Schott

Author: Melanie Spanswick
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Very Easy, Easy

This three-volume series of piano music by women composers is a progressive compendium of educational literature covering a broad repertoire from the 17th century to the present day. For each piece, the editor has written short instructions with tips for rehearsing and biographical notes on the composers. The collection covers all levels of difficulty from easy (volume 1) to medium (volume 2) to difficult (volume 3) and is an indispensable enrichment for lessons and concerts.

Contents:

• Musical Terms
• Preface
• Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731-1765): Minuet
• Florence Ada Goodrich (1850-1928): Water Sprite
• Narcisa Freixas (1859-1926): LOcell
• Felicitas Kukuck (1914-2001): The Boat
• Barbara Heller (*1936): Joker
• Melanie Spanswick (*1969): Mirage
• Rachael Forsyth (*1982): Soggy Shoes Blues
• Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729): Menuet
• Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857-1930): A Harvest Reel
• Hedwige Chretien (1859-1944): Pierrot sautille
• Gertrud Orff-Willert (1914-2000): Andante con moto
• Ivana Loudova (1941-2017): The Sleeping Beauty
• Wendy Hiscocks (*1963): Fig and Fennel
• Vera Mohrs (*1984): Two Cats Playing
• Anna Bon (1738-after 1767): Andante
• Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): Mazurka
• Elfrida Andree (1841-1929): Allegro moderato
• Agathe Backer Grondahl (1847-1907): Song of Youth
• Ethel Smyth (1858-1944): Minuet
• Melanie Bonis (1858-1937): Frere Jacques
• Samantha Ward (*1982): Rockin' Fingers

Endorsement:

"Melanie Spanswick's Women Composers: A Graded Anthology is utterly superb, and will surely be of significant interest to pianists everywhere. Spanswick has done us all an immense favour by researching, compiling and presenting these fabulous collections, which unquestionably represent a milestone in music publishing." - Andrew Eales, Pianodao