(Piano Method). Since the first release of this classic Schirmer edition over 100 years ago, almost anyone who has taken piano lessons for more than two years has played from The Virtuoso Pianist . Millions of copies have been sold of these progressive exercises which guide a player's technique, building finger independence and strength. This was the first American edition released of this music, and remains a classic at a remarkably affordable price. Read more

(Music Sales America). A compendium of the world's most loved music. True to the spirit of the great composers, this volume fills the needs of students and teachers. Over 100 works, including Schubert's "Moment Musical," Chopin's "Minute Waltz," Beethoven's "Rondo a Capriccio," and much more. Spiral bound. Read more

Designed especially for beginning pianists, enjoy simplified arrangements of popular classics from renowned composers with lessons and free MP3 to guide you!The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics makes it wonderfully simple for students from the ages of 4 to 99 to improve their piano playing techniques with popular classics from renowned composers—allowing them to experience music that otherwise would seem daunting. Eighty-three simplified arrangements of beloved works include pieces from Brahms, Debussy, Grieg, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and more. Each piece comes with a free MP3 download so aspiring pianists can easily familiarize themselves with each song. These audio files serve as an auditory guide, helping learners grasp a piece's mood, tempo, and dynamics, which might not be immediately apparent from sheet music alone. Whether teaching yourself or learning with a music instructor, practicing alongside these recordings can enhance a student's timing and rhythm, providing a more immersive learning experience.   Simplified Classics for Beginners: Start your musical voyage with The Big Book of Beginner's Piano Classics, which features 83 simplified arrangements of popular classics for children and adults of all ages. Perfect for Developing Musical Skills: This collection of piano lessons is the ideal starting point for beginner pianists to develop hand and ear skills and learn other techniques, such as playing in octaves, with accented notes, or four-part chorale playing. Complimentary MP3 Downloads: Each piece comes with a free MP3 download, serving as an auditory guide to familiarize learners with the music to internalize melodies and harmonies, understand the mood, tempo, and dynamics, and practice anywhere, anytime. Enhanced Learning Experience: Practicing alongside the provided recordings can significantly improve a student's timing, rhythm, and overall musicality, creating a more immersive and practical learning experience. Educational Extras: Includes a glossary of Italian musical terms used in the pieces, offering a more comprehensive learning tool and enhancing understanding of musical expressions. It also includes informative text about each work. Lessons include the following music with free MP3 downloads:*Bach: Minuet Sheep May Safely Graze Sarabande Air on a G String Aria from Goldberg Variations Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (opening) Prelude in C Major Invention in F Major Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring*BartókRumania Sketch*BeethovenFür Elise Ode to Joy Sonatina in G (opening) Moonlight Sonata (opening) Minuet in G "Emperor" Concerto Symphony No. 5 (opening) Turkish March*BrahmsHungarian Dance No. 5 Lullaby*ChopinMazurka Nocturne Etude No. 3 Prelude No. 7 Funeral March “Raindrop” Prelude Fantaisie-impromptu*ClementiAir Suisse Rondo in C*DebussyThe Maiden with the Flaxen Hair*DvorákFrom the New World Humoresque*FosterBeautiful Dreamer*GluckBallet Air*GriegPiano Concerto Morning Mood*HandelSarabande The Harmonious Blacksmith*HaydnSonata in C Rondo “Surprise” Symphony*LisztConsolation Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2*MacDowellTo A Wild Rose*MendelssohnVenetian Gondola Song*MozartMinuet from Don Giovanni Papgeno’s Song Romanze Sonata in A Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Aria from Don Giovanni Overture to Marriage of Figaro Rondo Alla Turca Symphony No. 40 (opening)*MussorgskyHopak*PaderewskiKrakowiak Minuet in Olden Style*RameauTambourin*RachmaninoffPrelude*RubinsteinMelody in F*Saint-SaënsThe Swan*SatieLullaby*Scarlatti, D.Sonata in A Minor (Aria)*SchubertThe Trout Impromptu*SchumannTräumerei The Happy Farmer The Poet Speaks*ScriabinPrelude*SibeliusFinlandia*StraussPizzicato Polka*TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 (theme) Marche Slave Fifth Symphony Romeo and Juliet (theme) 1812 Overture (Allegro) Swan Lake (theme) Eugene Onegin Waltz Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker*VerdiGrand March*VivaldiThe Autumn Hunt*WagnerBridal Procession Song to the Evening Star   Read more

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(Piano Collection). Books I and II of this traditional edition in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists. Contents: Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 114 * Minuet in G minor, BWV App. 115 * Minuet in G Major, BWV App. 116 * Polonaise in G minor, BWV App. 119 * March in D Major, BWV 122 * Minuet in G Major from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * Minuet in G minor from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * Minuet in G minor (II) from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * March in G Major, BWV App. 124 * Minuet in D minor, BWV App. 132 * Musett in G Major from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808 * Bourree in E minor from Lute Suite No. 1, BWV 996 * Musette in D Major, BWV App. 126 * Minuet in C minor, BWV App. 121 * Gavotte in G minor from Overture in G minor, BWV 822 * March in E-flat Major, BWV App. 127 * Polonaise in G minor BWV App. 125 * Gavotte in D Major from English Suite No. 6, BWV 811 * Polonaise in G Major, BWV App. 130 * Gavotte in G minor from English Suite No. 3, BWV 808 * Minuet in F Major from Overture in F Major, BWV 820 * Polonaise in G minor, BWV App. 123 * Gavotte in G Major from French Suite No. 5, BWV 816 * Minuet in E Major from French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817 * Scherzo in A minor from Partita No. 3, BWV 827 * Sarabande in E minor from English Suite No. 5, BWV 810 * Minuet in C minor from French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 * Prelude in F minor from Suite in F minor, BWV 823 Read more

(Music Sales America). A treasury of pieces for easy piano that have captured the imagination of music lovers. Includes: Clair de Lune * Country Gardens * Melody in F * Pachelbel's Canon * Albeniz's Tango * and much more. Spiral bound. Read more

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(Faber Piano Adventures ). Familiar orchestral, operatic and other non-keyboard classical themes arranged for the primer-level pianist. No eighth notes or dotted rhythms are used and the hands remain in middle C position. Pieces include: Ode to Joy (from the 9th Symphony) (Beethoven) * Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite ) (Grieg) * Bridal Chorus (from the opera Lohengrin ) (Wagner) * Theme from the "London" Symphony (Haydn) * Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke) * A Little Night Music (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) (Mozart) * Shepherd's Song ("Pastoral" from Symphony No. 6) (Beethoven). View Helpful Introductory Videos Here Read more

(String Method). A must-have for the serious violin student, these famous exercises are standard repertoire for the intermediate to early advanced player. Edited by Singer. (LB230) Read more

(String Method). For unaccompanied violin. Read more

(Piano Collection). This collection features Joe Hisaishi's music from Studio Ghibli films directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and others), arranged for piano. It is the only edition approved by the composer. CONTENTS: One Summer's Day from Spirited Away Kiki's Delivery Service from Kiki's Delivery Service Confessions in the Moonlight from Castle in the Sky The Wind Forest from My Neighbor Totoro The Road to the Valley from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Fantasia (for Nausicaa) from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind il porco rosso from Porco Rosso Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Mother Sea from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Merry-Go-Round from Howl's Moving Castle Princess Mononoke from Princess Mononoke Ashitaka and San from Princess Mononoke My Neighbor Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro Read more

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(Piano Collection). All major and minor scales (melodic and harmonic) along with selected elementary to intermediate exercises by Berens, Czerny, Hanon, Plaidy, Schmitt and Wieck. Contents: Berens : Training for the Left Hand, Op. 89, Book 1 * Czerny : Practical Finger Exercises, Op. 802, Book 1, Section 1 * Hanon : The Virtuoso Pianist, Book 1, Part 1 * Plaidy : Technical Studies, Section 1 * Schmitt : Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16 (exercises 1-32) * Wieck : Pianoforte Studies, Section 1 * Complete Major and Minor Scales Read more

(String). This edition collects in one volume all four concertos that make up "The Four Seasons." The combined retail value of the component publications that make up this collection (50263030 Spring, 50263040 Summer, 50262990 Fall, 50263000 Winter), at $7.95 each, totals $31.80. This "Complete" edition is an extraordinary value. Read more

(Piano Method). Contents: La Candeur (Sincerity) * L'Arabesque (Arabesque) * La Pastorale (Pastorale) La Petite Reunion (The Little Party) * Innocence * Progres (Progress) * Le Courant Limpide (The Limpid Stream) * La Gracieuse (Cracefulness) * La Chasse (The Chase) * Tendre Fleur (Tender Flower) * La Bergeronnette (The Young Shepherdess) * L'Adieu (The Farewell) * Consolation * La Styrienne (Austrian Dance) * Ballade * Douce Plainte (Gentle Lament) * La Babillarde (The Chatterbox) * Inquietude (Restlessness) * Ave Maria * La Tarentelle (Tarantella) * L'Harmonie des Anges (The Harmony of the Angels) * Barcarolle * Le Retour (The Return) * L'hirondelle (The Swallow) * Chevaleresque (Gallantry) Read more

Easy Beatles Piano Book: 35 Songs For Easy Piano✔ Free As A Bird✔ Hey Jude✔ Michelle✔ Something✔ Yellow Submarine✔ Golden Slumbers✔ When I'm Sixty- Four✔ Here Comes The Sun✔ Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds✔ The Long And Winding Road✔ Eleanor Rigby✔ Strawberry Fields Forever✔ And I Love Her✔ Let It Be✔ Dear Prudence✔ I Want To Hold Your Hand✔ In My Life✔ All You Need Is Love✔ Blackbird✔ Across The Universe✔ Hello, Goodbye✔ If I Fell✔ Penny Lane✔ Because✔ All My Loving✔ Don't Let Me down✔ I've Just Seen A Face✔ While My Guitar Gently Weeps✔ Oh! Darling✔ Here, There And Everywhere✔ Lady Madonna✔ A Hard Day's Night✔ Eight Days A Week✔ Twist And Shout✔ Yesterday Read more

Edited by Willard A. Palmer, this is Beethoven's complete Sonata, Opus 27, No. 2. There are historical notes about the work and the composer, as well as illustrations, performance suggestions regarding staccato, notes by Carl Czerny, and additional footnotes within the score. Mr. Palmer notes that the present edition has been carefully prepared from the original autograph manuscript and the first edition . . . " Read more

(Schott). What choral conductor or soloist has not looked around for new ideas for warming up the voice? Here are 200 suggestions all at once! These creative exercises do more than just warm up the voice: they help to relax the body, train the ear and develop an awareness of dynamics and rhythm. Klaus Heizmann's collection is a wonderful new resource of ideas and techniques: practical, varied, challenging, relaxing and stimulating. I am always looking for new ideas, as I like to use a different set of warm-ups at every rehersal with my choirs, and I tend to choose specific exercises to suit the repertoire for the day. This collection gives us 200 excellent "tools-of-the-trade"; they are clearly lebeled, intelligently set out, well-designed and extremely useful. Simon Carrington , Director of Choral Activities, New England Conservatory since 2001, Director of Choral Activities, The University of Kansas 1994-2001, and founder and co-director of the King's Singers 1968-1993 Read more

142 easy pieces by the masters of piano literature, dating from the second half of the 17th century to the present. Easy Classics to Moderns Volume 17 compilation is in approximate chronological order. Pieces range from easy piano music for beginners to intermediate and include a great variety of forms, moods, and rhythmic patterns.Enthusiastic response from music educators and teachers greeted the publication in 1968 of the first volume in the CLASSICS TO MODERNS piano classical music book series. Since then, as additional titles of these piano books for beginners were added, the series has won widespread praise and universal acceptance by both teachers and students as a valuable and unique library of piano materials. All those interested in the literature for the piano have been well served by Denes Agay's intelligent compilations and by his judicious editing. The piano for beginners series set a new high standard for piano teaching materials and is distinguished by an editorial approach that remains faithful to the composer's intentions.Dr. Agay's works are the most popular piano books in the well-known MUSIC FOR MILLIONS series, and the effectively graded editions have become a mainstay in the teaching repertoire. Each volume of classical piano music book covers three centuries of great piano music; each piece is in its original form, neither simplified nor rearranged. Read more

(Piano Collection). This new volume in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics brings together Books I and II of Bach's classic repertoire at an affordable price. Read more