20TH CENTURY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
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<i>The 20th Century</i> 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 composerslead 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.<br><br>Contents: <b>Antheil</b>: Little Shimmy • <b>Barber</b>: Petite Berceuse • To My Steinway •<b>Bartók</b>: Bagatelle No. 6 from <i>14 Bagatelles</i> • selections from <i>For Children</i>: Jeering Song, Round Dance • <b>Creston</b>: selections from <i>Five Little Dances</i>, Op. 24: Festive Dance, Rustic Dance • <b>Hovhaness</b>: Mountain Lullaby from <i>Mountain Idylls</i>, Op. 119 • <b>Kabalevsky</b>: selections from <i>30 Pieces for Children</i>, Op. 27: Clowning, A Little Prank, Lyric Piece, The Chase, Novelette • Slow Waltz from <i>24 Pieces for Children</i>, Op. 39 • Rondo-Toccata from <i>Four Rondos</i>, Op. 60; Prelude and Fugue in G Major from <i>Six Preludes and Fugues</i>, Op. 61 • <b>Khachaturian</b>: Ivan Sings from <i>Adventures of Ivan</i> • <b>Muczynski</b>: Fable No. 9 from <i>Fables</i>, Op. 21 • <b>Pinto</b>: Playing Marbles from <i>Children's Festival</i> • <b>Prokofiev</b>: selections from <i>Music for Children</i>, Op. 65: Morning, Promenade, Regrets • <b>Ravel</b>: Prélude • <b>Shostakovich</b>: Birthday from <i>Children's Notebook for Piano</i>, Op. 69.<br><br>Schirmer Performance Editions feature composer biographies, historical notes, and practice and performance tips.