Alfred Publishing Exploring Piano Classics Repertoire, Level 2 - Bachus - Piano - Book/CD

A Masterwork Method for the Developing Pianist

Author: Nancy Bachus
Format: Book and CD
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Late Elementary / Early Intermediate

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together, the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music, performance practices, and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods, selected and graded based on festival, competition, and examination lists from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period, its instruments, composers, and the music itself is included. The CD recordings of the repertoire, performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus, provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation.

A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature, Nancy Bachus has performed solo recitals across the U. S., Canada, and Italy, and appeared in the original "Monster Concerts" in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House.

Contents:

• Keyboard Instruments
• During the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Eras
• Virginal or Virginals
• Early Piano Pedals
• During the Romantic and Modern Eras
• Early 19th-Century Piano Pedals
• Sostenuto Pedal
• The Tarantella
• Tarantella in C Major (Romantic) - Frederick Scotson Clark
• Romantic Melody
• Melody in C (Romantic) - Felix Le Couppey
• Elizabethan England
• Old English Air (Renaissance) - Anonymous
• The Country Dance
• Rustic Dance (Classical) - Johann Christian Bach
• Carlos de Seixas
• Minuet in C Minor (Baroque) - Carlos de Seixas
• The Arioso
• Arioso (Classical) - Johann Gottlob Turk
• Vladimir Rebikov
• The Chinese Doll (Modern) - Vladimir Rebikov
• Cornelius Gurlitt
• Night Journey, Op. 82, No. 65 (Romantic) - Cornelius Gurlitt
• Jean Louis Streabbog
• Distant Bells, Op. 63, No. 6 (Romantic) - Jean Louis Streabbog
• Dances in the 18th Century
• Quadrille (Classical) - Franz Joseph Haydn
• Bela Bartok
• Swineherd's Dance (Modern) - Bela Bartok
• The Minuet
• Minuet in C Major (Classical) - George Adam Kress
• Arcangelo Corelli
• Sarabande (Baroque) - Arcangelo Corelli
• Johann Sebastian Bach
• Minuet in G Minor, BWV 822 (Baroque) - Johann Sebastian Bach
• Igor Stravinsky
• Lento (Modern) - Igor Stravinsky
• Ludwig van Beethoven
• Russian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 7 (Classical) - Ludwig van Beethoven
• The Tarantella Legend
• Tarantella in D Minor (Modern) - Alexander Goedicke
• Carl Reinecke
• Elegy, Op. 183, No. 2 (Romantic) - Carl Reinecke
• Exoticism
• Spanish Dance, Op. 61, No. 10 (Romantic) - Theodor Oesten
• Jeremiah Clarke and King William III
• King William's March (Baroque) - Jeremiah Clarke
• Alexander Tcherepnin
• Chimes (Modern) - Alexander Tcherepnin
• Program Music