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Beginner to Early Intermediate
Intermediate to Advanced (contd)
Baroque
Simply Baroque 27 well known masterpieces
Simply Bach, The Music of JSB 25 of His Most Loved Masterpieces
First Lessons in Bach, Schirmer
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (Intermediate)
Canon in D (Beginner)Classical
Simply Classical, 23 Well Known Masterpieces
Easy Classics to Modern, Volume 17 Music for Millions Series
More Easy Classics to Modern, Volume 27 Music for Millions Series
My First Book of Beethoven, Favorite Pieces in Easy Arrangements
Beethoven Dances, Pieces to play before his Sonatinas
Für Elise, arr William Gillock (Early Intermediate)
Für Elise, arr Allan Small (Late Elementary)
Für Elise, arr John Schaum (Late Elementary)
Moonlight Sonata, arr Allan Small (Elementary)
Pathétique Sonata (late elementary)
Moonlight Sonata, arr Richard Harding (Mid-Intermediate)
My first book of Mozart (Late Elementary)
W.A. Mozart, An Introduction to his Keyboard WorksRomantic
Simply Romantic Era, 24 Well Known Masterpieces
A first book of Brahms, 26 arrangements for the beginning pianist
My first book of Chopin, Bergerac (Easy Piano)
Chopin The easiest original piano pieces
Frederic Chopin 3 easier waltzes, a minor po., B Minor Op. 69 No. 2, Ab Major Op. 69 No. 1
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liszt (Late Elementary)
9 Great tunes arranged for Interm Piano, Rachmaninoff
A first book of Schumann for the beginning pianist
Tchaikovsky, A Simply Classic Nutcracker, Elementary to Late Elementary20th Century
Béla Bártok Mikrokosmos Volume 1
From Bach to Bartok, Elementary Volume A
Simply Joplin, 12 of his Ragtime classics (adapted, not original)Misc
FJH Scale Book
*Big Book of Beginners Piano Classics, Bergerac
The fun book of musical bits and pieces
Melody in Motion, A Collection of Six Early Intermediate Piano Solos by Melody Bober
The Jazz Harmony Book, David Berkman
Kofi Kondo, Legend of Zelda Series (Late Intermediate / Advanced)
Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Easy Piano Picture Book
Disney Classics, Dan Fox Piano Library (Easy Piano)
Intermediate to Advanced
Albeniz
Isaac Albeniz, Suite Espanola, Opus 47
Bach
J.S. Bach, An Introduction to his Keyboard Music
J.S. Bach Well-tempered Klavier Book 1
J.S. Bach Well-tempered Klavier Book 2
J.S. Bach The Goldberg Variations
J.S. Bach 6 Partitas (with fingering)
J.S. Bach Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
First Lessons in Bach, Complete Books 1 & 2
Bach, Riemenschneider: 371 Harmonized Chorales and 69 Chorale Melodies with Figured Bass
J.S. Bach Toccata, d minor, bwv 913
Bartok
Béla Bártok Mikrokosmos Volume 1-6
Bartok, 2 Romanian Dances, Opus 8A (Kalmus Publisher)
Beethoven
Beethoven, Variations for Piano Volume 1
Beethoven, Variations for Piano Volume 1
Beethoven, Diabelli Variations Opus 120
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Band I, Henle
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Band II, Henle
Beethoven, Andante in F Major, WoO 57
Bolcom
Brahms
Fifty Selected Songs, Shubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss, Schirmer
Brahms, Complete Piano Works (volumes 1-3)
Johaness Brahms, Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano
Chopin
Chopin Ballade in g minor, Opus 23
Chopin Sonatas, Complete Works for the Piano
Chopin, Complete Ballades, Impromptus & Sonatas
Chopin, Polonaise, Op 53Copland
Aaron Copland, The Cat and the Mouse, Scherzo Humoristique
Aaron Copland Piano Sonata, Boosey and Hawkes
Aaron Copland, Piano Variations, Boosey and Hawkes
Czerny
Czerny, First Instruction in Piano-Playing
Czerny, The School of Velocity, Opus 299
Cramer
Debussy
Debussy, Danse (Tarantelle styrienne), Henle
Debussy Masterpieces for Solo Piano (20 works)
Debussy, Selected Preludes (from Books 1 and 2)
Claude Debussy Piano Music (1888-1905)
Debussy, Petite Suite, Piano 4 hands
Dohnányi
Dohnanyi, Essential Finger Exercises
Frank
Cesar Frank selected piano compositions
Gershwin
Gershwin’s Three Preludes for piano
Grieg
Grieg, An Introduction to his Piano Works
Handel
Haydn
Haydn Complete Sonatas Volume 1
Haydn Complete Sonatas Volume 2
Heller
Heller, Warrior’s Song, Opus 45, No 15
Ives
Charles Ives, Three Page Sonata for Piano
Joplin
Joplin, Three Piano Rags: The Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag, Solace
Khachaturian
Liszt
Liszt, Mephisto Waltz and other works for solo piano
Liszt Klavierwerke Piano Works, Etuden II, Studies II
Liszt Complete Hungarian Rhapsodies
Liszt, Grandes Etudes de Paganini
Macdowell
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn, Songs Without Words
Mendelssohn, Rondo Capriccioso, Opus 14
Moszkowski
Moszkowski, 15 Virtuosic Etudes Opus 72
Mozart
W.A. Mozart, Sonatas and Fantasies for the Piano, Edited by Nathan Broder
Mozart, Six Viennese Sonatinas
Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc, Mouvements Perpétuels for Piano
Prokofiev
Prokofiev, Visions Fugitives, Op 22
Prokofiev Sonatas for Piano (Volume 1)
Prokofiev Sonatas for Piano (Volume 2)Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff, Fantasy Pieces, Op 3
Rachmaninoff, Complete Preludes and Etudes-Tableaux
Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Rachmaninoff, Polichinelle Opus 3, No.4
Rachmaninoff, Six Moments Musicaux
Rachmaninoff, Variations on a theme by Chopin, Opus 22
Rachmaninoff, Russian Rhapsody (2 pianos, 4 hands)
The Piano Works of Rachmaninoff, Miscellaneous Pieces, Alfred
Rachmaninoff, Op 3 no 2, Prelude (late intermediate)
Ravel
Ravel, Valses Nobles & Sentimentales
Ravel, Sonatine, pour le piano
Ravel, Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Saint-Saëns
Camille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre and other works for solo piano
Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg, Drei Klavierstucke Opus 11 Nr.1
Arnold Schoenberg, Klavierstück, Op 33a
Schmitt
Schmitt Preparatory Exercises for Piano, Op 16
Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich, Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich, Twenty-Four Preludes, Opus 34
Shostakovich, Six Pieces for Children
Schubert
Schubert Impromptu A flat Major, Opus 142 No 2
Schumann
R. Schumann, Kinderszenen, Opus 15
R. Schumann, Album for the Young, op 68
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring, transcribed for piano solo by Vladmir Leyetchkiss
Tchaikovsky
Tchaikowsky, Album for the Young, Opus 39
Tschaikowsky, Die Jahreszieten (The Seasons)
Tchaikovsky, 18 Pieces, Op 72, Aveu Passionne, Waltz Op. 40 No. 9Tchaikovsky, Romance in f minor
Tchaikovsky, His Greatest Piano Solos
Tchaikovsky, Piano Sonata Op 80
Vivaldi
Le quattro stagioni, trascrizione per pianoforte, Ricordi
Misc
Early Advanced Classics to Moderns, Volume 47 Music for Millions Series
18 Composizioni Clavicembalistiche Italiane, Ricordi (Scarlatti, etc)
Applause, Impressive Piano solos for the Budding Virtuoso
Billy Joel, Complete Volumes 1 & 2
The Definitive Broadway Collection
References
Biographies
J.S. Bach, Albert Schweitzer, Volume 1
J.S. Bach, Albert Schweitzer, Volume 2
The life of JS Bach, Peter Williams
Beethoven’s Letters, with explanatory notes by Dr. A.C. Kalischer
Beethoven: The Man and the Artist, As revealed in his own words
Late Beethoven, Maynard Solomon
Beethoven as I knew him, Anton Felix Schindler
Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, A short companion, Charles Rosen
Johannes Brahms, A biography, Jan Swafford
Chopin, The Man and his Music, James Huneker
Mendelssohn, A Life in Letters
The life of Mendelssohn, Peter Mercer-Taylor
Sergey Prokofiev, Daniele Jaffe Phaidon
Ravel According to Ravel, Vlado Perlemuter and Hélène Jourdan-Morhange
Arthur Rubinstein, My Young Years
Arthur Schnabel, My Life & Music
Schumann, Herald of a New Poetic Age, John Daverio
Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography
Memories and Commentaries, Igor Stravinsky & Robert Craft
The Great Pianists, From Mozart to the Present, Harold C. Schönberg
General Music Literature
CPE Bach Essay on True Art of Keyboard Playing
Bernstein, The Unanswered Question, Six Talks at Harvard
Bernstein, Young People’s Concerts
Alfred Brendel, On Music: His collected essays
Piano Roles, Three Hundred Years of Life with the Piano, James Parakilas
Classic fM Lifelines, Franz Schubert, An Essential Guide to his Life and Works
Theory, Composition, Harmony, and Counterpoint
Keyboard Theory Basic Rudiments (also Interm, and Advanced, with answer books)
Alfred’s Music Theory Essentials (handbook for beginners)
Piano Bridge, Book 2 (Beginners)
Models for Beginners in Composition, Arnold Schoenberg
Alfred Mann, The Great Composer as Teacher and Student, Theory and Practice of Composition
Songwriting Strategies, Berklee Press
The Study of Counterpoint, Fux
Arnold Schönberg Preliminary Exercices in Counterpoint
The Everything Essential Music Theory Book
Tonal Harmony (Third Edition), With an Introduction to Twentieth Century Music, Kostka & Payne
Structural Functions of Harmony, Arnold Schoenberg
Grace Vandendool, Basics of Harmony
General References
Alfred’s Pocket Dictionary of Music
Kenneth Hamilton, After the Golden Age, Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance
Maurice Hinson, The pianist’s dictionary
Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts, The Piano in Chamber Ensemble
Piano Playing with Piano Questions Answered, Josef Hoffman
What every pianist needs to know about the body, Thomas Mark
The Pianist’s Problems, William Newman
The Art of Piano Pedaling: Two Classic Guides, Anton Rubinstein, Teresa Carreño
Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music, Sandra Rosenbaum
A Short History of Keyboard Music, F.E. Kirby
Music for the Piano, James Frisking and Irwin Freundlich
The Art of Teaching Piano, Denes Agay (teachers and students)
Cathy Albergo Reid Alexander Intermediate Piano Repertoire A Guide For Teaching