Focusing on 20th-century composers, this volume of the Contemporary Piano Literature series showcases vibrant solos from notable figures like Bartók and Shostakovich, many of which were commissioned for the Frances Clark Library. Alongside the music, informative biographies and engaging portraits provide insight into the composers' lives, making it an enriching resource for students of all ages.
Designed to support the six levels of core piano materials, this series serves as a technical foundation for students. It uniquely addresses and systematically prepares learners for the technical challenges found in the piano repertoire associated with each level, ensuring a thorough understanding and mastery of skills.
The series serves as a foundational resource in the Frances Clark Library, meticulously structured to address the technical challenges faced by piano students at six distinct levels. Each book offers thorough and systematic guidance tailored to the repertoire corresponding to the student's skill level, ensuring comprehensive preparation for mastering piano techniques.
Part 2a -- A Plan for Musical Growth at the Piano
Focusing on complete musicianship, this series offers beginners a diverse repertoire that includes folk, jazz, and pop music. It encourages creativity by allowing students to rearrange, transpose, and compose new pieces from provided segments. Technical skills are developed through exercises targeting greater facility, blocked intervals, chords, and playing with both hands. Guided training steps promote intelligent practice habits, making it a comprehensive approach to music education.
As a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, this book preserves the original text while acknowledging potential imperfections like marks and notations. It highlights the cultural significance of the text, reflecting a commitment to the protection and promotion of historical literature. The edition aims to provide an affordable and high-quality reproduction that remains true to the original, ensuring access to important literary works.
Part 2a -- A Plan for Musical Growth at the Piano
Focused on fostering complete musicianship, this edition of "The Music Tree" series offers beginners a diverse repertoire that includes folk, jazz, and pop music. It emphasizes student creativity by allowing them to rearrange, transpose, or complete musical segments, encouraging original compositions. Additionally, it addresses technical skills such as playing blocked intervals and chords, and promotes hands-together playing. Guided training steps are incorporated to develop intelligent practice habits, making it a comprehensive resource for budding musicians.
To be used in conjunction with The Music Tree, Part 4, The Music Tree Activities provides reinforcement and creative application of rhythm and theory concepts in imaginative written drills, games and puzzles, sight playing, accompanying, and transposing.
The Contemporary Piano Literature series includes a selection of music written for children by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Scott, Shostakovich and Stravinsky. In addition, the books contain pieces composed specifically for this series by Ross Lee Finney, David Kraehenbuehl, Douglas Moore, Elie Siegmeister, Alexandre Tansman and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and portraits help make composers come alive for the student. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.
The Contemporary Piano Literature series is devoted to smaller keyboard works written by composers who have achieved prominence in the 20th century, many specifically commissioned for the Frances Clark Library. Book 4 features vibrant solos by Bartók, Gretchaninov, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Douglas Moore, Ross Lee Finney, and Alexander Tcherepnin. Short biographies and attractive portraits help make composers come alive for students of all ages. None of the music is so far in the vanguard that it is difficult to enjoy or understand.
The Activities books are closely correlated, unit-by-unit with the Music Tree series. They provide extensive reinforcement in all the new Music Tree discoveries, plus they offer an exciting new program of sight-playing, guaranteed to develop successful sight-readers from the start.