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33 Piano Pieces by Bela Bartok, Dmitri Kabalevsky and Dmitri Shostakovich

Composers: Bela Bartok, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Dmitri Shostakovich
Editor: Richard Walters
Format: Softcover
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Elementary

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 student 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.

Schirmer Performance Editions feature composer biographies, historical notes, and practice and performance tips.

Contents:

Bartok:

• 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:

• Selections from 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