Piano Perspectives | Winter 2014

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CONTENTS

Students Can Understand Technique By E. L. Lancaster

New Perspectives On Bärenreiter By Brita Schilling-Wang

Poco Piano For Young Children By Ying Ying Ng

Piano Teaching Tips With Wynn-Anne Rossi

Everything You Need To Know About Suzuki Piano By John Kendell

Winter 2014 Catalogue Your Guide To The Latest Piano Releases


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02 PIANO PERSPECTIVES

T echnique—the word strikes terror in the hearts and minds of some students (and teachers)! Students

often think that technique is boring and hard to understand. Teachers sometimes think that assigning scales, arpeggios, and a few Hanon exercises are all that is required to teach technique. Many books with titles that contain the word “Technique” are simply little more than sight reading books with short exercises in them. But, technique does not have to remain a mystery to students. Short, simple technical principles (Technique Tools) can be introduced to students from the beginning without taking a huge amount of lesson time. These principles can then be applied to artistic performance at all levels.

Piano technique relates to three things:

1. The way pianists use their body, arm, wrists, hands, and fingers at the keyboard.

2. How pianists move freely around the keyboard.

3. The sounds that pianists create at the keyboard.

The terms “relaxation” and “weight” are often tossed around during discussions of technique. The following exercises from Premier Piano Course, Technique 1A can be introduced quickly and done with students in the first lesson to make sure that they are on the right path with these concepts immediately. “Arm Weight” allows students to play with a more beautiful sound while “Relaxed Shoulders” aids with playing effortlessly. It is also important to play with “Strong Fingertips” to control the sound and play beautifully.

STudENTS CaN uNdErSTaNd

TECHNIQUE

By E. L. LancasterPremier Piano Course Co-Author

Senior Vice President, Keyboard Editor-in-Chief

“Technique Tool 1 from page 3 of Premier Piano Course, Technique 1A


STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND TECHNIQUE

(aNd apply TEChNiCal priNCiplES TO arTiSTiC pErfOrmaNCE)



The Technique books for Premier Piano Course are now complete through level 6. In the series of eight books (levels 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 6,) technical goals are achieved through appealing and descriptive exercises.

The seven Technique Tools that follow can be quickly introduced in lessons and practiced away from the keyboard:





STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND TECHNIQUE


“Technique Tool 1 from page 7 of Premier Piano Course, Technique 2B

“Technique Tool 3 from page 26 of Premier Piano Course, Technique 3

Other Technique Tools that use the keyboard are introduced throughout the series. They should always be introduced to the student during the lesson. Patterned exercises that follow each Technique Tool provide students with the necessary repetitions to make the technique feel natural.

Technique Tools are only important if they can be applied artistically in a musical setting. Several “Artistic Etudes” in each Technique book help students showcase

their technique and focus on such artistic concepts as singing melody, expressive staccato and legato, tempo and expression, creating moods in music, playing with a dramatic sound, choosing the heart of the phrase, and form and expression.

“The Return”, Op. 100, No. 23 from Technique 6

“Masterwork Etudes” are also included beginning with Technique 2B. Written by important composers and teachers from the past, they provide training to play standard masterworks while reinforcing “Technique Tools”. “The Return,” Op. 100, No. 23 by Johann Burgmüller is an example from Technique 6. It uses several Technique Tools from previous books including staying close to the keys for repeated notes, voicing the melody with weight, opening the hand for arpeggios, and sustaining longer notes while playing shorter notes. The Technique books in Premier Piano Course teach students the important Technique Tools and then help them apply the technical principles to artistic performance of music in all styles.

Bach, Johann Sebastian(1685-1750) BA 6572

Beethoven, Ludwig van(1770-1827) BA 6560

Brahms, Johannes(1833-1897) BA 6566

Chopin, Frédéric(1810-1849) BA 6565

Debussy, Claude(1862-1918) BA 6573

Grieg, Edvard(1843-1907) BA 6575

Handel, George Frideric(1685-1759) BA 6578

Haydn, Joseph(1732-1809) BA 4631

Liszt, Franz(1811-1886) BA 6577

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix(1809-1847) BA 6568

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus(1756-1791) BA 5327

Ravel, Maurice(1875-1937) BA 6580

Easy Piano Pieces and DancesEdited by Michael Töpel

“The series of Easy Pieces and Dances by the Classical masters, carefully edited by Michael Töpel, is an ideal starting point

for students and teachers, and a refreshing addition to the usual anthologies.”

“A boon to piano teachers …”(Piano Journal)

Satie, Erik(1866-1925) BA 6574

Schubert, Franz(1797-1828) BA 5639

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) BA 6567

Tchaikovsky, Peter(1840-1893) BA 6576

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Try this “Best of” anthology from the “Easy Piano Pieces and Dances” series including popular highlights of easy repertoire such as Beethoven’s “Für Elise” or the “Arietta” from Grieg’s Lyric Pieces as well as several discoveries not usually found in popular collections. Reliable fi ngering, original works free of editorial additions – the perfect companion for every piano teacher!

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NEw PERSPECTIvES ON BäRENREITER

Bärenreiter offers a wide-ranging programme of Urtext editions of piano music from the Baroque

to the early 20th century which is being continuously expanded with new editions of masterpieces and hidden treasures. Why are Urtext editions important? Won’t any printed edition of a work be good enough? Simple editions, especially downloads, contain many small and larger arbitrary “corrections” by editors, for example in slurs and phrasing, articulation, ornamentation, accidentals, dynamics or performance instructions, which are not identified. Through this, the music text is tacitly altered, sometimes considerably, in a way which is not evident to the performer. Bärenreiter uses the term “Urtext” for scholarly-critical editions

whose musical text has been established by leading experts drawing on all available and authoritative sources. The aim is to reproduce as closely as possible the work in the form the composer intended. Editorial interventions which might be necessary in the case of doubtful or unclear variant readings are kept to the minimum and are listed in the Critical Commentary: the main focus is on the work in its original form, free of any extraneous additions.

Editors engaged by Bärenreiter for this purpose track down sources all over the world, decipher barely legible manuscripts, investigate mistakes, contradictions and intended differences, and in the course of their meticulous, almost detective-like work, are often faced with tricky

questions in order to uncover the “Urtext” of a work: does the autograph manuscript, the first

printed edition, the composer’s corrected working copy, or the revised second edition reflect his or her final intentions? Or are these various versions or pre-stages of its final form? What significance attaches to comments in letters made by the composer or other contemporaries? How should recordings by the composer be evaluated?

Bärenreiter Urtext editions of piano music are, however, not only intended for specialists; they are also aimed at pupils, students, teachers and music lovers, offering them a wealth of information which ensures a reliable basis for both teaching and self-study. This includes an easy-to-read music layout which will satisfy the highest aesthetic demands, with practical page-turns and fold-out pages, making inconvenient turns unnecessary as, for example, in Schumann’s piano work Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen op. 82), or in Satie’s 5th Gnossienne.

The generous presentation includes detailed forewords and suggestions for performance, providing information on questions of historical performance instructions, ornamentation, pedalling and articulation.

Traditionally, one of the main emphases of the Bärenreiter piano music programme has been on composers of the Viennese classics, including the Urtext editions of Beethoven’s piano sonatas currently being issued in separate volumes (already published: the Grande Sonate pathétique op. 13 and

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Sonata in F minor “Appassionata” op. 57, both edited by Beethoven specialist Jonathan Del Mar), and the revised edition of Mozart’s complete Works for Piano Duet, edited in 2013 by the great Mozart scholar Wolfgang Rehm. This edition is rounded off with an extensive Appendix containing the Fragments KV 497a and KV 500a (completed by Michael Töpel), as well as individual pieces for organ, mechanical organ and musical clock transcribed for piano duet (edited by Michael Töpel). All the compositions in this volume are also provided with fermata ornamentation (“lead ins”) by the editor of the Appendix. 2014 sees the publication of volume 4 of Joseph Haydn’s Complete Piano Sonatas, with the great late sonatas (with detailed suggestions on performance practice and historically informed fingering by Rebecca Maurer, a student of Malcolm Bilson). The special rarities of the piano publishing programme include, alongside Reicha’s 36 Fugues and Erwin Schulhoff’s jazz works which are being published in 2014, the first Urtext edition of Leopold Koželuh’s Complete Sonatas for Keyboard Solo (ed. Christopher Hogwood). These works are ideally suited to piano teaching because of their easy playability and graceful melodies.

Another focus is on important composers from German Romanticism such as Brahms (Albumblatt, Ballades op. 10; Waltzes op. 39; Fantasies op. 116; Three Intermezzi op. 117; Piano Pieces op. 118; Piano Pieces op. 119), Mendelssohn (Songs without Words; Sieben Charakterstücke op. 7 / Sechs Kinderstücke op. 72; Variations op. 54, 82, 83), Schumann (Scenes from Childhood op. 15; Forest Scenes

op. 82) (in addition to the composer’s original markings, both editions also contain Clara Schumann’s original pedalling and fingerings by the German pianist Ragna Schirmer) and Liszt (Sonata in B minor) – as well as French piano music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In recent years many key works from this fascinating period have been published in Urtext editions, including Fauré (Barcarolles; Ballade op. 19 and the Valses-Caprices, all edited by Christophe Grabowski based on the Oeuvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré, Bärenreiter), Debussy (Children’s Corner, Arabesques, Pour le Piano, Suite bergamasque, Images I and II), Satie (Ogives/Gymnopédies, all seven Gnossiennes, with suggestions on performance practice by Steffen Schleiermacher) and Chabrier, whose Habanera is now available in the original version for piano in a critical-practical Urtext edition for the first time. Bärenreiter has also published the first Urtext edition of the complete piano works of Louis Vierne.

New editorial standards have been set by the Urtext editions of Russian piano music by Christoph Flamm, an internationally renowned specialist in Russian music of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His edition of the complete piano sonatas of Skriabin evaluates the first printed editions and autograph manuscripts and, for the first time, the composer’s own recordings on piano rolls. It also contains the most thorough introduction to the composer’s piano sonatas to date, and in addition, the first edition of all Skriabin’s youthful sonatas (volumes I and II are already published). In his new edition of Mussorgsky’s famous piano cycle Pictures at an exhibition, complete with a revealing

foreword and a reproduction of Viktor Hartmann’s illustrations, Christoph Flamm has undertaken a new critical examination of the sources. In the process he has arrived at surprising new variant readings of the well-known music text (including the reading of the second chord in bar 17 of the first Promenade, the irregular placing of the sforzati in no. 7 The Market at Limoges. The Big News, and for the first time the assignment of the sforzati to the melody line which lies within the chords in no. 8 Catacombs. Roman Sepulchre).

Based on the New Schubert Edition (Bärenreiter), Schubert’s piano works (Moments Musicaux, Impromptus, Late Piano Pieces, Sonata in B flat D 960) are being issued regularly in handsome newly-engraved Urtext editions, brought up-to-date with new forewords, suggestions on historical performance practice and a Critical Commentary which gives particular consideration to the contentious interpretation of Schubert’s accent and decrescendo markings. The latest practical Urtext edition from the New Schubert Edition is the 2013 publication of Schubert’s major contributions to the four hand piano repertoire, including the F minor Fantasy D 940, “Lebensstürme” D 947 and the Rondo in A D 951.

Bärenreiter Urtext editions of piano music combine quality at the highest level with the requirements of performing musicians, all at attractive prices. Visit our homepage and see our wealth of piano music for yourself!

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EDITORIAL


Poco Piano for Young children

By Ying Ying Ng & Margaret O’Sullivan Farrell

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MOTIvATIONAn appealing layout of double-page spreads, with attractive stickers, colour-coded notes and big note notation to keep students engaged.

TECHNIQUEBeginning with a braced 3rd finger on each hand to develop a natural, balanced hand position.

MUSICIANSHIPNew chapters begin with preparation activities to provide simultaneous experience on note reading, rhythm patterns, music analysis, and theory.

MUSICAL CONCEPTSPerformance Directions are first introduced in simple English and then replaced with Italian to avoid “knowledge overload”.

AURAL DEvELOPMENTFamiliar nursery rhymes, folksongs and tunes with lyrics to encourage singing and retain the interest of the child.

MUSICAL PLAYINGInteresting information about music using illustrations appropriately matching the title and story of the pieces to encourage musical playing.

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METHODICAL Proven approach that teaches concepts in the same way each time, following the same steps and using the same words.

MUSIC ANALYSISAnalysis of rhythmic and melodic patterns which help students read complex music and tackle exercises with confidence.

INTERvALLIC READINGLesson activities, exercises and games that help with intervallic sight reading.

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Asymmetry! This is a quality I love to discover in my favourite pieces of art and music.

In the Classical Era, beauty was considered to be the result of balance, order, and

perfect symmetry. However, the 20th century “creators” challenged these philosophies,

composing radically new forms of art. Today, we stand with the wonder of opposites.

Balance and imbalance are no longer incompatible. Symmetry and asymmetry can

work together “in harmony.”

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Wynn-Anne Rossi

PIANO TEACHING TIPS

I am pleased to introduce “Asymmetry” from book 4 of my new series, One of a Kind. This is an intriguing piece to present in terms of opposites working together.

The time signature is an excellent place to start, being the rhythmic foundation of the piece. In bar 1, 5/8 immediately sets up an imbalanced nature: 3 + 2. Bars 9, 10, and 11 have the 7/8 pattern while bar 12 has the unexpected switch back to 5/8. Another point of inequality is the 3 (alike) + 1 (different) nature to the bar format throughout the music. This is easy to see via the patterns of the left hand. At bar 13, to counteract the imbalances of the individual bars, the larger picture of a dependable 4-bar structure (3 + 1 = 4) begins to emerge. Also, recurring rhythmic patterns in the left hand brings a distinct sense of order. The musical ear begins to rely on these patterns throughout the piece.

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Like the rhythm, the melody also follows a distinct measure format: three simple notes (bar 1), retrograde (bar 2), repetition (bar 3), then something new (bar 4). This 3 + 1 configuration continues at bar 9 when the piece switches to 7/8. Notice the strong use of sequencing in this section: bars 9-10, bars 13-14 and bars 15-16, which acts as a transition into a new key. The new section, beginning in bar 19, introduces a hybrid melody, nostalgic of the opening, as the 3 + 1 structure continues. Melodic sequences can be spotted in several bars, bringing “soothing” order into a seemingly imbalanced musical atmosphere.

At a glance, the harmonic language defies expectation! The music starts in A minor and ends in D major. Minor and major interact to the point where the ear wonders which one is actually in control. A melodic minor emerges as a strong force with the D (IV) and E (V) major chords in bar 4. Bar 9 is a surprise with the introduction of the A major chord. However, it is immediately followed by a C major chord, hinting back to the minor key via the C natural. Yes, it is complicated! Bar 16 offers a gentle transition into D minor. Note that A is the dominant key of D minor. At bar 27, the original A minor returns. After a recap of bars 9-16 at bar 35, the coda leads to D major. This offers a refreshing surprise ending. Contemporary music often weaves in and out of keys. I consider this to be a unique form of asymmetry.

I have always appreciated the age-old idiom of “opposites attract”. Through the musical fundamentals of structure, rhythm, melody, and harmony, opposites work together in complex ways, similar to life itself. Symmetry mixed with asymmetry can express new forms of artistry.I send my best to you and your students as you discover new perspectives into what makes music truly beautiful!

Musically yours,Wynn-Anne RossiAuthor, Arranger, Composer

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here are moments in history when a place, a time, a

man, and an idea converge to produce results of great

significance. Such a moment occurred when Shinichi

Suzuki began his experiments in violin teaching in Japan.

The results have attracted widespread attention, and have

generated much speculation about the nature of musical

learning and the way in which every human being

develops in the early formative years. It is not that any

particular segment of Suzuki’s ideas is new, but rather

that the totality of his concepts, together with the

results he has shown, throw a clear light on a question we

wish to explore—how do human beings become musical?

The Suzuki Violin Method in American Music Education

— John Kendall

ShInIchI SuzuKIOctober 17, 1898–January 26, 1998

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history of The Suzuki® MethodOne Man’s Vision

Shinichi Suzuki—violinist, educator, philosopher, and humanitarian—was born in 1898, the son of Japan’s first violin manufacturer. Suzuki worked in the violin factory as a child, but was not interested in playing the violin until he was seventeen. Suzuki then studied violin in Japan for some years before going to Germany in the 1920s for further study.

When he returned to Japan, Suzuki and his brothers formed a string quartet that toured extensively. he also taught violin at universities in Tokyo and elsewhere. During this period, Suzuki became interested in the education of young children.

Beginnings

After World War II, Suzuki carried his interest and sympathy for children into his work as a musician and teacher. he based his approach on the belief that musical ability is not an inborn talent, but an ability that can be developed—that the potential of every child can grow if the child is given the proper training and learning environment. noting that children learn to speak their native language with ease, Suzuki applied the basic principles of language acquisition to the learning of music. he called his method the mother-tongue approach, or Talent Education.

In 1945, Suzuki was invited to teach at a school in Matsumoto. he accepted with the condition that he could try this new method he had developed to teach violin to very young children. (Today the method includes piano, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, harp, guitar, recorder, and organ.)

Within a year after beginning his program, Suzuki presented some of his young students at a concert in Tokyo. Listeners were amazed at the performance of the children, and the Talent Education movement began to grow.

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Development of the Method

Over the next 30 years, Suzuki did extensive research to develop his series of violin repertoire books. he chose his pieces carefully, so they would present musical and technical points in a logical, sequential manner. Other violin teachers studied with Suzuki and began to teach throughout Japan. The Talent Education program expanded to include other instruments, and materials were designed and published for piano, cello, and flute. Thousands of children received Suzuki training at the Talent Education Institute in Matsumoto or one of the branch schools in other Japanese cities.

Suzuki Method Today

Suzuki’s idea of teaching peace and understanding through music gradually gained acceptance. his active leadership for more than fifty years until his death in January of 1998 brought thousands of parents and teachers in at least forty countries in Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, and the Americas to join his effort to nurture loving human beings through the mother-tongue approach to music education. Thousands of children throughout the world are now able to gather and play together, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers through the language of music. The dream of Dr. Shinichi Suzuki is coming true.

Special Features of The Suzuki® MethodAn Early Beginning...

Talent Education usually begins at an early age. Suzuki suggested that parents repeatedly play recordings of classical music for their infants and toddlers. Formal training often begins at age three or four, but it is never too late to begin The Suzuki Method.

Parent Involvement...

As when a child learns to talk, Suzuki parents are involved in the musical learning of their child. Parents work with the teacher to create an enjoyable learning environment, especially at home, so that much of the child’s motivation comes from enthusiasm for learning and the desire to please. Parents attend lessons with their child and serve as “home teachers” during the week. They supervise practicing, making sure the student does exactly as the teacher instructed. Sometimes, one parent learns to play before the child, so the parent understands what the child is expected to do.

Younger students, whose attention spans are short, may have several brief practices each day, instead of one long practice.

The parent encourages the child, giving praise for each effort, so practice time is a positive experience. The length of practice time gradually increases as the student advances through the repertoire. Parents need not be musicians. They are taught

step by step how to help the child at home. Each child learns at his or her own rate, building on small steps so each one can be mastered. Teachers and parents meet the child’s efforts with sincere praise and encourage-ment. children are also encouraged to support each other’s efforts, fostering an attitude of generosity and cooperation.

The Suzuki teacher actually serves as mentor to both the parent and child in their study of the instrument—teaching the child at the lesson and guiding the parent in developing effective techniques for teaching the child at home.

Parents have a great responsibility as home teachers beyond attending lessons and assisting with practice at home. Their role involves committing themselves to their own on-going education about the Suzuki approach, creating a musical environment, learning the fundamentals of playing the instrument and taking care of it, and creating a total environment of affection, encouragement, and understanding. The most important ingredient for success is the parents’ willingness to devote regular time to work closely with the child and the teacher.

Listening and Observing...

children learn to speak by listening and imitating the language spoken around them. By listening to recordings of the literature they will learn, as well as listening to other music, children absorb the language of music just as they absorb the sounds of their mother-tongue.

children can learn a great deal from each other, so Suzuki students are encouraged to observe the private lessons of other students. They enjoy observing other children at all levels—aspiring to the level of more advanced students, sharing challenges with their peers, and appreciating the efforts of those following in their footsteps.

Repertoire...

All Suzuki students follow the same sequence of musical materials for their particular instrument, with each piece becoming a building block in the careful development of technique. Each discipline—piano, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, recorder, harp, guitar, and organ—has its own repertoire. This standardized repertoire also provides strong motivation as younger students want to play music they hear older students play.

Review is an important aspect of The Suzuki Method. Through constant repetition of pieces, children strengthen old skills and gain new ones. Students can hear for themselves the progress they have made.

The Suzuki Method requires a three-way partnership between the student, the teacher, and the parent—all working together combining a philosophy, a technique, and a program of education.


Individual and Group Activities...

In addition to their own individual lessons, students participate in group lessons, performances, and observation of other children’s lessons—all activities that are valuable aids to motivation.

children learn from more advanced students and from their peers. children love to do what they see other children do.

Group lessons also provide frequent opportunities for children to play solos in a relaxed, informal setting. here each child may show what he or she has accomplished and has the opportunity to learn from the performances of other students. Parents are encouraged to schedule home recitals so both parents, not just the one working daily with the child, can share in the child’s progress and provide motivation to practice more. Frequent opportunities to play before an audience increase the student’s self-confidence, and that student enjoys, rather than fears, playing before others.

Reading...

Music reading is postponed until the child’s aural and instrumental skills are well established, just as we teach children to read language only after they can speak. In this way, the focus of the teacher’s and student’s attention can be on the development of good posture, beautiful tone, accurate intonation, and musical phrasing.

Enriching Children’s Lives Through Music...

The purpose of Suzuki training is to help every child find the joy that comes through music making. Through the mother-tongue approach, children develop confidence, self-esteem, self-discipline, concentration, and the determination to try difficult things. In the environment of loving support fostered by The Suzuki Method, children develop a lasting enjoyment of music.

Dr. Suzuki’s primary goal was never just to teach young people how to play musical instruments. Rather, he championed the unique contribution music can make in the total learning process. he believed that with the proper environment and educational process and through the medium of music, sensitivity and understanding may be raised in children, creating for each child a better life—and for us all, a better world. Talent Education not only provides the child with an enriching musical experience, but also creates an atmosphere of sharing and mutual learning in which parent and child can bond in a unique and rewarding manner. Where love is deep,

much will be accomplished. —Shinichi Suzuki

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Suzuki Piano SchoolNew International Edition

VOlume 1

Titles: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations (Suzuki) • Lightly Row (German Folk Song) • The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song) • Cuckoo (German Folk Song) • Lightly Row (German Folk Song) • French Children’s Song (French Folk Song) • London Bridge (English Folk Song) • Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song) • Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) • Au Clair de la Lune (Lully) • Long, Long Ago (Bayly) • Little Playmates (Chwatal) • Chant Arabe (Anonymous) • Allegretto 1 (Czerny) • Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song) • Allegretto 2 (Czerny) • Christmas-Day Secrets (Dutton) • Allegro (Suzuki) • Musette (Anonymous).

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Titles: Écossaise (Hummel) • A Short Story (Lichner) • The Happy Farmer, from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 10 (Schumann) • Minuet in G Major, BWV 822 (Bach) • Minuet in G Major from Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Anonymous) • Minuet in G minor, BWV 822 (Bach) • Cradle Song, Op. 13, No. 2 (von Weber) • Arietta (Mozart) • Hungarian Folk Song from For Children, Sz. 42 (Bartók) • Melody from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 1 (Schumann) • Minuet in G Major from Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Petzold) • Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5 (Moderato, Romance) (Beethoven) • Children at Play, from For Children, Sz. 42 (Bartók).


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VOlume 3

Titles: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1 (Allegro, Andante, Vivace) (M. Clementi) • Minuet in G minor from Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Petzold) • Sonatina in C Major, Op. 55, No. 1 (Allegro, Vivace) (Kuhlau) • Theme from Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), Op. 55, 4th Movement (Beethoven/Anonymous) • The Wild Rider from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 8 (Schumann) • Little Waltz from Little Flowers, Op. 205, No. 10 (Gurlitt) • Écossaise, K. WoO 23 (Beethoven) • Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 3 (Spiritoso) (M. Clementi) • Teasing Song from For Children, Sz. 42 (Bartók).


VOlume 4

Titles: Rondo from Divertimento in D Major, K. 334 (Mozart) • Minuet I from 8 Minuets, K. 315g (Mozart) • Arabesque, from 25 Progressive Pieces, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) • By the Limpid Stream from 25 Progressive Pieces, Op. 100, No. 7 (Burgmüller) • Musette in D Major from Bach’s Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Anonymous) • Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 (Allegro, ma non troppo, Tempo di minuetto) (Beethoven) • Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 9 (Tcherepnin) • Gavotte from Suite in G minor (Bach) • Minuets I and II, from Partita in B-Flat Major (Bach) • Gigue from Partita in B-Flat Major (Bach).


VOlume 5

Titles: Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven) • Old French Song, from Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 16 (Tchaikovsky) • Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772, from 15 Two-Part Inventions (Bach) • Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 2 (Beethoven) • About Foreign Lands and People, from Scenes from Childhood (Schumann) • Sonata in C Major (Allegro con brio, Adagio, Allegro), Hob. XVI/35 (Haydn) • Waltz in A minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin) • The Cuckoo (Daquin).


VOlume 6

Titles: Sonata in C Major (Allegro, Andante, Rondo), K. 545 (Mozart) • Venetian Gondola Song, from Songs Without Words, Book 2 (Mendelssohn) • Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779, from 15 Two-Part Inventions (Bach) • Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 (Grieg) • Sonata in D minor, K. 9 • L. 413 (D. Scarlatti) • Sonata in C Major (Allegro moderato), K. 330, (Mozart) • Spanish Dance No. 5 (Andaluza) from 12 Spanish Dances (Granados) • O Polichinelo from A prole do bebê no. 1 (Villa-Lobos).


VOlume 7

Titles: Sonata in A Major (Andante grazioso, Minuetto and Trio, Alla turca), K. 331 (300i) (Mozart) • Prelude & Fugue in D Major, BWV 850, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Bach) • Nocturne in C-Sharp minor, Op. Posthumous (Chopin) • The Harmonious Blacksmith from Suite No. 5 in E Major (Handel) • La fille aux cheveux de lin from Préludes, Book 1, L. 117:8 (Debussy) • Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56 (1. Joc cu Bâta, 2. Brâul, 3. Pe loc, 4. Buciumeana, 5. Poarga Româneasca, 6. Maruntelul) (Bartók).


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10 teachers’ Viewpoints on Suzuki PianoEd. Gilles Comeau

This book offers a rare opportunity for teachers to benefit from the knowledge and experience of ten master teachers. In his or her own words, each contributor discusses the Suzuki philosophy and how it can best be put into practice. The subject is addressed

in a logical fashion, moving from the theoretical to the practical, and covers issues such as the importance of listening and review, supplementary repertoire, when to introduce reading, and how to bring out students’ musicality. In addition, the contributors offer concrete ideas for developing technique and planning lessons.

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101 Ideas for Piano group Class: building an Inclusive music Community for Students of All Ages and AbilitiesBy Mary Ann Froehlich

This interactive, practical book for teachers is divided into three sections: Part I lays the foundation for the educational philosophy

behind cooperative learning, Part II focuses on strategies for piano group classes, including planning for teens and adults, and Part III discusses teaching piano students with special needs.

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focus on Suzuki PianoBy Mary Craig Powell

Selected and compiled from her articles in Suzuki World, Mrs. Powell discusses: communication with parents, home practice, listening, imitative games, psychology, “Fred,” developing technique, reading, using the metronome, transposition, dynamics, balance, phrasing, Baroque style, Classical style, and

effective teaching. A book rich with ideas for better teaching and better learning.

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how to teach Suzuki PianoBy Shinichi Suzuki

A brief but valuable booklet about teaching Suzuki piano that is directed towards parents and teachers. Originally published in Japan by Dr. Suzuki’s Talent Education Institute.

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my thoughts on Piano techniqueBy Haruko Kataoka /translated by Kyoko Selden

Directed at teachers, parents, and students, this 40-page booklet is filled with concise and practical observations, information, and instructions on building and maintaining piano technique according to Mrs. Kataoka’s viewpoints. This book is a sequel to her earlier Thoughts on the Suzuki Piano School (0297).

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Ornamentation: A Question & Answer manualBy Carole Bigler and Valery Lloyd-Watts

This guide to understanding ornamentation in each era of music includes information on how to understand and remain faithful to the composer’s intention—how many and which notes to use in each ornament, how to integrate ornaments smoothly into

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Studying Suzuki Piano: more than musicA Handbook for Teachers, Parents, and StudentsBy Carole Bigler and Valery Lloyd-Watts

A comprehensive resource of what the Suzuki approach embodies, this book outlines what it takes to be a Suzuki teacher, how to structure an effective lesson, what to cover in those first

lessons, and how to do it. Using more than 400 musical examples, the teaching points and the interpretation of the seven volumes of music are presented.

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thoughts on the Suzuki Piano SchoolBy Haruko Kataoka

Topics covered include: Shinichi Suzuki’s philosophies, the Method itself, how to play, crucial points for beginners (listening, tone, parental assistance), and a thorough overview of Volumes 1 and 2 of the Suzuki Piano School. All piano teachers and Suzuki parents

will enjoy and benefit from reading this book.

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the music road: A Journey in music reading, book 1By Constance Starr

This 3-volume series, which is based on the Suzuki approach, presents an effective sequence for beginning music readers. Each unit is divided into three parts: “Stop! Look! Learn!” presents

new material supported by written activities, “Stop! Look! Play!” presents new material in simple playing examples, and “Destination” uses folk songs and original music to offer opportunities to “see and play” what has just been presented. Each unit has a corresponding “Stop! Listen!” appendix in which the ear is trained to hear what has been seen on the printed page.

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beginning folk favorites, Volume 19 Traditional Children’s Songs for Piano Solo, Duet, and TrioArr. Susan Baker

The nine familiar children’s songs included in this volume are pitched in keys suitable for singing. Children can learn to play them easily by rote because the songs use keys and patterns presented in Suzuki Piano

School, Volume 1. A duet part for teacher or parent has been written for most of the pieces. A story linking all of the pieces could be used at a group lesson or recital.

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mastering the PianoA 7-Volume Series of Motivating Performance RepertoireEd. Carole Bigler and Valery Lloyd-Watts / perf. Valery Lloyd-Watts

This new series features carefully selected performance repertoire of the great masters from all eras. Each piece is accessible to

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◗ High quality recordings of repertoire and exercises available on CD

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rounds and Canons for reading, recreation, and PerformanceFor Piano Ensemble, or with Violin, Viola and/or CelloBy Constance and William Starr

This collection of rounds and canons develops sight reading and ensemble skills with a clever mix of original material, folk songs,

and classical pieces, including works by Mozart, Beethoven, Purcell, Schumann, Tallis, and Haydn. Two-part to six-part, with the majority being four-part, most of these rounds and canons are not technically difficult, and may be performed by players of different skill levels. This volume can be used by several students at one, two, or more pianos, or in combination with violin, viola, and/or cello, since a cross reference with the string edition of the book is provided.

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Second Piano AccompanimentsBy Ray Landers

These selections are duet arrangements of the pieces in the original seven volumes of the Suzuki Piano School. This superb teaching tool is designed for use as supplemental material and will help the child better understand each selection musically, serve as a model for improvisational skills, and add

variety and fun to the learning situation.

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Suzuki Piano ensemble musicSecond Piano AccompanimentsBy Barbara Meixner

These books are to be used with the corresponding volumes of the Suzuki Piano School to produce duet or duo versions of the pieces in the original series.

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fun Improvisation for Piano The Philosophy and Method of Creative Ability DevelopmentBy Alice Kay Kanack

Dr. Shinichi Suzuki nicknamed Alice Kanack “Mozart’s mother” in response to her innovative work in the development of the creative part of the brain. After

twelve years of research and testing, the Fun Improvisation for... series was developed. Each book contains philosophical and practical advice on how to use the 28 musical exercises to develop a child’s innate creative ability to its highest level. The basic instructions allow even a twinkler to use these exercises, while the advanced instructions provide a challenge to the most advanced player.

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Theory Book: pages 8–9Performance Book: page 9

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Level 1APedagogical Focus:• Reading skills

• Steady, rhythmic pulse

• Basic technical foundation

Lesson Book 1A & CD ..........20652Theory Book 1A .................... 22354Performance Book 1A & CD .21232

Level 1BPedagogical Focus:• Gradual expansion of reading

range

• Systematic development of playing hands together

• Intervals

Lesson Book 1B & CD........... 22352Theory Book 1B ..................... 22174Performance Book 1B & CD .22172

Level 2APedagogical Focus:• Expansion of reading range in

treble clef

• Eighth notes

• Tonic and dominant

• Pedal

• Major five-finger patterns

Lesson Book 2A & CD ...........22173Theory Book 2A .....................22371Performance Book 2A & CD 22368

Level 2BPedagogical Focus:• Expansion of reading range using

ledger line notes

• Systematic development of legato pedaling

• Minor five-finger patterns

• Major scales

Lesson Book 2B & CD............25719Theory Book 2B .................... 25725Performance Book 2B & CD 25722

Level 3Pedagogical Focus:• Reading with additional ledger

lines

• Other major scales

• Subdominant

Lesson Book 3 & CD .............30222Theory Book 3 ...................... 28040Performance Book 3 & CD . 28000

Level 4Pedagogical Focus:• Relative minor

• Practice plans for longer pieces

• Chords in root position, first inversion, and second inversion

Lesson Book 4 & CD ............ 30202Theory Book 4 ....................... 30011Performance Book 4 & CD .. 30010

Level 5Pedagogical Focus:• Elements of style in Baroque and

Classical periods

• Practice plans for longer pieces

• Augmented triads

• Major sharp key signatures

• Two-octave scales

Lesson Book 5 & CD .............32022Theory Book 5 ...................... 32649Performance Book 5 & CD . 32646

Level 6Pedagogical Focus:• Elements of style in Romantic and

Contemporary periods

• Section on popular music, tracing its history and development

• Diminished and diatonic triads

• Major flat key signatures

• ii-V7-I chord progression

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Great Music & Musicians provides a foundation for under-standing the major cultural periods, musical styles, and the development of music through the ages. The book and CD includes art and listening examples to encourage discussions. Although not correlated page-by-page, book 1 is appropriate for piano students in various levels of Premier Piano Course (based on the individual student’s reading level). It also may be used with other piano methods or in group lessons.

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Premier Piano Course Jazz, Rags & Blues include original pieces that reinforce concepts introduced in corresponding lesson books. Popular composer Martha Mier has composed all new music in a variety of styles, including ragtime, boogie, and jazz. Students will enjoy performing these pieces for family and friends at home or in recital.

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Great Music & MusiciansNancy Bachus & Tom Gerou

Expressionism

Influenced by new psychological studies of the subconscious mind, Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) developed a musical style called Expressionism. Schoenberg no longer accepted beauty as necessary. Instead, he used harsh musical dissonances to express powerful, yet personal, inner emotions. Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire uses a technique known as sprechstimme, a type of sung speech using approximate pitches and wide leaps.

CD Track 17: “Valse de Chopin”from Pierrot Lunaire (1912) by Arnold Schoenberg

In the Expressionist painting The Scream by Edvard Munch (1863–1944), fear is conveyed through the use of heavy brushstrokes, striking colors, and the distorted face.

The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch

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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) by Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)

From Klimt’s “Golden Phase,” this painting uses gold leaf (real gold hammered into very thin sheets).

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Unscramble each composer’s name to match his musical style:

Listening Guide

CD Track 16: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy (Impressionism)

A flute playing a dreamy solo opens, followed by the harp and horns—unique colors for a concert hall in 1894.

CD Track 17: “Valse de Chopin” from Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg (sprechstimme)

The reciter’s use of sprechstimme and the lack of traditional chords gives a surreal atmosphere.

CD Track 18: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (jazz-influenced concerto)

The opening of this concerto for piano and orchestra begins with a “wailing” clarinet.

CD Track 19: “Russian Dance” from Petrushka by Igor Stravinsky (Primitivism)

A full orchestra opens with the theme. Woodwinds, strings, and piano are featured in turn, along with exciting percussive effects.

Summary: The Turn of the 20th Century

Around the turn of the 20th century, there were many different musical styles. Some composers felt the extreme emotionalism of Romantic music needed to be limited.

• Most composers rejected Romantic tradition.

• Western musicians were introduced to art and music from different cultures.

• Many composers wrote in different, unique styles within their careers.

• Trends in the visual arts influenced music. Jazz (with its complex rhythms) and technology (especially music recordings) impacted the arts.

• Forms and instruments of the past were still used in the 20th century, but often in very different ways.

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At an art show in 1874, the painting Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (1840–1926) was described as unfinished—a sketch. Monet and other artists used brush strokes of pure color to show the reflection of light on objects. This style of art was called Impressionism.

The term was also used to describe the music of Claude Debussy (1862–1918). Inspired by a poem, his Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun portrays the dreams and visions of a faun (a Roman god, half man and half goat) through unusual melody, harmony, and orchestration.

CD Track 16: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894) by Claude Debussy

Impression, Sunrise (1872) by Claude Monet

Faun by Léon Bakst (1866–1924)

Claude Debussy

Unit 7The Turn of the 20th Century

By the 20th century, developments in science and technology began to influence society and the arts. International communication allowed musicians to develop an awareness of cultures from around the world. Musical trends and styles changed quickly as composers explored new ideas. Many even wrote in multiple styles throughout their musical careers. The music was often a reaction against the overly emotional style of the Romantic period. Composers continued to use musical forms and instruments of the past but in new and unique ways.

Jazz, Rags & Blues 1A–2BMartha Mier

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Premier Performer Keep the LH softer than the RH to create the perfect balance between the melody and the accompaniment.

Thomas Attwood (1765–1838)

Premier Piano Course Masterworks include standard repertoire from the four stylistic periods to reinforce concepts introduced in corresponding lesson books. The pieces are in their original form and have not been adapted. Dynamics, phrasing, finger-ing, and pedal are editorial in some selections. Students will enjoy performing these pieces for family and friends in a formal recital or on special occasions.

Book 3 & CD ........................................................................ 40513Book 4 & CD ........................................................................ 40514Book 5 & CD ....................................................................... 40515Book 6 & CD ........................................................................ 40516

Titles: Annie’s Song • Bye, Bye Blackbird • It’s a Small World • Mickey Mouse March • The Rose • Scooby Doo, Where Are You? • This Is It! • This Land Is Your Land • The Trolley Song • Up Where We Belong • Whistle While You Work.

Book 1A ......................................................... 34015

Titles: (Meet) The Flintstones • Great Balls of Fire • Inspector Gadget • Over the Rainbow • Puff (The Magic Dragon) • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious • Theme from Ice Castles • Theme from Superman • We’re Off to See the Wizard • What a Wonderful World • Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me).

Book 1B ......................................................... 34016

Titles: Beauty and the Beast • Catch a Falling Star • The Chicken Dance • Chim Chim Cher-ee • Happy Birthday to You • Heigh-Ho • It’s My Party • James Bond Theme • The Lion Sleeps Tonight • (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock • Star Wars (Main Theme) • Wipe Out.

Book 2A ......................................................... 34415

Titles: The Entertainer • Hedwig’s Theme • Home • Hooray for Hollywood • Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini • Part of Your World • The Pink Panther • Pokémon Theme • Raiders March • When You Wish Upon a Star • A Whole New World.

Book 2B ......................................................... 34416

Titles: Baby • Breakaway • Bridge Over Troubled Water • California, Here I Come • Colors of the Wind • Don’t Stop Believin’ • Looking Back (Love Theme from Glee) • Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head • Someday My Prince Will Come • Somewhere My Love (Lara’s Theme) • Splish Splash • Wipe Out.

Book 3 ...........................................................36431

Titles: Batman Theme • Be Our Guest • Blue Moon • Cruella De Vil • Endless Love • Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) • Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) • Inspector Gadget (Theme) • New Soul • The Pink Panther • The Sound of Silence.

Book 4 .......................................................... 36432

Titles: And All That Jazz • Anything Goes • At Last • Can You Feel the Love Tonight • Dancing Queen • Don’t Stop Believin’ • How High the Moon • Maple Leaf Rag • Moondance • Rhapsody in Blue™ • Summertime • Take the “A” Train • Under the Sea • The Wind Beneath My Wings.

Book 5 ........................................................... 37615

Titles: Beauty and the Beast • Hero • I Got Rhythm • Love Story (Where Do I Begin?) • Theme from “New York, New York” • The Notebook (Main Title) • The Prayer • Sealed with a Kiss • Swinging on a Star • The Syncopated Clock • Take Five • Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger) • What a Wonderful World • You Raise Me Up.

Book 6 ........................................................... 37616

Pop and Movie Hits Levels 1A-6Favorite pop and movie hits have been arranged to correlate with the concepts presented in the Premier Piano Course Lesson books. Optional duet parts for teacher or parent add harmonic richness to the solo parts in the early levels.



Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Level 1AArr. Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. LancasterTitles: Because He Lives • Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty • Here I Am to Worship • Jesus, Name Above All Names • More Precious Than Silver • Open the Eyes of My Heart • Praise the Name of Jesus • Shout to the North • There Is None Like You.

Book 1A ................................................... 40070

Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Level 1BArr. Tom GerouTitles: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) • As the Deer • Beautiful One • Blessed Be the Name of the Lord • Come, Now Is the Time to Worship • How Great Is Our God • Mighty Is Our God • More Precious Than Silver • Shout to the Lord • Worthy, You Are Worthy • You Are My All in All.

Book 1B ....................................................40071

Songs of Inspiration, Perseverance, & Hope contains titles meant to help those who are facing a challenge in life. This

special collection of contempo-rary, uplifting songs gives the pianist an opportunity to play and sing for those in need.

Titles: Anyway • Badlands • Bridge Over Troubled Water • A Change Is Gonna Come • Count on Me • Don’t Stop Believin’ • Feels Like Home • The Greatest Love of All • I Am Beautiful • I’m One • Imagine

• In My Daughter’s Eyes • Land of Hope and Dreams • Laugh and Be Happy • Let There Be Peace on Earth • My Love Will Not Let You Down • Need You Now (How Many Times) • Only Hope • The Prayer • So Small • Thank You • Waitin’ on a Sunny Day • What a Wonderful World • You Light Up My Life • You Raise Me Up.

(P/V/G) ................................................... 42293

Alfred’s Basic Piano LibraryPraise Hits Levels 1A–3

These books fill the need for contemporary Christian music supplementary pieces for your beginning piano students. The thoughtful and uplifting arrangements include lyrics. Levels 1A and 1B also include optional teacher accompaniments. Performances of the songs are sure to find their way quickly into recitals, family gatherings, and church services. The books are correlated page-by-page with Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Books 1A–3.

Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Level 2Arr. Tom GerouTitles: Blessed Be Your Name • Forever • Forever Reign • Here I Am to Worship (Light of the World) • Holy Is the Lord • Hosana (Praise is Rising) • Lord, I Lift Your Name on High • Our God • Revelation Song • The Wonderful Cross • You Are My King (Amazing Love).

Book 2 .................................................... 40072

Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Level 3Arr. Tom GerouTitles: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) • Everlasting God • From the Inside Out • Hosanna • In Christ Alone (My Hope Is Found) • Indescribable • Jesus Messiah • Mighty to Save • One Thing Remains (Your Love Never Fails) • The Stand • Your Grace Is Enough.

Book 3 .................................................... 40073

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Words and Music byJOHN LENNON

Imagine - 4 - 1 © 1971 (Renewed) LENONO MUSIC All Rights Administered by DOWNTOWN DMP SONGS/DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC

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You Raise Me Up - 5 - 1

© 2002 UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING, A Division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC AS and PEERMUSIC (Ireland) LTD. All Rights for ROLF LOVLAND and UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING administered in the U.S. and Canada by

UNIVERSAL-POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING, INC. (Publishing) and ALFRED MUSIC (Print)All Rights Reserved

YOU RAISE ME UP

P/V/G

P/V/G

Songs of Inspiration, Perseverance & Hope



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These collections of solos are designed to promote musical ex-cellence for elementary through late intermediate level pianists. In each book Melody has chosen a favourite masterwork from the four stylistic periods—Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary—and written six original pieces in Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Latin, Ballad, and Showstopper styles. With 10 solos in each book, students are provided with technical challenges as well as expressive opportunities for musical growth in mood, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, articulation, and dynamics.

Book 1 (E/LE) ...................................................................... 41397Book 2 (LE/EI) ..................................................................... 41398Book 3 (EI) ........................................................................... 41399Book 4 (I) ............................................................................42337Book 5 (LI) ......................................................................... 42338

Carol Matz now adds another much-requested style to her very popular Famous & Fun series. These five books are collections of great, familiar rock songs. The optional duet parts for teacher or parent in Books 1 and 2 add to the fun! These carefully graded books can be used with to any piano method and the pieces will get students sitting down to practice!

Book 1 (EE) ..........................................................................41002Book 2 (EE/E) ......................................................................41003Book 3 (E/LE) ......................................................................41004 Book 4 (EI) ..........................................................................41005Book 5 (I) ............................................................................41006

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Eye of the TigerWords and Music by

Frankie Sullivan III and Jim PeterikArranged by Carol Matz

© 1982 WB MUSIC CORP., EASY ACTION MUSIC, THREE WISE BOYS MUSIC, LLC and RUDE MUSIC, INC. All Rights on behalf of itself and EASY ACTION MUSIC Administered by WB MUSIC CORP.

All Rights Reserved

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Stairway to Heaven

Words and Music byJimmy Page and Robert Plant

Arranged by Carol Matz

© 1972 (Renewed) FLAMES OF ALBION MUSIC, INC. All Rights Administered by WB MUSIC CORP.

Exclusive Print Rights for the World Excluding Europe Administered by ALFRED MUSIC All Rights Reserved



One of a Kind SolosWynn-Anne Rossi

One of a Kind Solos represents Wynn-Anne Rossi’s personal journey with music. Some pieces reveal a quirky, playful side. Others delve into the haunting, exhilarating or beautiful. Throughout the series, students will discover musical surprises, from humorous lyrics and unusual modes to odd time signatures and interpretative challenges. And, the music allows each performer to reach for special “one-of-a-kind” ways to play each piece.

Book 1 .................................................................. 42374Book 2 .................................................................. 42375Book 3 .................................................................. 42376Book 4 .................................................................. 42377

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Jazzy CatMelody Bober

(E) .......................... 41102

Spaceship to MarsCarol Matz

(EE) ........................ 41103

Tooth FairyWynn-Anne Rossi

(E) .......................... 41104

Basketball StarMelody Bober

(LE) ........................ 41281

Secret AgentsCarol Matz

(LE) ........................41282

Shadow ChaseRobert D. Vandall

(EI) .........................41283

Misty MorningMartha Mier

(EI) .........................41284

A Piece of Cake (Walk)W.T. Skye Garcia

(I) ...........................41285

Golden AspensJoyce Grill

(I) ...........................41286

Taylor’s Lul-labyDennis Alexander

(LI) ......................... 41287

DuetsCarnival Ride!Mike Springer

(LE) ............................ 41064

Getting A “round” Two ItMary K. Sallee

(EI) ............................. 41065

Bella TarantellaCarol Matz

(EI) ............................. 41066

A Perfect StormMelody Bober

(I) ............................... 41067

Latin RhythmsJoyce Grill

(LI) ............................. 41068

Book 3

Book 1

Sheet Solos

Sheet Solos & Duets



Contest Winners for Two is a series of five graded collections of original, time-tested piano duets. Over the years Alfred, Belwin, and Myklas produced an extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano duets. The pieces that are included in these collections represent the three companies’ most popular and effective duets drawn from festival and contest lists.

Book 1 (E) ...........................................................................42270Book 2 (LE) .........................................................................42271Book 3 (EI) ..........................................................................42272Book 4 (I) ............................................................................42273Book 5 (LI) ..........................................................................42274

These graded collections of piano duets by master composers are among the best literature available at respective levels. Each duet, written by composers who lived in the 18th, 19th, or 20th centuries, has been carefully edited and fingered for performance ease. Levels 1 and 2 are teacher-student duets. Levels 3–6 are student-student duets.

Level 1 (E) .............................................................40836Level 2 (E/LE) .......................................................40837Level 3 (LE/EI) ......................................................40838Level 4 (EI/I) .........................................................40839Level 5 (LE/EI) ......................................................41275Level 6 (LE/EI) ......................................................41276

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Book 3

Masterwork Classics DuetsGayle Kowalchyk, E. L. Lancaster, & Jane Magrath

Level 5

Level 5



Sacred Performer Series

The dynamic Sacred Performer series offers arrangements in a myriad of styles for the church pianist. Most collections include approximate performance time for each piece to assist in planning.

The Contemporary ServiceArr. Alex-ZsoltThis collection contains inspiring arrangements of worship songs often used in church services each week. Titles: Forever • God of Wonders • The Heart of Worship • How Great Is Our God • In Christ Alone • Jesus Messiah • Mighty to Save • Trading My Sorrows • You Are God Alone • Your Grace Is Enough.

(A) ........................................................................................42012

The Traditional ServiceArr. Alex-ZsoltThis collection includes uplifting arrangements of many beloved hymns. Titles: All Creatures of Our God and King (with Rejoice, the Lord Is King, and All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name) • At Calvary • The Church’s One Foundation • Come, Christians, Join to Sing • Grace Greater Than Our Sin (with “Amazing Grace”) • Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise • A Mighty Fortress Is Our God • Praise to the Lord, the Almighty • This Is My Father’s World • What Wondrous Love Is This (with “Take My Life” and “Let It Be”).

(A) ........................................................................................42013

Sunday Morning Special Services CompanionArr. Victor LabenskeThe sixth volume in the Sunday Morning series contains music for times of celebration, sorrow, and sacrament, including weddings, memorial services, funerals, communion, and baptisms. Titles: Abide with Me • Ave Maria • Bridal Chorus • Canon in D • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • O mio babbino caro • Rock of Ages • There Is a Balm in Gilead • Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream • and more.

(I/LI) ...................................................................................42366

What Can I Play on Sunday?, Complete CollectionArr. Cindy BerryA comprehensive resource of easily prepared hymn arrangements for the entire year, this collection contains seasonally relevant selections for general worship as well as major holidays, including Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas. This complete collection includes all of the pieces from the original six-book series.

(LI) ......................................................................... 41411

A Glorious Wedding CelebrationArr. Marilynn Ham This volume of solo piano arrangements includes a mix of classical, sacred, and popular songs for the complete wedding ceremony, taking the pianist from the prelude through the postlude. Titles: Bridal Chorus • How Beautiful • You Raise Me Up • I Will Be Here • You Light Up My Life • Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) • The Prayer • O mio babbino caro • Doxology • Wedding March.

(A) .........................................................................40564

Inspirational Pop HitsArr. Carol TornquistThis book contains 11 piano arrangements of crossover pop songs that uplift the spirit and inspire faith. Musically tasteful and unostentatious in style, these arrangements work well for preludes, offertories, or postludes. They also serve as a musical complement to weddings and other celebrations. Titles: Because You Loved Me • Bridge Over Troubled Water • In My Daugh-ter’s Eyes • Jesus, Take the Wheel • Only Hope • The Prayer • Shower the People • What a Wonderful World • You Light Up My Life • You Pulled Me Through • You Raise Me Up.

(EA) ...................................................................... $12.99 $9.74 39048

Popular Selections

Top-Requested Country Sheet MusicArr. Dan CoatesFor pianists who love country music, this collection includes 13 easy-to-play tunes by popular country artists. Titles: All-American Girl (Carrie Underwood) • Amazed (Lonestar) • Blown Away (Carrie Underwood) • Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (Crystal Gayle) • How Do I Live (LeAnn Rimes) • If I Die Young (The Band Perry) • Live Like You Were Dying (Tim McGraw) • Mama’s Broken Heart (Miranda Lambert) • Need You Now (Lady Antebellum) • Stand by Your Man (Tammy Wynette) • Teardrops on My Guitar (Taylor Swift) • There You’ll Be (Faith Hill) • Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker).

(EP) ............................................. 42368



Popular Performer: Great American SongbookArr. Dan Coates

Titles: Anything Goes • Embraceable You • Falling in Love with Love • I Got Rhythm • In the Still of the Night • My Funny Valentine • So in Love • Someone to Watch Over Me • When I Fall in Love • With a Song in My Heart.

Book 1 (A)..........................................................................30133

Titles: The Days of Wine and Roses • Dream a Little Dream of Me • Fly Me to the Moon • Fools Rush In • I Get a Kick Out of You • The Lady Is a Tramp • Long Ago (And Far Away) • On the Street Where You Live • The Shadow of Your Smile • Singin’ in the Rain • Stardust • They Can’t Take That Away from Me.

Book 2 (A) ........................................................................41069

Titles: Cry Me a River • I Only Have Eyes for You • I’m in the Mood for Love • It Had to Be You • I’ve Got You Under My Skin • Love Is Here to Stay • Make Someone Happy • Skylark • Summertime • What a Wonderful World • Where or When • You’ll Never Know.

Book 3 (A) ........................................................................ 41072

Titles: Anything Could Happen (Ellie Goulding) • Blown Away (Carrie Underwood) • Catch My Breath (Kelly Clarkson) • Downton Abbey—The Suite (Downton Abbey) • Everybody Talks (Neon Trees) • plus 18 more!

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar) ......................................... $14.99 $11.24 42334

Arr. Dan CoatesTitles: Anything Could Happen (Ellie Goulding) • Blown Away (Carrie Underwood) • Carry On (fun.) • Downton Abbey—The Suite (Downton Abbey) • Girl on Fire (Alicia Keys) • Good Time (Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen) • Heart Attack (Demi Lovato) • plus 6 more!

(EP) ...................................................................... $14.99 $11.24 42335

Arr. Carol MatzTitles: Anything Could Happen (Ellie Goulding) • Blown Away (Carrie Underwood) • Carry On (fun.) • Everybody Talks (Neon Trees) • Good Time (Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen) • Home (Phillip Phillips) • Just Give Me a Reason (P!nk featuring Nate Ruess) • Mirrors (Justin Timberlake) • plus 4 more!

(BN) ..................................................................... $14.99 $11.24 42336

Some of the most famous selections from the Great American Songbook are included in these collections. These classic favourites, masterfully arranged by Dan Coates for advanced piano, sound rich and full and will delight audiences as well as provide hours of enjoyment for hobbyists, advancing students, professional musicians, or any “popular performer.”

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© 1954 (Renewed) PALM VALLEY MUSIC, LLC, New York, NY All Rights Reserved Used by Permission

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© 1934 (Renewed) WB MUSIC CORP.All Rights Reserved

Book 3

Book 2

Megahits of 2013

The Megahits series crosses all genres of popular music to bring pianists a yearly collection of the greatest songs and solos. From Country to Film Scores, the Megahits series is guaranteed to be filled with favourites!



Today’s Greatest Pop & Rock HitsArr. Dan CoatesTitles: Boyfriend (Justin Bieber) • Firework (Katy Perry) • Forget You (Cee Lo Green) • Glad You Came (The Wanted) • Payphone (Maroon 5) • Some Nights (fun.) • plus 28 more!.

(EP) ..........................................................40778

Arr. Carol MatzTitles: Billionaire • Boyfriend • Everybody Talks • Firework • Glad You Came • Grenade • If I Die Young • Jar of Hearts • Payphone • Sec-ondhand White Baby Grand • plus 22 more!

(BN) .........................................................40779

The Giant Book of Pop & Rock Sheet MusicTitles: Billionaire (Travie McCoy) • Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey) • Dynamite (Taio Cruz) • Firework (Katy Perry) • Forget You (Cee Lo Green) • Girl on Fire (Alicia Keys) • plus 38 more!

(PVG) .......................................................40684

Hilarious HitsBook 1 (LE/EI) ........................... 30382Book 2 (EI/I) .............................. 30383

At the MoviesBook 1 (LE/EI) ............................30130Book 2 (EI/I) ............................... 30131Book 3 (I/LI) .............................. 36600

On the StageBook 1 (LE/EI) ............................ 32717Book 2 (EI/I) ............................... 32718

Medleys from Broadway(I/LI)............................................ 39283

Medleys from the Movies(I/LI)............................................ 39282

Medleys of Timeless Standards(I/LI)............................................ 39594

Duets from Broadway(I/LI)............................................ 39595

Duets from the Movies(I/LI)............................................ 39596

Duets of Timeless Standards(I/LI)............................................ 39462

Collected Piano Solos(A) ...............................................41405

Beautiful Ballads(A) ............................................... 36522

Favorite Movie Solos(A) ................................................36521

Timeless Standards(A) ............................................... 36523

Treasured Broadway Hits(A) ............................................... 36525


Pop & Rock

Top Requested Pop & Rock Sheet MusicTitles: Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey) • Grenade (Bruno Mars) • I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith) • I’m Yours (Jason Mraz) • Make You Feel My Love (Adele) • My Immortal (Evanescence) • plus 9 more!

(PVG) ....................................................... 40619

Arr. Dan CoatesTitles: Because of You (Kelly Clarkson) • Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey) • Haven’t Met You Yet (Michael Bublé) • Mirrors (Justin Timberlake) • When I Was Your Man (Bruno Mars) • plus 8 more!

(EP) ...........................................................42358

Top 50 Pop HitsArr. Dan CoatesTitles: Beautiful Stranger • Big Yellow Taxi • California • Do You Want to Know a Secret? • Go Your Own Way • Hey There Delilah • plus 44 more!

(EP) ...........................................................33267

See Leveling Chart on page 44

Dan Coates Popular Piano LibraryThe Dan Coates Popular Piano Library contains carefully graded arrangements for students from the late elementary through late intermediate levels. Each book contains phrasing, pedaling, and fingering appropriate for each grade. The library also contains advanced collections that are perfect for professionals and for students who perform at that level.


See Leveling Chart on page 44 Popular Personalities

The Band Perry: PioneerThis official album-matching folio contains sheet music for every song on The Band Perry’s album, Pioneer. Titles: Better Dig Two • Done. • Don’t Let Me Be Lonely • Pioneer • Forever Mine Nevermind • Night Gone Wasted • I Saw a Light • Mother Like Mine • Chainsaw • I’m a Keeper • Back to Me Without You • End of Time.

(PVG) .....................................................................41490

Jim Brickman: BelievePlay Jim Brickman’s inspired piano solos exactly as they sound on his album. A dozen new solo piano pieces are at the heart of this collection, plus two new vocal composi-tions. Titles: Sunshine in the Rain • The Road Before Us • Daybreak • As the River Flows • Hand in Hand • In the Wind • Your Smile • Passage of Time • Fireflies • Possibilities • Thinking of You • Believe • Without You in My Life • Good Morning Beautiful.

(PS/PVG) ..............................................................40334

fun.: Some NightsThe chart-topping second album by Grammy®-winning, indie superstar band fun. is packed with piano-driven songs that fans want to play! Titles: Some Nights (Intro) • Some Nights • We Are Young • Carry On • It Gets Better • Why Am I the One • All Alone • All Alright • One Foot • Stars • Out on the Town.

(PVG) ....................................................................40658

Jewel: Greatest HitsFor Jewel fans who play or sing, this songbook contains sheet music for her most be-loved songs, representing more than 15 years of her remarkable career as a songwriter, recording artist, and performer. Titles: Who Will Save Your Soul • You Were Meant for Me • Foolish Games • Stronger Woman • Two Hearts Breaking • plus 9 more!

(PVG) ......................................................................41081

Carrie Underwood: Sheet Music Anthology (Updated Edition)This collection contains sheet music for 20 of Carrie Underwood’s biggest hits, and is up-dated to include her Grammy Award-winning song “Blown Away,” along with additional songs from the blockbuster album of the same title. Titles: All-American Girl • Before He Cheats • Blown Away • Temporary Home • Two Black Cadillacs • plus 15 more!

(PVG) ......................................................................41032

See Leveling Chart on page 44



The Giant Book of Movie & TV Sheet MusicTitles: Armageddon: The Big Bang Theory: Main Title Theme • The Dark Knight: The Dark Knight Overture • Man of Steel: Flight, Look to the Stars • The Notebook: Main Title • and many more.

(PVG) .....................................................................41480

Top-Requested Movie & TV Sheet MusicArr. Dan CoatesTitles: The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island • Downton Abbey - The Suite • Hedwig’s Theme (Harry Potter) • plus 20 more!

(EP) ........................................................................41482

Top 50 Movie & TV ClassicsArr. Dan CoatesTitles: The Big Bang Theory • Concerning Hobbits • Falling Slowly • Harry’s Wondrous World • Secondhand White Baby Grand • Star Wars (Main Title) • plus 44 more!

(EP) ......................................................................... 37173

POPULAR PERFORMER:

Film Classics Arr. Mark HayesTitles: And All That Jazz • Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) • Evergreen • Laura • Over the Rainbow • Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head • The Rose • A Whole New World.

(A) .......................................................................... 35258

Movies Arr. Victor LabenskeTitles: I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady) • In Dreams (from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) • The Pink Panther • plus 7 more!

(EA) ........................................................................26098

5 FINGER

Movie HeroesArr. Tom GerouTitles: The Dark Knight Overture (from The Dark Knight) • Hedwig’s Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone) • Iron Man • James Bond Theme • plus 5 more!

(FF) ........................................................................32009

Movie HeroinesArr. Tom GerouTitles include: Ahsoka’s Triumphant Theme (from Star Wars: The Clone Wars) • Colors of the Wind (from Walt Disney’s Pocahontas) • Lyra (from The Golden Compass) • plus 6 more!

(FF) .........................................................................32143

Movies & TVPiano Series



Argo: Sheet Music Selections from the Original Motion Picture SoundtrackThis folio presents piano arrangements of three standout selections from Alexandre Des-plat’s Original Soundtrack to the award-winning film.

(PS) ........................................................................40966

The BibleExperience the epic score from the immensely popular History Channel miniseries, The Bible.

(PS) .........................................................................41476

Downton Abbey: The SuiteBritish TV series Downton Abbey has become one of the most widely watched television shows in the world. These are expansive renditions of composer John Lunn’s haunting main theme.

(PS) .........................................................................41080

Arr. Dan Coates(EP) ........................................................................41392

The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyColourful photos from the film enhance these selected piano arrangements from Howard Shore’s epic score in these beautifully produced souvenir folios.

(PV) ........................................................................ 39477

Arr. Dan Coates(EP) .........................................................................40315

Arr. Carol Matz(BN) .......................................................................40316

Man of Steel: Sheet Music Selections from the Original Motion Picture SoundtrackThis collection contains arrangements of seven standout themes from Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to the hit motion picture.

(PS) .........................................................................41524

The Music of SMASH: Sheet Music CollectionContains all the songs from the show’s debut album, plus colour photos.

(PVC) .....................................................................39440

Bombshell: The New Marilyn Musical from SMASHWith over 200 pages of music, this songbook is, in effect, a complete piano/vocal score to the entire new Marilyn musical from NBC’s hit series, SMASH!

(PVC) ..................................................................... 36333

Movies & TV



The Book of Mormon: Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical(PV) .......................................................................................37573

Kinky Boots(PVC) .................................................................................... 41393

Arr. Dan Coates(EP) ...................................................................................... 42292

Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical

Once(PVG) .................................................................................... 39315

Arr. Dan Coates(EP) ...................................................................................... 40829

Pippin: Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical(PVC) ....................................................................................41090

The Wizard of Oz: Selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Stage Production(PVG) ................................................................................... 38602

Arr. Dan Coates(EP) ...................................................................................... 39028

Top-Requested Modern Broadway HitsArr. Dan CoatesShowcasing a wide variety of styles, from touching ballads to over-the-top comedy numbers, the songs in this collection are guaranteed to entertain! Titles: Danc-ing Queen (Mamma Mia!) • Don’t Stop Believin’ (Rock of Ages) • Fly, Fly Away (Catch Me If You Can) • I Believe (The Book of Mormon) • I’m Alive (Next to Normal) • There’s a Fine, Fine Line (Avenue Q) • When Your Mind’s Made Up (Once) • plus 15 more!

(EP) .....................................................39668

Top 50 Broadway HitsArr. Dan CoatesFifty of the best Broadway hits are now at your fingertips! This jam-packed folio features classic musicals as well as new hits currently running on Broadway! Each intermediate-level arrangement includes lyrics and chord symbols. Titles: Corner of the Sky (Pippin) • From This Moment On (Kiss Me, Kate) • Knights of the Round Table (Spamalot) • Skid Row (Downtown) (Little Shop of Horrors) • plus 46 more!

(EP) .....................................................33266


BroadwayPiano Series

Popular Performer: BroadwayArr. Christopher JohnsonThese advanced arrangements by Christopher Johnson give Broadway tunes new flair and can be used by hobbyists, advancing students, and professional musicians. They make great recital encores and are ultimate showstoppers. Titles: And All That Jazz (from Chicago) • Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from Walt Disney’s The Lion King) • It Ain’t Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess®) • plus 6 more!

(A) .............................................................26100

SIMPLy SERIESArr. Dan Coates

BroadwayTitles: And All That Jazz • Don’t Rain on My Parade • Ease On Down the Road • Heart • Hey There • Could Have Danced All Night • Sum-mertime • plus 11 more!

(EP) .......................................................... 30432

MusicalsTitles: 21 Guns • Aquarius • Corner of the Sky • Knights of the Round Table • Mama Who Bore Me • Suddenly Seymour • plus 12 more!

(EP) .......................................................... 30057

Broadway

Academy Award-winning song, “Falling Slowly”


Journey™: Sheet Music Selections from the Original Video Game Soundtrack(PS) .........................................................................41091

Grammy®-nominated soundtrack!

The Legend of Zelda™ Series(EP) ........................................................................38634(I/A) ....................................................................... 38601

Minecraft: Volume Alpha(PS) ........................................................................ 42252

New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii(I/A) .......................................................................38604(EP) ........................................................................39429

Super Mario™ Jazz Piano Arrangements(I/A) ......................................................................38603

Super Mario™ Series(EP) ........................................................................38633(I/A) .......................................................................38600

World of Warcraft Sheet Music Anthology(PS/PV) .................................................................. 36353

The Giant Book of Christian Sheet MusicThis collection contains more than 240 pages of sheet music for 34 of the world’s most popular praise, worship, and gospel songs. Titles: 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) • I Can Only Imagine • I Will Rise • Need You Now (How Many Times) • Redeemed • plus 29 more!

(PVG) .......................................................41481

Top-Requested Contemporary Gospel Sheet MusicFrom 1970s classics to today’s hits, this song-book offers a variety of urban/contemporary gospel sheet music that’s unmatched in any other songbook.

(PVG) ......................................................40539

Arr. Carol Tornquist(EP) .........................................................42296

Video Games


Christian Hits

Top 50 Praise & WorshipArr. Carol TornquistThis book contains 50 popular praise and worship songs that are sung in churches everywhere. Arranged for easy piano, they sound great both as piano solos and for sing-alongs. Titles: 10,000 Reasons • Blessings • Indescribable • Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus) • plus 46 more!

(EP) .........................................................39442

Billboard Top Christian SongsArr. Carol TornquistThe best of today’s contemporary Christian hits, arranged for easy piano with lyrics and chord symbols included. Titles: East to West (Casting Crowns) • Free to Be Me (Francesca Battistelli) • Give Me Your Eyes (Brandon Heath) • There Will Be a Day (Jeremy Camp) • Word of God Speak (MercyMe) • plus 16 more!

(EP) ..........................................................35317


Dave Brubeck at the PianoTitles: All My Love • As the Moon Is to the Sun • Crescent City Stomp • Day After Day • Happy New Year • Her Name Is Nancy • I Love Vienna • Mariel • Regret • & plus 5 more!

(A) ........................................................................... 31916

Dave Brubeck’s Two-Part AdventuresJazz great Dave Brubeck has penned 20 new two-part arrangements for this new and excit-ing book. Titles: Brandenburg Gate • Dancin’ in Rhythm • Fast Train • Joe Lovano Tango • Stompin’ for Mili • Two-Part Contention • When the Moon Is High • plus 13 more!

(EP) ......................................................................AF9837

The Dave Brubeck AnthologyThis definitive anthology contains all of Dave Brubeck’s favorite compositions spanning his five decades as an innovator in jazz piano. Titles: Blue Rondo a la Turk • The Duke • It’s a Raggy Waltz • Take Five • Unsquare Dance • and many more!

(I/A) ..................................................................PFM0218

Simply Brubeckarr. Bruce NelsonTitles: Audrey • Autumn in Our Town • Blue Lake Tahoe • Blue Rondo a la Turk • Blue Shadows in the Street • Bossa Nova U.S.A. • Broadway Bossa Nova • plus 18 more!

(EP) ........................................................................ 27048

Time Out: The Dave Brubeck QuartetThe Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1959 album Time Out changed the sound of jazz and Ameri-can music. This folio celebrates the album’s 50th anniversary with full-color artwork from the original record, and a 10 page write-up from jazz historian Ted Gioia.

(A) ...........................................................................33311(EP) .........................................................................33312


Jazz: Dave Brubeck

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Curriculum Book & CD (37545)Music Workbook (37548)

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