, this title features works from the Baroque through Contemporary periods. The book contains annotations with composer information, musical characteristics, and pedagogical considerations; newer works by living composers; listings from under-represented and women composers; and suggested grade levels from 1 through 10.


Masterwork classics

Masterwork classics

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  • Author: Jane Magrath
  • Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780739006771
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36

A progressive repertoire series designed to motivate students while allowing them to progress evenly and smoothly from the earliest classics toward intermediate literature. These pieces are from the standard classical literature, chosen to appeal both to teacher and student. Each volume comes with a corresponding CD. PIanist Kim O'Reilly Newman holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Illinois. She has performed throughout North America and Europe with the Hambro Quartet of Pianos and was an editor and recording pianist for Alfred Music. Kim is a brain tumor survivor and now specializes in performing music for the left hand.


Masterpieces with Flair!, Book 1

Masterpieces with Flair!, Book 1

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  • Author: Jane Magrath
  • Publisher: Alfred Music
  • ISBN: 9781457444241
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 52

Energetic and lively pieces to appeal to students who like fast and sparkling music. The selections are from such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Haydn and Bartok. All pieces are in their original form. Early intermediate to intermediate.


Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner: Lesson Book 1

Accelerated Piano Adventures for the Older Beginner: Lesson Book 1

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  • Author:
  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
  • ISBN: 1616777400
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 96

(Faber Piano Adventures ). Book 1 covers fundamental rhythms, all the notes of the grand staff, C position, G position. Contents include: Aloha Oe * Amazing Grace * Bagpipes * Bus Stop Boogie * Camptown Races * Chant of the Monk * Chant of the Monks * Chinese Dragon * Chord Crossings * Dreamscape * Eine Kleine Nachtmusik * English Minuet * Fife and Drums * Forest Drums * French Minuet.


Practical Piano Pedagogy

Practical Piano Pedagogy

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  • Author: Martha Baker-Jordan
  • Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780757922206
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 476

Accompanying CD-ROM contains forms from the text.


Piano Adventures - Primer Level Gold Star Performance

Piano Adventures - Primer Level Gold Star Performance

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  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
  • ISBN: 1616779675
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

(Faber Piano Adventures ). An exciting collection for the elementary pianist that offers performance pieces "with a challenge." As the title "Gold Star" suggests, these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. The long awaited addition to the Piano Adventures series contains songs and pieces like: Pterodactyls, Really Neat * Cartoon Stories * Squinchy-Pinchy Shoes * Roller Skate Ride * and more. Includes online access to Gold Star Performance audio for both listening and play-along.


Mastering Piano Technique

Mastering Piano Technique

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  • Author: Seymour Fink
  • Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
  • ISBN: 9780931340468
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 196

(Amadeus). This holistic approach to the keyboard, based on a sound understanding of the relationship between physical function and musical purpose, is an invaluable resource for pianists and teachers. Professor Fink explains his ideas and demonstrates his innovative developmental exercises that set the pianist free to express the most profound musical ideas. HARDCOVER.


Classics Alive!, Book 3

Classics Alive!, Book 3

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  • Author: Jane Magrath
  • Publisher: Alfred Music
  • ISBN: 9781457411045
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 100

This book offers teachers and students a wide selection of literature to help pace musical and technical development evenly and with ease. The book presents appropriate teaching literature by 14 composers who wrote inspirationally for the intermediate student. The pieces in this book are primarily from Levels 7 and 8, according to Jane Magrath’s The Pianist’s Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature. Titles include: Prelude in D Minor, BWV 926 (J. S. Bach) *Prelude in D Minor, BWV 940 (J. S. Bach) *Sonata in F Major, K. 78 (Scarlatti) *Sonata in G Major, K. 391 (Scarlatti) *Sonata in C Major, K. 309 (Scarlatti) *Sonata in A Minor, K. 149 (Scarlatti) *Viennese Sonatina No. 1 in C Major (1st movement) (Mozart) *Viennese Sonatina No. 2 in A Major (1st movement) (Mozart) *Viennese Sonatina No. 6 in C Major (1st and 3rd movements) (Mozart) * Sonatina in G Major, Hob. XVI: 8 (1st movement) (Haydn) *Sonatina in F Major, Hob. XVI: 9 (1st movement) (Haydn) *Sonatina in C Major, Hob. XVI: 10 (1st movement) (Haydn) *Bagatelle in G Minor, Op. 119, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Bagatelle in D Major, Op. 119, No. 3 (Beethoven) * Bagatelle in A Minor, Op. 119, No. 9 (Beethoven) *German Dance in D Major, D. 783, No. 2 (Schubert) *Waltz in B Minor, D. 145, No. 6 (Schubert) *Waltz in A-flat Major, D. 365, No. 2 (Schubert) *Two Ecossaises, D. 421, Nos. 1 and 2 (Schubert) *Album leaf in F-sharp Minor, Op. 99, No. 4 (Schumann) *From Foreign Lands and Places, Op. 15, No. 1 (Schumann) *Mignon, Op. 68, No. 35 (Schumann) *Important Event, Op. 15, No. 6 (Schumann) *Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 (Chopin) *Mazurka in F Major, Op. 68, No. 3 (Chopin) *Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2 (Chopin) *Mazurka in G Major, Op. Post (Chopin) *Mazurka in B-flat Major, Op. Post (Chopin) *Song of the Cowherd, Op. 17, No. 22 (Grieg) *Waltz, Op. 38, No. 7 (Grieg) *Norwegian Melody, Op. 12, No. 6 (Grieg) *The Little Shepherd (Debussy) *Album Leaf (Debussy) *Braul (Bartok) *Buciumeana (Bartok) *The Farewell, Op. 21, No. 3 (Borkiewicz) *Venice, Op. 21, No. 7 (Borkiewicz) *Pierrot's Serenade (Martinu) *Columbine Remembers (Martinu) *Prelude (Fragment) (Gershwin) *Merry Andrew (Gershwin) *Promenade (Walking the Dog) (Gershwin).


Professional Piano Teaching, Volume 2

Professional Piano Teaching, Volume 2

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  • Author: Jeanine M. Jacobson
  • Publisher: Alfred Music
  • ISBN: 1470627787
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 455

This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: * teaching students beyond the elementary levels * an overview of learning processes and learning theories * teaching transfer students * preparing students for college piano major auditions * teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality * researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire * developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period * developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance * motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice * teaching memorization and performance skills