Beyond the Romantic Spirit

The turn of the 20th century ushered in a new era in which several styles of art music existed simultaneously. In Beyond the Romantic Spirit Book 1, students can recapture the spirit of the environment in which composers lived, created and performed, and learn about influential events of this era. Book 1 presents 19 piano solos representing Impressionism, Pointillism, Neo-Classicism, Expressionism and other post-Romantic movements and is at the early to late intermediate levels. As the printing press brought literature to the world, the piano helped bring music out of the exclusive domain of the aristocracy and disseminated all types of music to the general public. Book 2 presents 16 piano pieces from this exciting period, with music originating in Russia, England, France, Finland, Hungary, North and South America. Book 2 covers the intermediate to early advanced levels.