Titles: * Allegro (Bartók) * Bagatelle, Opus 6, No. 6 (Bartók) * Le Petite Berger (Debussy) * Le Petite Nègre (Debussy) * Prelude No. 2 (Gershwin) * Waltz, Opus 123, No. 6 (Gretchaninoff) * Playing Ball (Kabalevsky) * Toccatina, Opus 27, No. 6 (Kabalevsky) * The Bagpipes (Menotti) * Lullaby (Menotti) * The Manger (Menotti) * Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) * The Mechanical Doll (Shostakovitch) * Vivo (Stravinsky)

(Piano Solo Songbook). This exceptional collection draws upon workds from 20 of the world's greatest piano composers. It is suitable for the intermediate level pianist and offers engaging and inspiring pieces to elevate and expand their repertoire. Selections include: Ballade Pour Adeline (Richard Clayderman) * Dawn from Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli) * Fly (Ludovico Einaudi) * Game of Thrones Theme (Ramin Djawadi) * Glasgow Theme from Love Actually (Craig Armstrong) * In the Morning Light (Yanni) * Opening (Philip Glass) * Penn Ar Roc'h (Yann Tiersen) * River Flows in You (Yiruma) * The Shape of Water Theme (Alexandre Desplat) * and more.

(Piano Solo Songbook). This exceptional collection draws upon works from 20 of the world's greatest piano composers. It is suitable for the intermediate level pianist and offers engaging and inspiring pieces to elevate and expand their repertoire. Selections include: Ballade Pour Adeline (Richard Clayderman) * Dawn from Pride & Prejudice (Dario Marianelli) * Fly (Ludovico Einaudi) * Game of Thrones Theme (Ramin Djawadi) * Glasgow Theme from Love Actually (Craig Armstrong) * In the Morning Light (Yanni) * Opening (Philip Glass) * Penn Ar Roc'h (Yann Tiersen) * River Flows in You (Yiruma) * The Shape of Water Theme (Alexandre Desplat) * and more.

(Piano). Some of the most often taught original piano literature by dozens of master composers of the past has been carefully selected and compiled by difficulty level. The Upper Intermediate edition features 13 pieces by 8 composers, including: Johannes Brahms: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 * Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 * Frederic Chopin: Polonaise Militaire, Op. 40, No. 1 * Frederic Chopin: Waltz in D-flat Major "Minute," Op. 64, No. 1 * Frederic Chopin: Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 * Scott Joplin: The Cascades * Franz Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 * Felix Mendelssohn: Spring Song from Songs Without Words, Op. 62, No. 6 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Variations on "Ah! vous dirai-je, maman," K.265 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo alla Turca from Sonata in A Major, K. 331 * Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 * Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5 * Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: June (Barcarolle) from The Seasons .

The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.

A beautifully illustrated, totally engrossing celebration of the piano, and the composers and performers who have made it their own. With honed sensitivity and unquestioned expertise, Stuart Isacoff—pianist, critic, teacher, and author of Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization—unfolds the ongoing history and evolution of the piano and all its myriad wonders: how its very sound provides the basis for emotional expression and individual style, and why it has so powerfully entertained generation upon generation of listeners. He illuminates the groundbreaking music of Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, and Debussy. He analyzes the breathtaking techniques of Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Arthur Rubinstein, and Van Cliburn, and he gives musicians including Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, and Vladimir Horowitz the opportunity to discuss their approaches. Isacoff delineates how classical music and jazz influenced each other as the uniquely American art form progressed from ragtime, novelty, stride, boogie, bebop, and beyond, through Scott Joplin, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Cecil Taylor, and Bill Charlap. A Natural History of the Piano distills a lifetime of research and passion into one brilliant narrative. We witness Mozart unveiling his monumental concertos in Vienna’s coffeehouses, using a special piano with one keyboard for the hands and another for the feet; European virtuoso Henri Herz entertaining rowdy miners during the California gold rush; Beethoven at his piano, conjuring healing angels to console a grieving mother who had lost her child; Liszt fainting in the arms of a page turner to spark an entire hall into hysterics. Here is the instrument in all its complexity and beauty. We learn of the incredible craftsmanship of a modern Steinway, the peculiarity of specialty pianos built for the Victorian household, the continuing innovation in keyboards including electronic ones. And most of all, we hear the music of the masters, from centuries ago and in our own age, brilliantly evoked and as marvelous as its most recent performance. With this wide-ranging volume, Isacoff gives us a must-have for music lovers, pianists, and the armchair musician.