Preludes (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

This Alfred Complete Preludes edition is very good. It contains a lot of information about the preludes that you can't never find in other edition or not as much as this edition such as introductory or background. The music is well engraved so it can be read easily (important for very complex structure music. The footprints are also helpful and valuable. This is recommend for true musician that they don't perform only the music, but do understanding about music that they play too. The CD is also incredible. It can serve as for practical purpose or listening in your car or anywhere else. Alfred always offer the best quality with the fine price.

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Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Opus 43" (Belwin Edition) [Paperback] Review

Many people are familiar with the 18th variation of "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini" from the movie "Somewhere in Time."It's a very romantic piece.If you familiar with the 18th variation only, youshould treat yourself to listening to all the variations played back toback in the "Rhapsody."
This book has those variations whichhave been reduced by Rachmaninoff for two pianos/four hands.I wish, ofcourse, it had been a piano solo, because I would probably get a lot moreuse out of it.
"Rhapsody" is strictly for the advanced pianist. This edition has no fingering notations which would have been helpful forall except the most advanced players.And, those players may findRachmaninoff's "Rhapsody" not as challenging or rewarding becauseof the repetition involved in its themes.However, I find"Rhapsody" very rewarding to play largely due to its romanticthemes and its capacity for expressive interpretations.The 18th variationplayed by itself is an enjoyable recital piece.I give this book myhighest recommendation.

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Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, for advanced piano duet.

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Best Christmas Music (Big Note Songbook) [Paperback] Review

This is one step up from Easy Play, where the book gives you 1 note melodies for the right hand only and easy chords.This book gives mostly easy chords and a line for each hand.Occasionally there are two notes for one hand instead of only one.Some songs have either one sharp or one flat.I mainly bought this book because it has the Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), but I enjoy many of the songs.
Contents:(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays; A Holly Jolly Christmas; Angels We Have Heard On High; Away In A Manger; Blue Christmas; Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella; C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S; Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus; Coventry Carol; Deck The Hall; Ding Dong! Merrily On High!; Frosty The Snow Man; Go, Tell It On The Mountain; Good Christian Men, Rejoice; Good King Wenceslas; Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer; Grandma's Killer Fruitcake; Happy Holiday; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; He Is Born; Hymne; I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus; I Saw Three Ships; I'll Be Home For Christmas; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas; Jingle Bells; Jingle-Bell Rock; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Joy To The World; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming; Mary Had A Baby; Mister Santa; O Christmas Tree; O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles); O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Please Come Home For Christmas; Pretty Paper; Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree; Rocking; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Silent Night; Silver Bells; Sussex Carol; Suzy Snowflake; The Chipmunk Song; The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire); The Christmas Waltz; The First Noel; The Friendly Beasts; The Holly And The Ivy; The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year; Up On The Housetop; We Need A Little Christmas; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; What Child Is This?; Wonderful Christmastime.
I recommend this book if you are looking for an easier but not completely simple Christmas carol book.

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A giant collection of 62 Christmas favorites for big-note piano. Songs include: Away in a Manger ¥ Blue Christmas ¥ The Chipmunk Song ¥ The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) ¥ The First Noel ¥ Frosty the Snow Man ¥ Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer ¥ Happy Holiday ¥ I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ¥ ItÕs Beginning to Look Like Christmas ¥ Mary Had a Baby ¥ Mister Santa ¥ Pretty Paper ¥ Silver Bells ¥ Suzy Snowflake ¥ Wonderful Christmastime ¥ and more.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier: 48 Preludes and Fugues, Vol. 2 [Paperback] Review

I appreciate what the Kalmus press has done to give helpful footnotes for the ornamentation and the score layout is very clean and spaced well. A good "easy" read, that is relatively easy...if you know the pieces in this book you'll know what I'm talking about!

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A newly engraved edition of the 48 preludes and fugues, Volume II for piano was edited by the noted Bach expert Dr. Hans Bischoff. It includes a table of embellishments and a preface from Dr. Bischoff. KALMUS EDITIONS are primarily reprints of Urtext Editions, reasonably priced and readily available. They are a 'must' for students, teachers, and performers.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 2 (Alfred Masterwork Edition) [Plastic Comb] Review

Bought this as a Xmas present for a friend - really nice book for the money and quickly delivered.Will buy from Amazon again!

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Edited by baroque scholar Judith Schneider, with expert fingering suggestions by Stuttgart Professor Maria Sofianska, the long-awaited Volume 2 of Bach's essential masterpiece contains 30 pages of extensive research and insight into baroque music.
Painstakingly compared with the most important autograph and manuscript sources, this comprehensive edition includes thorough analysis of written and improvised ornamentation, a discussion of period keyboard instruments, insight into pedaling, touch, tempo and rhythm issues, as well as a discussion of preludes and fugues.
Volume 1 has been updated to match its counterpart with new footnotes and a new "look." Both editions are beautifully engraved and adorned with photographs and paintings.

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Jim Brickman / The Best of Jim Brickman [Paperback] Review

I purchased this book for my daughter who is taking piano lessons. The songs are beautiful and she loves to play them.

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Arranged by Dan Coates. The best songs from his first three albums have been collected in this exceptional Easy Piano edition. Titles are: Angel Eyes * Borders * By Heart * Heartland * Hero's Dream * If You Believe * Picture This * Rocket to the Moon * Shaker Lakes * Valentine.

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Music by the Masters [Paperback] Review

I used this book about 20 years ago as a student.Now, I use this book with my students. It is a great book full of short classical studies by prolific composers of the Baroque-Romantic Eras.This book contains a wide variety of music selections that teach various and sundry musical techniques and articulations.Great for the young pianist who is trying to bridge the gap into the Classical literature.

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This consistent top-seller includes 65 works by these famous composers: C. P. E. Bach, J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert , Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Excellent, motivating literature for the intermediate pianist.

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Complete Song Cycles (English and German Edition) [Paperback] Review

This is the Dover edition of Franz Schubert's two song cycles on the poetry of Wilhelm Mueller -- Die Schoene Muellerin and Die Winterreise -- plus the collection of songs known as Schwanengesang, which is not a truecycle but rather a group of songs written by Schubert near the end of hisshort life (d. 1828), packaged as cycle posthumously by his publisher.Ifyou are interested in art song, this plus a few other volumes -- forinstance Schubert's Goethe Lieder, also available from Dover -- are anessential aid to enjoyment and understanding.One down side is that thisis the usual Dover repackaging of an older source, and as such lacks thingssuch as measure numbers and Deutsch catalogue numbers that would be usefulto have.For the money, however, this is an essential value. Englishtranslations of the poems are included in the back of the volume.

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Complete piano, vocal music of Die Schone Mullerin, Die Winterreise, Schwanengesang. Also Drinker English singing translations.

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