Серия "Dover Music for Piano"

This beginner's piano book spotlights the music of one of the Romantic movement's most influential composers, Robert Schumann. Its easy-to-play renditions of Schumann's beloved works progressively increase in difficulty and are accessible to novices of all ages. Contents include selections from Forest Scenes, Scenes from Childhood, Album for the Young, and Carnaval, a collection of short pieces representing revelers at a masked ball. Selections include «Traumerei,» «Happy Farmer,»...

This compilation of easy-to-play ragtime favorites features 24 rollicking melodies by «The Big Three» of ragtime — Scott Joplin, James Scott, and Joseph Lamb — plus pieces by Eubie Blake, Tom Turpin, and other artists. Popular tunes include «Maple Leaf Rag,» «The Entertainer,» and «Tiger Rag.» Novices of all ages will delight in these simplified arrangements of carefully selected pieces. The editor provides suggested fingerings and comments on each piece that include...

This new gathering of the world's greatest classical themes follows Bergerac's highly successful My First Book of Classical Music. Here are ever-popular themes from the symphonies, concertos, and operas of such masters as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and many others, presented in easy-to-play formats for children and beginners of any age. This collection includes a free MP3 download for every piece, which will help beginning pianists develop an...

Beginning pianists will love playing the music of Christmas with this new volume of holiday songs in musically attractive, pedagogically sound, and fun-to-play arrangements. These expert settings explore a full and satisfying piano sound within the natural capabilities of the novice performer. Twenty holiday favorites include Silent Night; O, Come All Ye Faithful; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Jingle Bells; Deck the Halls; O Christmas Tree; and more.Delightful illustrations add a festive note to...

Suitable for beginning pianists of all ages, this volume features 26 simplified versions of longer pieces by the great Johannes Brahms arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Selections include the famous «Lullaby» as well as the theme from «Academic Festival Overture» and «Hungarian Dance No. 5.» Additional melodies include themes from the composer's quintet and concertos for piano, «Variations on a Theme by Haydn,» and other pieces.

Specially arranged and simplified, these pieces offer beginners the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Beethoven. Students and teachers alike will delight in such popular melodies as «Für Elise,» «Ode to Joy,» and the haunting opening of the Moonlight Sonata.A First Book of Beethoven features 24 selections, including «Romance in F,» «Turkish March,» «Minuet in G,» and «Bagatelle in G Minor.» It includes excerpts from the sonatas — such as the opening of the 2nd movement of...

Young pianists and their teachers will welcome this treasury of favorites in musically attractive and pedagogically sound arrangements for beginners. Bergerac has written exclusively for young pianists since 1967, including original music and many easy arrangements of folk materials. His expert settings explore a full and satisfying piano sound within the natural capabilities of the beginning performer.The songs in this varied collection — arranged in their approximate order of...