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Alfred Music Publications
The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods selected and graded based on festival competition and examination lists from the United States Canada and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period its instruments composers andthe music itself is included.Level 6 includes online recordings of the repertoire performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus. These provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature Nancy Bachus has performed solo recitals across the United States Canada and Italy and appeared in the original Monster Concerts in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Titles: Allegro in C Major (Pescetti) - Aria (Reichardt) - Arietta Op. 12 No. 1 (Grieg) - Bagatelle No. 1 Op. 5 No. 1 (Tcherepnin) - Bourrée in A Minor TWV 32:12 (Telemann) - German Dance in B-flat Major K. 600 No. 3 (W. A. Mozart) - Lustig--Traurig WoO 54 (Beethoven) - Menuet in G Minor (Stölzel) - Menuet Trio di J. S. Bach (Prelude in G Minor) BWV 929 (J. S. Bach) - Opening of the Children’s Ball Op. 81 No. 4 (Kullak) - Prelude in C Minor Op. 8 No. 1 (Pachulski) - Sarabande HWV 437 (Handel) - Sommerabend Op. 71 No. 2 (Grieg) - Sonata in G Major (Cimarosa) - Sonatina in A Minor (Benda) - Souvenir Op. 10 No. 1 (Karganov) - Vals poetico No. 3 (Granados) - Valse miniature Op. 10 No. 10 (Rebikov) - Vision fugitive No. 10 Op. 22 No. 10 (Prokofiev) - Waltz in A Minor Op. posthumous (Chopin). The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods selected and graded based on festival competition and examination lists from the United States Canada and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period its instruments composers andthemusic itself is included.Level 6 includes online recordings of the repertoire performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus. These provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Perfor
