Contents: Antheil: Toccata No. 2, Barber: Nocturne, Op. 33 (Homage to John Field); From Excursions, Op. 20: No. 2, No. 3, Bartok: Sketches, Op. 9, L. Bernstein: Four Anniversaries (1948), Bloch: Waves (from Poems of the Sea), John Alden Carpenter: Danza, Chavez: Prelude No. 2 (from Ten Preludes), Creston: From Five Little Dances, Op. 24; Pastoral Dance, No. 4; Festive Dance, No. 5, Debussy: Passepied (from Suite Bergamasque); Sarabande (from Pour le Piano); La Soiree dans Grenade (from Estampes), Dello Joio: From Suite for Piano: No. 2, No. 3, Faure: Claire de Lune (Menuet), Op. 46, No. 2, Fine: Prelude (fromMusic for Piano), Grainger: Handel in the Strand (Clog Dance), Griffes: The Fountain of the Acqua Paola, Op. 7, No. 3 (from Roman Sketches), Kabalevsky: Sonata No. 3, Op. 46 (1st Movement), Khachaturian: Toccata, Krenek: From 12 Short Piano Pieces, Op. 83: Dancing Toys, No. 1; Indian Summer Day, No. 12, MacDowell: Czardas, Op. 24, No. 4, Muczynski: Prelude, Op. 6, No. 2; Prelude, Op. 6, No. 6, Prokofiev: Sonatina in G, Op. 54, No. 2, Rachmaninoff: Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5, Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes (Miroirs); La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs), W. Schuman: Three-Score Set, Scott: Lento, Shostakovitch: Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 1, Tcherepnin: Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1; Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 5. 198 p.

Contents: Albeniz: Orientale-Tango, Op. 164, No. 2 Bartok: Bagatelle, Bear Dance, Valse (Ma mie qui danse), Op. 6, No. 14 Bellini: Pinocchio Bloch: Chanty (Poems of the Sea) John Alden Carpenter: Impromptu Chabrier: Habanera Chavez: Prelude (Ten Preludes) Debussy: Reverie, Valse Romantique D'Indy: Aarau (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 1; Laufenburg (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 3; Le Chant des Bruyeres (The Song of the Heath) de Falla: Serenata Andaluza Farwell: Sourwood Mountain, Op. 78, No. 3 Faure: Berceuse, Op. 56, No. 1; Impromptu, Op. 31, No. 2 Fibich: Impression, Op. 44, No. 32 Lukas Foss: Grotesque Dance Godowsky: Nocturnal Tangier Grainger: Spoon River Granados: Rondalla Aragonesa Griffes: The White Peacock Guion: The Harmonica, Player (Alley Tunes) Roy Harris: Little Suite Krenek: The Moon Rises, Op. 83, No. 4 Palmgren: Spring Night, Op. 22, No. 8 Pinto: Marcha do Pequeno Polegar (Tom Thumb's March) Prokofiev; Gavotte, Op. 12, No. 2; Marche, Op. 12, No. 1; Vision Fugitive, Op. 22, No. 16 Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1; Prelude in E Flat, Op. 23, No. 6 Ravel: Jeux d'Eau; Pavane Pour une Infante defunte Rebikov: Les Demons s'amusent Reger: Humoresque, Op. 79a, No. 2 Respighi: Notturno Satie: Gymnopedie Scriabin: Mazurka, Op. 25, No. 4; Poeme, Op. 69, No. 1 Shostakovitch: Polka (L'Age d'or, Op. 22) Sibelius: Romance, Op. 24, No. 9 Soro: La Hiladora (The Spinner) R. Strauss: An einsamer Quelle (By the Lonely Spring), Op. 9, No. 2; Traumerei (Revery), Op. 9, No. 4 Stravinsky: Etude, Op. 7, No. 2 Szymanowski: Etude, Op. 4, No. 3 Thuille: Gavot.

This wonderful collection explores the language, attitude, dissonance, and drama of the piano music of the twentieth century in the works of Debussy, Bartok, Stravinsky, Piston, Ives, Ravel, Hindemith, and 35 other contemporary composers. Pieces range from the intermediate to the advanced level and include: Bear Dance (Bartok); Clair de lune (Debussy); First Arabesque (Debussy); Prelude from "Pour le Piano" (Debussy); Seven Variations on an Ukrainian Folk Song (Kabalevsky); Valsette (Kodaly); Passacaglia (Piston); Sonatine (Ravel); Gymnopedie, No. 1 (Satie); Preludes (Scriabin) and many more.

Alexander Tcherepnin's (1899-1977) Bagatelles are among his finest and most popular keyboard works. The 10 miniatures each span only two to four pages, yet are filled with a variety of mildly contemporary techniques. The more brilliant pieces help to develop a rapid finger technique, while the lyrical works are studies in the balance of melody and accompaniment figures. Lynn Freeman Olson's edition is carefully researched and includes helpful study notes.

Basic Library
These six volumes offer a wealth of easy to early advanced repertoire and have been highly popular with piano teachers and their students for decades.

Robert Muczynski's superbly crafted piano works possess an irresistible rhythmic drive, created by use of irregular meters and strongly accented patterns. Evocative and challenging, this set of works range from Fables, written with intermediate students in mind, to the programmatic A Summer Journal with its Morning Promenade, Park Scene, Night Rain and Jubilee; to the raging wirlwind of Toccata.

Firkusny, Rudolf (ed.). Published by Dover, Mineola, NY. Copyright 1995. Dances and polkas by Smetana, Puppets by Martinu, and works by Dussek, Dvorak, and Janacek, make up this sumptuous collection of piano music. Reprinted from various authoritative editions.

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This exciting series contains selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day.The repertoire has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson.