The Classics for the Advancing Pianist series provides motivating, enjoyable literature of substantial quality for developing keyboard artists. The pieces in these books, written by Edward MacDowell and ordered in...
In the key of E flat major and 4/4 time, this early advanced piano solo is expressively written to depict the different temperaments of springtime weather. From the opening single-note...
With a gentle, breezy introduction, this piece sets out to sea, navigating by starlight! New age rhythms and harmonies journey through the lively waves, becoming ever more familiar. Chordal in...
An impressive solo for recital and adjudication. This rich, expressive composition will improve voicing in the right hand as well as control of rubato.
These rewarding and motivating piano solos represent the best of Carl Fischer?s extensive educational piano catalog in newly engraved versions. Painstakingly edited by Carl Fischer Piano Editor Elizabeth Gutierrez, this...
The most recent addition to this successful series, is this 12-piece collection, strongly rooted in the classical music tradition-polonaises, serenades, barcarolles, toccatas, rhapsodies-that also contains jazz and Latin music. Written...
This "Ragtime Two Step" was featured in the film "The Sting" in an orchestrated version and is among Joplin's happiest sounding rags. It is written in A-flat Major and D...
George Gershwin's three most famous preludes demonstrate his genius for piano writing, and portray a variety of styles. Prelude I exudes energetic syncopation, Prelude II is a lyric blues with...
Juba' is one of the earliest and possibly best compositions by R. Nathaniel Dett. Majoring in composition and piano at Oberlin, in 1908, Dett was the first black person to...
This swingin' late intermediate piano solo is in the key of G major and uses triplets, syncopation, and jazzy chords. Throughout the piece, a bluesy hand-over-hand ascending gesture provides an...
Three Romances includes original solos written in genres from the Romantic period. Students will find them useful as preparation for studying compositions by composers such as Chopin, Schumann, and Grieg....
This outstanding collection of classic Joplin rags includes a concise guide to ragtime history, style and interpretation, plus a reprint of Scott Joplin's definitive document entitled School of Ragtime. Titles:...
A dozen delightful Gillock pieces have been re-engraved in this new collection that is guaranteed to become a staple of your library! Renowned piano pedagogue Lynn Freeman Olson once wrote,...