Baerenreiter Verlag Subversive Etudes - Graham - Piano - Book

For open-minded teachers and inquisitive kids

Composer: Peter Graham
Languages of text: Czech, English, German
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano

These piano miniatures are a distinctive and unusual addition to the teaching literature -- genre paintings in contrasting styles with musical wit and inventive sounds and rhythms. They offer glimpses into the musical cultures of different countries ("Hunting in Hungary, Gamelan, Balkan Dance, African Games") and music history ("Medieval Feast for the Left-Handers").
Besides training finger technique, the pieces help students to think in terms of counterpoint and to develop an expressive delivery.

Peter Graham (actually Jaroslav Stastny, b. 1952) teaches composition at the Janacek Academy of Arts in Brno.

• Miniature recital pieces for piano with amusing illustrations by Andrea Tachezy
• A welcome addition to the piano teaching literature
• Simple and entertaining genre paintings
• Easy to moderate level of difficulty

Song List:

• Find the Tones!
• Finger Counting
• Children's Carnival
• The Third Small Sorrow
• Matenik
• Carlos Plays
• Little Bells
• Wilderness
• The Little Inventor
• At the Janaceks
• Lullaby for Little Claude
• Between the Fingers
• Erik's Morning Exercise
• First Time at the Opera
• On the Way Home from School
• Music from a Film
• Chicago
• Balkan Dance
• Naughty Igor
• Stubborn Polly
• Cutting It Latin
• Medieval Feast of Left-Handers
• Justright
• Gamelan
• African Games 1
• African Games 2
• Finger Twisters
• Three Lines
• Devanagiri
• Hunting in Hungary
• The Bells of Heidelberg