John W. Schaum has arranged this collection of classic ragtime songs for the late elementary student. These pieces may be used as supplementary study for students in Level Two method books. Included are: Maple Leaf Rag * Hello! My Baby * Warmin' Up in Dixie * Weepin' Willow Rag and nine more.

John W. Schaum has captured the essence of this popular style of music based on 12-bar blues progressions and presents fresh, interesting, and fun melodies against driving left-hand bass patterns. Contains: * Army Boogie * Barbecue Boogie * Blue Boogie * Bobolink Boogie * The Boogie Man * Bug-A-Boogie * Choo Choo Boogie * Chop Boogie * Mambo Boogie * Real Gone Boogie * St. Louis Boogie

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) composed his great music under abstract titles such as: Preludes, Mazurkas, Berceuses, and Waltzes. Modern education advocates graphic descriptive captions that tell incidents: that is why Mr. Schaum has substituted historically interesting titles for the abstract terms. The original titles are always in parentheses. This wealth of true biographical information adds musical appreciation to these authentic Chopin excerpts.This newly engraved edition will be welcomed by teachers and students.

Titles: * And I Love You So * Baby Elephant Walk * Charade * Heart and Soul * The Hill Street Blues Theme * I'm Popeye the Sailor Man * (Where Do I Begin) Love Story * Over the Rainbow * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head * Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) * A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) * What the World Needs Now Is Love * You Light Up My Life. Correlates with Schaum Primer (Pre-A)

Book 3 in this valued series expands into detailed specifics of stemming, beaming, ornamentation, choral applications, and much more. This series is easily used by students of all instruments, not just piano.

Featured in this practical teaching collection are famous selections from Album for the Young, Scenes from Childhood, Carnival, Albumblätter, and arrangements of Schumann's Piano Quintet, Op. 44, Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13, and "Larghetto" from Spring Symphony. Mr. Schaum has purposely abridged some of the compositions making them more accessible for the early intermediate to intermediate-level student.

(Book). For more than 200 years, the piano has been an inspirational force in the world of music. The Piano shows how this characterful instrument has won its place at the center of the affections of music lovers everywhere. This is the first popular book to cover every aspect of the instrument's dynamic history, including: origins, technical developments, novelties and experiments; piano music throughout the centuries; profiles of the instruments' musical giants and analyses of their greatest works; and much more. With over 200 photographs and full color throughout, The Piano is a handsome tribute to a great musical personality. 192 pages, 9 1/2 x 11 1/4