The 20th Century – Early Intermediate Level

The 20th Century – Early Intermediate Level

27 Piano Pieces
Schirmer Performance Editions Softcover

Series: Schirmer Performance Editions
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Format: Softcover
Composer: Various
Editor: Richard Walters

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 stdent 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.

Contents: Antheil: Sad from La femme 100 têtes • Bartók: selections from Ten Easy Pieces: Painful Scuffle, Slovak Peasant Dance • selections from For Children: Children's Dance, Children's Game, Study for the Left Hand, Forest Nymph • Creston: Toy Dance from Five Little Dances, Op. 24 • Gould: Birthday Bells from At the Piano, Book 1 • Hovhanness: Moon Dance from Mountain Idylls, Op. 119 • Kabalevsky: selections from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27: Playing Ball, Toccatina, Sonatina • A Short Story from 24 Pieces for Children, Op. 39 • selections from 35 Easy Pieces, Op. 89: Rabbit Teasing a Bear-Cub, Almost a Waltz • Khachaturian: Ivan Can't Go Out Today from Advenures of Ivan • Bedtime Story from Ten Pieces for the Young Pianist • Muczynski: Diversion No. 1 from Diversions, Op. 23 • selections from Fables, Op. 21: Fable No. 1, Fable No. 2, Fable No. 3, Fable No. 4, Fable No. 5 • Pinto: selections from Children's Festival: Little March, Serenade • Shostakovich: The Mechanical Doll from Children's Notebook for Piano, Op. 69.

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

Song List 
Almost A Waltz, Op. 89, No. 33
Bedtime Story
Birthday Bells
Children's Dance
Children's Game
Diversion No. 1, Op. 23
Fable No. 5, Op. 21
Fable No. 4, Op. 21
Fable No. 1, Op. 21
Fable No. 3, Op. 21
Fable No. 2, Op. 21
Forest Nymph
Ivan Can't Go Out Today
Little March
The Mechanical Doll, Op. 69, No. 6
Moon Dance
Painful Scuffle
Playing Ball, Op. 27, No. 5
Rabbit Teasing A Bear-Cub, Op. 89, No. 31
Sad, W. 60, No. 9
Serenade
A Short Story, Op. 39, No. 22
Slovak Peasant Dance
Sonatina, Op. 27, No. 18
Study For The Left Hand
Toccatina, Op. 27, No. 12
Toy Dance

Instrumentation 
Piano
Product Details
Inventory: #HL 00297096
ISBN: 9781495010231
UPC: 888680045531
Width: 9.0"
Length: 12.0"
Page Count: 64 Pages
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