Ravel's plans for a piano concerto can be traced back to 1906, but it was only in early 1929 that the composer seriously started work on one. He later stated that he wrote it “in the spirit of the concertos by Mozart and Saint-Saëns”, the music being “cheerful and brilliant” and not “aiming for profundity or dramatic effects”. The outer movements are characterised by rhythmic drive and borrowings from jazz; while the slow movement, with its subtle shifts of accented beats, is entirely dedicated to melody. Alongside manuscripts and prints, a recording made under Ravel's supervision by the work's dedicatee, Marguerite Long, was consulted for this Henle Urtext edition. Since its successful premiere in January 1932 the concerto has been part of the repertoire of all great pianists, including Pascal Rogé, the French music expert who has provided the fingerings for the solo part.
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Quick -- how many scales do you know? If you answered several, you're not alone. Lots of piano players know several scales, but how many really know what to do with them? With Pianist's Guide to Scales Over Chords, you'll learn how to apply the most used scales in a musical manner. We'll examine how scales and chords are closely linked and how this relationship is key to crafting memorable, intelligent solos. If you're stuck in a pentatonic rut or find yourself always coming back to the same old patterns, this book is for you. The online audio contains 178 tracks, including 15 extended backing tracks for practice! You'll learn: Diatonic Harmony Theory (intervals, scales, chord construction, etc.); Major and Minor Scale Applications; Inversions and Slash Chords; Seventh Chords and Extended Harmony; Modes (construction and applications); Playing over a Standard (Dominant) and Minor 12-Bar Blues; Non-diatonic Harmony and Modal Progressions. 14 scales are covered: Major Scale (Ionian) • Major Pentatonic • Minor Scale (Aeolian) • Minor Pentatonic • Dorian • Phrygian • Lydian • Mixolydian • Locrian • Blues Scale • Harmonic Minor • Melodic Minor • Lydian Dominant • Super Locrian.
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The Allegro movement “Nothing to Lose” was composed by Kapustin in 2004 and is now published for the first time as a sheet music edition.
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Even if you've just started to learn how to play keyboard, you can play nearly 50 beautiful pop and standard songs with iconic melodies thanks to this Super Easy Songbook. These arrangements feature no page turns, simple right-hand melodies, letter names inside each note, and basic left-hand chord diagrams along with lyrics. This edition features 46 songs, including: All Is Found • Bridge over Troubled Water • Canon in D • Crazy • Dos Oruguitas • Easy on Me • Faithfully • Fields of Gold • Fur Elise, WoO 59 • Hey Jude • I See the Light • Let It Be • Lift Me Up • A Million Dreams • Open Arms • Reflection • Sunrise, Sunset • Unchained Melody • What Was I Made For? • You Raise Me Up • You Will Be Found • and more.
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The Five Piano Pieces op. 23 are a transitional work in which Schönberg made the decisive step from free atonal music to composition based on tone rows, which however did not yet necessarily have to contain all twelve chromatic tones. Begun in 1920 as a contribution to a memorial album for Debussy, the cycle was completed – now as an independent work – only in 1923. The most famous piece in it is certainly no. 5, “Waltz”, an ironic playing with genre traditions that at the same time is a swift-moving piece of music! Our editor, Ulrich Krämer, is one of the most distinguished Schönberg scholars, while the fingerings are provided by specialist Shai Wosner. The clear and neatly set score is an ideal basis on which to explore this fascinating piano universe.
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Sonatina Scherzosa is in five sections: two “scherzando” movements are enclosed by three contrasting “sostenuto” passages: prelude, interlude and postlude. The duration of the work is about 12' and it was first performed on 8 April 2022, at the Unitarian Church, Brighton, UK, by Chisato Kusunoki.
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This volume brings together Schönbergs complete works for piano solo, and thereby presents a wide span from the free atonal pieces of op. 11 to the aphoristic op. 19, the fascinating tone-row experiments of op. 23 to the dodecaphonically conceived works op. 25, 33a & 33b. Additionally, in the appendix, three pieces from 1894 by the twenty-year-old composer provide an astonishing insight into the late-romantic roots of the modern Schönberg. His compositional development can be easily traced in this edition, which incorporates all kinds of milestones of classical modernism alongside thrilling, trailblazing music. Anyone wanting to engage with Schönberg's piano works should not miss this compendium!
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Discover authentic piano literature in this collection of 35 original-form classics by Gurlitt, Czerny, Handel, and more. Designed for adult beginners, this book organizes the pieces by pattern and key for easy learning and progression, following the Adult Piano Adventures Course Books. Along the way, find helpful theory insights and technique strategies, optional teacher duets, and QR codes for quick access to video tutorials and model performances of each piece. Enjoy the journey of developing pianistic skills and artistic expression.
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Sometimes you just need some soothing piano music to relax, unwind, and let go. This collection gathers nearly 40 beatiful classical favorites for the intermediate-level player. Works include: Air (from Water Music) (Händel) • Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1 (Grieg) • Bagatelle in G Major, Op. 126, No. 5 (Beethoven) • Canon in D (Pachelbel) • Clair De Lune (Debussy) • Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) • Lullaby (Cradle Song) (Brahms) • La Pastorale (Burgmüller) • Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathetique” (Beethoven) • Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 4 (Chopin) • Prelude in C Major (Bach)• Reverie (Debussy) • Slumber Song (Gurlitt) • The Swan (Le Cygne) (Saint-Säens) • Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) • and more.
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The toccata genre has undergone great change since Bachs time. Originally denoting works of recitative or improvisatory character, since the 19th century the emphasis has been on a continuous pulsating rhythm. In Prokofievs masterpiece, composed in 1912, this rhythm grows into a hammering motoric drive that dispenses with developed themes or motifs. That which seems fascinating and enthralling to us today came as a shock to the critics of that time. But there were also proponents such as Prokofiev's friend Nikolai Myaskovsky, who wrote of the Toccata: “It is a fiendishly clever thing, edgy, energetic and full of personality”. Besides the printed editions that appeared during Prokofiev's lifetime we also had the autograph at our disposal for this Urtext edition. Yulianna Avdeeva, a master of virtuoso piano music, has been responsible for the fingerings.
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No matter your age or if you're at the very start of your piano journey, you can play the 49 favorites in this collection! Each song is presented in arrangements with no page turns, simple right-hand melody parts, letter names written inside each note head, and basic left-hand chord diagrams. Songs include: Chasing Cars • Dancing Queen • Don't Stop Believin' • Drivers License • Every Breath You Take • Free Fallin' • Golden Hour • He's a Pirate • Heart and Soul • Imagine • La Bamba • Lean on Me • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • One Call Away • 100 Years • Peaches • Piano Man • Stand by Me • Star Wars (Main Theme) • Sweet Caroline • Take Me Home, Country Roads • We Don't Talk About Bruno • and more.
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Prokofiev did not compose his Visions fugitives – 20 “fleeting visions” – in one go, but in clusters between 1915 and 1917, immediately before the Russian Revolution that compelled him to leave his native country in 1918. We know from his diaries that at least some of them owe their existence to extra-musical impulses. Thus several pieces were inspired by people close to him. Others impart his emotional reaction to the political situation with its menacing brutality. According to his own statement, for example, no. 19 “was inspired by the events of February 1917 in Petrograd”, during the Revolution's first phase. Technically the pieces are not too demanding, and are also often used in teaching. They now appear for the first time in an Urtext edition that considers all the musical sources created during the composer's lifetime. In his preface, Prokofiev specialist Simon Morrison provides biographical context for the genesis of this fantastic piano cycle.
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This short piece is based on the 'Promenade' theme from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. It was composed for Olga Scheps and features on her album Melody.
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The Troy Sonata, the main work of the new Warner CD Fazil Say plays Say, will shape the world tour program Says in Beethoven 2020 in combination with the Hammerklavier sonata. A powerful new interpretation of the ancient myth of love, cunning and betrayal.
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Get ready for adventurous travels on the keyboard with this great new collection of ten favorite themes from the Indiana Jones series of films. Each theme is transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano solo, and has been approved by John Williams! Titles include works from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (“Raiders March,” “Marion's Theme”) • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (“Short Round's Theme,” “Parade of the Slave Children”) • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (“Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra,” “The Keeper of the Grail”) • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (“The Adentures of Mutt,” “Irina's Theme”) • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (“Helena's Theme,” “Archimedes' Tomb”).
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