The 20th Century – Elementary Level

33 Piano Pieces by Béla Bartók, Dmitri Kabalevsky and Dmitri Shos

Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc. Editor: Richard Walters

The 20th Century series presents music by some of the greatest composers of the modern era, composers who wrote a full range of music for orchestra, voices, piano and chamber ensembles, in the great and large forms. But they also valued music education, and composed interesting music to foster a stdent pianist's progress. The pieces by these composers lead a student not only to technical proficiency, but also to become a more fully formed, imaginative musician. When a great talent turns attention to writing a short piece of limited difficulty level for students, it is approached with the same aesthetics, temperament, tastes and creative invention applied when composing a symphony, opera or concerto. These exquisite miniatures are complete works of timeless art. Through them a master musician of the past indirectly teaches a progressing musician of the present and the future.

Contents: Bartók: Peasant Song from Ten Easy Pieces • selections from The First Term at the Piano: Stepping Stones, Invention I, Parallel Lines, Legato and Staccato, Dialogue I, Dialogue II, Dialogue III, Follow the Leader, Short and Long Legato • Kabalevsky: selectionsfrom 24 Pieces for Children, Op. 39: Melody, Polka, Rambling, Cradle Song, Playing, Funny Event, Song, A Little Dance, Scherzo • selections from 35 Easy Pieces, Op. 89: First Piece, First Etude, Quiet Song, At Recess, First Waltz, Light and Shadow, Little Hedgehog, Playful One, Trumpet and Echo, Evening Song, Skipping Rope, Trumpet and Drum • Shostakovich: selections from • Children's Notebook for Piano, Op. 69: March, Waltz.

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Inventory # HL00297094
ISBN: 9781495010217
UPC: 888680045517
Series: Schirmer Performance Editions
Format: Softcover
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
32 pages
Package Quantity: 20
Case Quantity: 80

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