Having arranged five previous volumes of duets in various themes, Mike Cornick now offers five superb choices to close your pgoram. Choose from Blaze Away, Hava Nagila, Billy Boy, the Radetzky March, and the always-audience-pleasing Sousa The Liberty Bell (a.k.a. Monty Python's theme). Cornick's arrangements are not easy, but are well suited to intermediate to advanced duets. To help the learning process, the book includes a CD with back-up tracks for both piano primo and secondo, as well as full listening tracks. Go out in style, and take a bow! For intermediate to advanced.

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Also available in this series —

Tea for Two (UE021299- $26.95)
Charleston for Two (UE021368 - $26.95)
Love Songs for Two (UE021485 - $27.95)
Sleigh Ride for Two (UE021454 - $27.95)
Pink Panther for Two (UE021579 - $26.95)

Pound is written in three movements, played without pause. The first movement is meant to suggest the illusion of two pianos. This is accomplished through the use of two simultaneous layers of music. The first is a simple pulse that begins with one note and builds to massive chords by the conclusion of the movement. The second layer is both more complex and more melodic. By separating these two layers by register, the movement becomes virtuosic, not because it of its abundance of notes, but because of the difficulty posed by the wide leaps across the keyboard. The overall shape of the first movement is that of an outwardly expanding wedge; it begins softly with a single note and expands outward to the extremes of the piano’s register, while simultaneously building in intensity and volume until the climactic chords bring it to a close.

The second movement is somewhat more traditional, at least regarding its construction. At the outset, a repeating ostinato in the bass accompanies a simple tune in the treble. This combination of melody and accompaniment undergoes numerous transformations, eventually leading to a rhythmically driving climactic passage. A brief allusion to the opening of the movement brings it to a dramatic and exhilarating end.

The final movement is comprised of three basic sections. The first juxtaposes two ideas – sharply articulated chords at the outer extremes of the instrument, and dense, outwardly expanding chords toward the middle. These ideas alternate, gaining in momentum, and lead to a second, rhythmically lopsided but more lyrical section. This also gains in intensity and leads to a final section, closely related to the first, but more explosive in character. For advanced players. Dur.: 11'

Theodore Presser Company
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Peter Bartok casts a fresh eye on the Petite Suite, originally published as an excerpt of five pieces from the composer's 44 Duos for Two Violins (1938). A 1943 second publication added a sixth piece, and today's third edition returns to the original sketches and proofs to create a definitive, corrected version. For intermediate to advanced pianists.

Universal Edition
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The first of two piano duets from 1991, Canzonetta was written for the parents of Valentina Pagni, wife of Andrea Lucchesini. The latter would become Berio's "pianist of choice," with whom he worked closely on the major Sonata per pianoforte solo. This brief duet (duration under one minute) would appear on the album Piano Music of Luciano Berio, recorded by Lucchesini and Pagni. For advanced pianists. Dur. 0'50"

Universal Edition
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The second piano duet by Berio this month, Touch was written for Andrea Lucchesini and Valentina Pagni, who recorded the work on Piano Music of Luciano Berio (Avie Records, 2004). UE has published both piano duets to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Berio's death. For advanced pianists. Dur.: 1'45"

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Collatti shares a lifetime love of the tango with piano students in Viva el Tango! In 25 (mostly) original pieces, he introduces pianists to tango performance, beginning with the easy Mi primer Tango (with both hands within a 5-note range), and progresses through more complex rhythm and technique. With tips and notes about each piece, Viva el Tango! also includes a CD of performances for listening and learning. For intermediate to advanced.

Universal Edition
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Cornick has carefully chosen an entire repertoire for piano students venturing into playing pieces. Covering Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Latin, Ragtime, Jazz, and Folk music, all are well within range of advancing students, whether original or arranged by Cornick. Also included are notes about each piece, along with helpful tips for proper performance. Two handsome volumes provide a wealth of piano pieces for study or for play in easy to intermediate level.

Universal Edition
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Introducing Urtext Primo, the next step in a piano student's progress, once tutor books have ended. Vienna Urtext has compiled a sampling of easier piano works by three masters, suitable for the first two years of repertoire study. Including 15 Bach works, 10 by Handel, and 8 Scarlatti sonatas, Urtext Primo aims to allow both teacher and pupil to choose "what's next." While these pieces vary widely in musicality and technique, they are all within a two-year span of development. For intermediate pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Teeny Tango packs a lot into one minute and 10 seconds! A precursor to Garrop's 2007 commissioned Tango Gardel for piano is this short, intricate dance from 2003. Amaze and delight when you master Garrop's Teeny Tango, and share the composer's love of the form. For advanced performers. Dur.: 1'10"

Theodore Presser Company
110-41798 - Score - $11.99  Add to Cart
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The genesis of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante Op. 22 originates with his youth in Warsaw and his first tours as a virtuoso. Designed as a concert piece with orchestra, it takes up a special position among the Polonaises of Chopin. By tradition, however, the work has always been performed as an extremely effective solo piece. Since no autograph survives, various first prints are used as source material, and comparisons show that the English first edition must have been based on the autograph manuscript of Chopin. This edition therefore rates this English edition more highly than usual, and numerous discrepancies and omissions present in the French definitive edition are clarified and complemented. The notes on interpretation not only explain the relatively rare term “spianato” but also explain Chopin’s techniques with respect to trills and appoggiaturas, and tempo rubato. These explanations are drawn from sources close to Chopin, such as letters from his pupil, Karol Mikuli. For advanced players. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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From revered Swiss composer Frank Martin, Universal Edition presents a simple, lilting work written for his wife and daughter. For intermediate-level players.

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Autumn Tapestries completes the publication of Baksa's four sonatas for piano duet, each named for one of the seasons. Like Summer Rituals and Winter Pleasures (490-01166), Autumn Tapestries is scored for two pianos. (Only Spring Games [490-01155] calls for four hands at one piano.) Critic William Carragan, upon hearing Autumn Tapestries, wrote, "His music is a truly modern event and I want to hear more of it." For advanced pianists. Download the latest catalog of Baksa works here.

Composers Library Edition
490-01171 – Set of Two Scores – $64.95
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Composed in 1999, Binnette Lipper’s Bagatelles for Piano represent a broad range of moods and subjects, and all are light in spirit. A bagatelle is a small gift, and in this case, a musical offering. The titles of these bagatelles call to mind universal experiences and are meant to provoke the imagination: Adventure, Dalliance, Impudence, Reminiscence, Spatial Relations, Whimsy, and Zephyr.

Hildegard Publishing Company
490-01169 — $21.95  Add to Cart
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Steinway artist Joel Hastings has championed Carter Pann's piano music, presenting an all-Pann concert, in which the composer has also performed. For Hastings and for himself, Pann has written this three-movement piano duo, a challenging and rhythmic romp. Movement titles impart a sense of each: I. Proposal in Positano; II. Intermezzo: "Dalle ma nabonu" (Song for the Dead) - ancient Tongan legend; III. Cab Calloway's Cotton Club, Harlem 1933: "It's all the Rag!" For advanced performers. Dur.: c.13'

Theodore Presser Company
110-41796 - Score - $23.99  Add to Cart
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Vienna Urtext presents Debussy's best-known piano solo in separate edition, based upon their own critical edition of the Suite Bergamasque. Also includes the underlying poem by Paul Verlaine (in three languages). For intermediate to advanced pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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The Consolations are among the best-known piano works by Franz Liszt. Their popularity is due not only to their expressive and lyrical character but also to their relatively moderate pianistic demands. Having a long history, the final version of the six pieces appeared in print for the first time in 1850. The Wiener Urtext Edition provides this version authorized by Liszt for publication, the text of which is mainly based on the German first edition owing to the lack of extant autographs and engraver's copies. In addition, the French first edition as well as separate editions of the Consolations Nos. 3 and 5 published in London or Paris were consulted as well. The edition is complemented by performance notes of the Liszt pupil Lina Ramann which are virtually first-hand records of Liszt's interpretational ideas. Furthermore, a clear engraving without page-turn problems makes it easier to study and perform the popular works. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

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Vienna Urtext offers a sampling of Chopin's beloved Preludes as an introductory set for advancing pianists. Editor Hansen bases his research on the autograph and first editions of the Preludes, and includes Nos. 4, 6, 9, 15, 7, and 20 as the "easiest" of these Chopin classics. For intermediate pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Now here's something you don't see every day! File this under "novelty piano," a bit of levity on any program. Five players, all using right hand only, perform together on one keyboard. See it to believe it, by clicking "See a page" below. Two scores are included. For intermediate players.

Universal Edition
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In his early twenties, Peter Schickele was profoundly affected by a performance of Boulez’s Second Piano Sonata, changing his impression of contemporary music forever. According to Schickele, these Four Pieces for Piano were “one of the earliest manifestations of that reckoning. [They] have many of the hallmarks of the so-called post-Webern style: wide skips, extreme range, and no regular beat, but, unlike Boulez’s sonata, those pieces constantly flirt with old-fashioned tonality and jazzy rhythms.” For advanced players.

Theodore Presser Company
160-00222 • $7.95  Add to Cart

Stefan Wolpe’s magnum opus was the breakthrough Four Studies on Basic Rows, the last movement of which is his famous “Passacaglia,” also available for orchestra. This critical edition by foremost Wolpe scholar Austin Clarkson and pianist David Holzman offers extensive commentary on history, interpretation, and critical comparison of 21 authentic sources, as well as analysis of Wolpe’s pioneering focus on intervals in musical architecture. For advanced players. Dur.: 30’

Theodore Presser Company
440-40005 — $29.95  Add to Cart
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From the composer: “I first played music by Morton Feldman in 1959 with David Tudor. What fascinated me most about Feldman was his sensitive, gentle way of handling pitches. I found that again in Marino Formenti’s love of the meditative side of this music, and in November 2010 I wrote a piece for him which could also be seen as an homage to Feldman. The world it depicts – introverted, sensitive and focused on itself alone – is disrupted again and again by hectic, brutal events. That reflects the need I have to avoid absolutizing that world and to refrain from celebrating mere submersion.” For advanced players.

Universal Edition
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Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit ranks among the most important piano works of the 20th century and, as it were, represents the pinnacle of the extension of the piano playing techniques and tonal possibilities which started in the 19th century. Ravel took poems by Aloysius Bertrand as a basis of the three movements, Ondine, Le Gibet, and Scarbo. Thus, he follows the 19th-century tradition to combine instrumental music with literary works. The new edition of Wiener Urtext not only consulted the first edition, which has been used almost exclusively up to now, but also Ravel's autograph and his personal copy of the first edition on the basis of which numerous passages in the musical text could be corrected. Additional information from personal copies of Ravel pupils are analyzed in the Notes on Interpretation. This edition also features a glossary in three languages of the French performance instructions used by Ravel as well as English and German translations of the three poems by Bertrand. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext — UT050261 — $21.95  Add to Cart
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This is the final collection of a highly praised three-volume series from Nicolai Podgornov. Volume 3 features pieces that will inspire and stimulate piano students at the advanced level, presented in order of difficulty.

Universal Edition UE034553 — $22.95  Add to Cart
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At an early age, Johannes Brahms showed an interest in the music of composers before him. In this context, he came across the variations and themes of George Frideric Handel which, in turn, inspired him to write an extensive work of variations for the piano. This new edition of the Wiener Urtext is based on a meticulous comparison of autographs, first editions, and personal copies. Brahms’ autograph copy served as an essential corrective and subsequent corrections made by the composer in Max Kalbeck’s personal copy were taken into account as well. With pristinely clear engraving, this edition is a perfect tool for studying Handel’s masterpiece. For advanced players. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext UT050171 — $17.95  Add to Cart
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Universal Edition UE034990 — $22.95  Add to Cart
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Master guitarist Leisner also has piano chops! In Labyrinths II, he uses various snippets from works of J.S. Bach as starting points, examining each element in minute detail through four diverse movments. He then wraps all four themes into a final, fifth movement. "To hear the imagination of a guitarist gallivanting around on the keyboard, tickling the work of one of its greatest masters, was ultimately the most refreshing part of the entire night." (icareifyoulisten.com) For advanced performers.

Merion Music, Inc.
140-40113 — $21.99  Add to Cart
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This is an urtext edition of one of the most famous piano cycles by Franz Liszt, based on the original 1850 edition and available parts of the autograph. With clear engraving and convenient page turns, this edition also features notes on interpretation, evaluating sources from Liszt’s vicinity. For advanced players. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Three Line Studies are a compilation of themes snipped from earlier work in counterpoint, augmented by the composer, and presented as two-part inventions and fugues. The new Line Studies add to Baksa's growing catalog of keyboard works.

Composers Library Edition
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Beyond the simple title of Romantic Piano Album, Volume 2 lies a rich variety of musical surprises. This collection ranges from dreamy and sad to energetic and passionate. Includes Cole Porter’s Night and Day, Comptine d’un autre été from the film Amélie, and 12 others. For intermediate-level players.

Universal Edition
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Building on the success of previous releases in Lowell Liebermann’s series of haunting nocturnes, Theodore Presser Company is delighted to release another installment: Nocturne No. 11, Op. 112. Commissioned by Mark Wolffer in memory of his father, Christian Wolffer, this steady, contemplative work for solo piano was premiered by William Hobbs at the Wolffer Estate Vineyard, Sagaponack, New York, as part of the Music Festival of the Hamptons in July of 2010. Dur: 6’30”

Theodore Presser Company
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Mozart's classic Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio is published to Vienna Urtext standards, from Mozart's original piano version. As a help, the editors also include a Mozart Capriccio (K.395/4), which should help to finish things out! For intermediate to advanced pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Pärt's quiet meditation Pari Intervallo is available in several very diverse settings (4 recorders, organ solo, or clarinet and trombone with string orchestra), and UE now makes available this 2008 version, playable as piano duet or with two pianos. For intermediate to advanced pianists. Dur. c. 5'30"

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This collection contains nine intermediate-level piano pieces from Franz Lizst, selected from all of the composer’s significant periods of creativity. Non-professional players and “returning beginners” will also find this compilation useful. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

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Haitian-born pianist Wanda Maximilien made her first recording in 1979, and chose the piano works of Luigi Dallapiccola and Robert Moevs, reflecting her love of contemporary music. That original recording has just been digitized and re-released by New World Records, while the original 1972 Piedmont publication is now made available by E.B. Marks. For advanced performers.

E.B. Marks (MarksPrint)
490-01168 - $13.95  Add to Cart
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The present Grade 8 anthology for the ABRSM 2011–2012 piano syllabus aims to make some of these editions available to piano students preparing for this examination. This collection contains ten pieces from lists A to C, including Bach’s Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Schubert’s Moderato from Sonata D. 566, and Beethoven’s Rondo from Grande Sonate Pathétique, op. 13. This edition also contains teaching and learning commentary, written with the intent to encourage debate between teachers and students concerning ornamentation, practice strategies, fingerings, and more. The collection also contains a list of suggested pieces from the ABRSM Diploma piano syllabus, appropriate for students who are about to move on from grade 8. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Levin points to the Sonata in C as "one of the most widely played sonatas chosen for teaching purposes," and it is, indeed, an excellent introduction to the genre. This new urtext is newly engraved, easy to read, with attention paid to page turns. For intermediate to advanced. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

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The Haydn Sonata that all piano students must first master, and the most often-assigned for those looking to progress. This ultra-clean edition features new engraving and a keen eye on page turns, as well as helpful notes on interpretation. For intermediate to advanced pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Haydn’s famous sonata, written for longtime friend Marianne von Genzinger, is available here in Urtext and facsimile formats. Its score is based on the new edition of Haydn’s piano sonatas as revised by Ulrich Leisinger. Textual problems have been solved due to the evaluation of a newly discovered manuscript copy, and this edition also includes a preface with information about the genesis of the work. For advanced players. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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A sonata in classic construct, with A-B-A movements, Baksa's Second Piano Sonata comes years after his first. His compositional explorations have taken him through woodwind, brass, and string solos and ensembles, and a series of works for the harpsichord (an instrument which obviously holds his curiosity), and he now returns to the piano with a new major work. The third movement is especially challenging, at times skipping, at times flowing across the keyboard, but a satisfying flight for fingers. For advanced pianists.

Composers Library Edition
494-02925 — $32.00  Add to Cart
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"The musical language of the Sonata is modern, even briefly strident in four movements. In the second, Allegro con brio, we hear a brief section that is not a quote but rather a recapitulation of the structure of Rhapsody in Blue. The bold, slow pace in the third, Molto adagio, movement feels serious, troubled, even pensive. A faint reference to a spiritual tune is so brief that it increases the agony when it does not materialize. The final movement, Misterioso allegro, demands great power but with calculated precision because of the measured pace." (Lori Laitman, www.artsongupdate.org)

Theodore Presser Company
410-41333 - $23.99  Add to Cart
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Hailstork's third sonata for piano is a dynamic yet approachable work, full of contrasting passages and escalating forces. For advanced pianists. Dur.: 13' See sample pages (PDF).

Theodore Presser Company
410-41334 — $32.95  Add to Cart

Primosch wrote his Sonata-Fantasia for Lambert Orkis, who asked for a work for the combination of piano and synthesizer, but the first movement insisted upon being later reworked as piano only. Thus, this set of original theme and 14 variations. Primosch feels that this set is "haunted" by textures from the recent and distant past, textures specific to the acoustic keyboard. For advanced pianists.

Merion Music, Inc. 140-40111 — $28.95  Add to Cart
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Mike Cornick's fifth selection of piano duets all come from the U.S.A. The title piece is, of course, the great Henry Mancini classic, which is joined by Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?, The House of the Rising Sun, and Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho. The included CD features duet recordings and play-along tracks for both parts. For intermediate to advanced.

Universal Edition
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Baksa has been moved to set poetry to music, as in his beautiful song cycle Letters from Emily, and now writes his own Poems for Piano. Unlike his previous settings, which use the texts as guides/inspiration, these personal poems are spoken by the keyboard and, ultimately, must reflect the composer's innate optimism and humor, as well as and above all his melodic lines. Although he refers to these Poems as "lightweight," the six short pieces do require technical skill and focus. For advanced pianists.

Composers Library Edition
494-02931 - $34.95  Add to Cart
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From ca. 1828 until the last years of his life, Frédéric Chopin devoted himself to the nocturne, a genre which emerged at the beginning of the 19th century. As Romantic character pieces evoking, in particular, evening and night moods, these nocturnes count among Chopin’s most poetic piano works. This collection contains the most popular and accessible of his nocturnes; perfect for students and intermediate pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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The Rondo capriccioso (born as "Etude") held great appeal to pianists of the early 19th century, a time when pianistic prodigity was all the rage. In fact, the editor suggests, it was this early Mendelssohn work, together with the Variations sérieuses (below), that cemented the composer's stature. The present edition is based primarily on the English first edition (1830), with a multitude of contemporary editions consulted, and presents the finest edition of this work to date. For advanced pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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In this volume for middle-grade players, Nicolai Podgornov captures the fleeting notion of the changing seasons. Each of the twelve pieces reflects the typical atmosphere of a month in the annual cycle, from bird songs in March to sleigh bells in December. Adults and children alike will find enjoyment in the expressive color and imagery of the pieces in this collection. For intermediate-level players.

Universal Edition
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From 1951, Shapey's Seven Little Pieces is designed to allow teachers and students to work on a variety of "pianistic problems." Each of the very brief pieces concentrates on a specific task - legato without pedal, repetitive staccato, dynamics, phrasing, and dexterity. For advanced students. Total dur.: 7'

Theodore Presser Company 110-41794 • $15.95  Add to Cart
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The six pieces which make up this set were composed over a number of years and explore a range of styles. “Characteristic pieces” is a collective title which has been used by many composers, especially of the Romantic period, for a group of shorter piano compositions held together by a common factor. In this instance, however, the term ‘characteristic’ has been applied somewhat loosely and refers to the diversity of the distinct styles within the set. For intermediate to advanced players.

Universal Edition UE021536 — $25.95  Add to Cart
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Ewazen revisits the first movement of his Southern Landscapes for wind ensemble and crafts a joyful piano duo. The material is heavily influenced by the music of the Smoky Mountains region, from fiddlin' to ballades. For advanced performers.

Theodore Presser Company
110-41795 - $32.99  Add to Cart
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Celebrated Argentine composer, pianist and teacher Gustavo Beytelmann has collected ten tangos in a variety of styles, written for various instruments, and arranged them for solo piano. All of the composers included in this collection, from Angel Villoldo to Eduardo Arolas, were active musicians and performed regularly in Buenos Aires and beyond. According to Beytelmann, the aim of this collection is to show how versatile the tango style can be, “from the ragtime-like lilt of El Esquinazo to the romantic waltz La loca de amor by Pablo José Vázquez and the energetic El entrerriano by Rosendo Mendizábal, as well as a new arrangement of Carlos Gardel’s immortal El dia que me quieras.” For advanced players.

Universal Edition
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Once again, Gustavo Beytelmann has taken some of the most beautiful tango music ever written and created his own arrangements for solo piano. This selection of ten pieces shows how greatly the tango can vary in compositional style. Beytelmann also gives inspiring advice on the various aspects of performance practice and interpretation. For advanced players.

Universal Edition
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Also available: UE034679 - Volume 1 - $29.95

As part of the esteemed PWM Chopin National Edition, this supplement contains works written partly, but not entirely, by Chopin. For example, “Variations on a Theme of Bellini (Hexameron)” is the work of six composers, including Chopin, who wrote one of the variations. For advanced players.

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 510-07716 — $31.95  Add to Cart
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Talent inspires creativity, as Ewazen is moved by a performer's skills to write a set of Inventions, as a testament to both the performer and the original masters of the Baroque genre. In building his contrapuntal structures, Ewazen borrows thematic material from his own earlier works. For advanced performers.

Theodore Presser Company
110-41791 - $19.99  Add to Cart
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Vienna Urtext presents Inventions 1, 6, and 8 of the famous Bach Two-Part Inventions, together with a facsimile of Bach's autograph.This represents the latest urtext, taken from Leisinger's new edition. For intermediate to advanced. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
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Katherine Hoover’s Toccata for solo piano is distinctly American, with chords and rhythms influenced by jazz and popular sources. This work also features shifting rhythms and short references to musical ancestors in its middle section, according to the composer. For advanced players.

Papagena Press
PP185 - $8.99  Add to Cart
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Universal Edition UE034693 - $35.95  Add to Cart
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Composed with strong idiomatic concepts, from classical to jazz, from romantic to ragtime or tango, from Ravelian atmosphere to Fauréan feeling, these short variations on “Happy Birthday” maybe be played in any order. Each performer thus “composes” her/his own cycle of variations. A 4-hand version provides young pianists with a ready opportunity to play with family members or friends. Teachers may also use this option to accompany their students. These pieces ranged from easy to medium difficulty, and are great pedagogical tools to accompany budding pianists throughout their studies. For beginning to intermediate-level players.

Billaudot
510-07706 — $29.95  Add to Cart
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Recorded by Invencia Piano Duo (Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn) on a collection of Hailstork's piano music, Ignis Fatuus, the Two Scherzos are markedly dissimilar. Writes Lori Laitman at www.artsongupdate.org, "The modern musical language in the first Scherzo is woven around a boogie-boogie base with intense, powerful energy after a repeated quiet figure opening. The second Scherzo has a freer form with brief quiet passages contrasted with sections of grand pianism with many quick notes." For advanced pianists.

Theodore Presser Company
110-40752 - $30.99  Add to Cart
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Universal Edition presents a short, lilting waltz for piano from Arvo Pärt, which originally appeared on the soundtrack for the 1973 film Ukuaru. For advanced players.

Universal Edition UE034746 — $14.95  Add to Cart
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Liebermann's brilliant and captivating work starts with a piano setting of Schubert's well-loved "Heidenröslein," followed by 10 variations and a coda, revealing Liebermann's fascinating imagination and inventiveness, as well as his love of piano textures. Dur: 10’

Theodore Presser Company 110-41789 - $14.95  Add to Cart
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Chen Yi’s sparklingly inventive variations are based on the Chinese folk song “Awariguli,” the name of a beautiful girl from the Uygur ethnic minority in Xinjiang. This solo piano work was written during the composer’s freshman year at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and premiered by her sister Chen Min in October 1979. While the theme, 9 variations, and dramatic coda are somewhat traditional in structure, they clearly enjoy Chen Yi’s fascinating mix of Western and Chinese musical flavor. For intermediate to advanced players. Dur.: 9’

Theodore Presser Company 110-41790 — $9.95  Add to Cart
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"Mendelssohn was one of the great masters of melodic invention in music history," says Roggenkamp. The editor has done his research, producing a competent cricial edition of an important element of Mendelssohn's catalog. Background information, a discussion of the work, and notes on performance are all included here, in the most correct and up-to-date edition possible. For advanced pianists. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
UT050278 - $14.95  Add to Cart
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The ongoing New Liszt Edition from EMB nears completion of the first phase - piano solo works, with the release of Volume 4 of the Supplement series. The planned 24 Etudes (ultimately 12) are presented here in alternate editions, and the process of composition to print is fully explored in the exhaustive Preface. Volume 4 also includes alternate editions of shorter Liszt works, Mazeppa, Morceau de salon, and the enigmatic Prélude omnitonique.

Editio Musica Budapest
510-07778 - Paper cover - $106.95  Add to Cart
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Also available: 510-07779 - Clothbound - $205.95  Add to Cart

About Winter Pleasures —

"...More impressive with each hearing. The outer movements of the sonata sparkled with melodic play, rhythmic bite and wit. The middle movement, titled Tenderly, overflowed with poignancy and poetic expression." -- John Paul Keeler, Register-Star, Hudson Valley Newspapers

"...The piece was performed well and reflected much of what this composer is known for: lyricism, melody, intricate harmonic writing and counterpoint...The overall sense was very Russian, very wintery, very beautiful indeed." -- J. Peter Bergman, The Independent

Composers Library Editions
490-01166 — Set of 2 Performance Scores — $93.95  Add to Cart
490-01166S — Single Score — $52.95  Add to Cart
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Armageddon is "Adolphus Hailstork’s appropriately turbulent 29-minute response to the events of September 11, 2001" (newmusicbox.org) and features "really ferocious sounds." Recorded by James Krosnick (organ), David Walker and Rob Cross (percussion) on Amazing Grace: Organ Music of Adolphus Hailstork (Albany). For advanced performers. Dur.: 29'

Theodore Presser Company
114-41370 - $46.99  Add to Cart
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An invaluable new monument of organ literature, The Complete Organ Music of Charles Ives is crowned by two critical editions of the celebrated Variations on "America," shedding light on both the familiar 1949 edition and the original draft from 1892. Over a dozen more unfamiliar works are presented, along with historical and critical notes.See our Spotlight page here.

Theodore Presser Company
443-41003 - $29.99  Add to Cart
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Under the title of Kleinere Werke (Short Pieces), the second volume of organ works by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach in the Vienna Urtext Edition contains all works written by the composer except for the multi-movement sonatas for organ. The fugues, in particular, prove that C. Ph. E. Bach was an attentive pupil of his father. The pieces for musical clock are a varied selection of pieces in the style galant (a clear, uncomplicated style) which were originally written for mechanical instruments and which are best suited to be performed on the organ. Along with the organ sonatas published in Vol. 1, this is probably the most comprehensive collection of works for organ by Bach's second eldest son. For advanced players. See all available Vienna Urtext titles here.

Vienna Urtext
UT050149 — $37.95  Add to Cart
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Schmidt's "last monumental fugue for organ," according to Dr. Rudolf Scholz, was written for the inauguration of a Vienna radio broadcasting studio in 1937. Unfortunately, the composer would not live to hear the premiere.

Universal Edition
UE035324 - Organ Part - $21.95  Add to Cart
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Organmusic is the result of a suggestion by and collaboration with American organist Dr. Boyd M. Jones of Stetson University, and marks the 50th anniversary of the installation of the University's Beckerath organ. Hodkinson refers to the six short movements as "drawings," which hearkens back to his series of "Drawings" for various instrumental settings. Four of six are original movements, while two others were "usurped" from his piano work Episodes and amended for this use. For advanced performers. Dur.: 20' See sample pages (PDF).

Merion Music, Inc.
143-40015 • Score • $29.95  Add to Cart

Consider Pärt's seminal Spiegel im Spiegel in a new setting for organ; it's deceptively simple, quiet wholeness is perfect for a moment of meditation within a church service, or as a contrasting work in an organ recital. For intermediate to advanced.

Universal Edition
UE035016 – $17.95  Add to Cart
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From the composer: "The classical French organ is an instrument that ‘sings.’ 17th- and 18th-century repertoire aims to highlight solo stops such as the Trumpet, Cromorne, Tierce, and more. These characteristics, together with the limitations of unequal temperament, led me to compose these 21st-century solo pieces which alternate between the vocal and instrumental. ‘Single voice’ composition allows the use of the resources of modern day musical language on a period instrument." For intermediate-level players. Dur.: 12’30"

Billaudot
513-02005 – $18.95  Add to Cart
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