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SCHOTTSCHOTTSCHOTTPiano Pictures, Vol. 2Piano Journal, Vol. 15Twelsiek, MonikaGade, Niels stmas Eve30 Easy Piano Pieces for ChildrenMany composers have enjoyedusing music to portray animalsand their appearance, movementsand sounds. In some of thesepieces, you might even guess whichanimal is being portrayed, even ifyou don’t know the title. This book,with its 30 compositions, gathersa large variety: tiny ones like thefly and the grasshopper, huge oneslike the bear and the elephant,dangerous ones like the pantherand the shark, tame ones like thekitten or the dog, animals livingunderground like the mole, ontrees like the monkey, or in the airlike the birds, the wasp or thebutterfly. This book thereforeprovides a rather colourful andinstructive ‘zoology’ for pianolessons.Grade: easyISMN 979-0-001-15053-8ISBN 978-3-7957-5874-5ED 20322 . 9.50 / 12,95Septemberalready available::Vol. 1: Witches, Fairiesand GhostsISMN 979-0-001-15052-1ISBN 978-3-7957-5873-8ED 20321 . 9.50 / 12,95Little Piano PiecesEdited by Hans MuschNiels Gade (1817-1890), who wasborn in Copenhagen and spent mostof his life there, went to Leipzig in1843 for further training on a royalscholarship. There he becamefriends with Robert Schumannand found an eager patron in FelixMendelssohn Bartholdy. He isregarded as the most importantfigure of the Danish musicalscene in the 19th century.His charming cycle ‘ Children’sChristmas Eve’ was published in1859 with titles and texts in Danish.Although the first German editionwas published in Leipzig in 1860,the English edition was not published in London until 1880. With hisfive mood pictures ‘WeihnachtsGlocken’ – ‘WeihnachtsbaumEinzugs-Marsch’ – ‘Ringeltanz derKnaben’ – ‘Tanz der kleinenMädchen’ – ‘Gute Nacht’, Gadeportrays the typical atmosphereof a middle-class Christmasevening in the 19th century.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-001-14957-0For EliseThe 100 most beautiful classicalPiano PiecesThis collection of the most beautiful 100 easy original compositionsfor piano presented by Schottcontain a selection of works thataccompany every pupil in the firstyears of his or her piano lessons.The volume contains compositionsfrom the days of Johann Pachelbel(1653-1706) to the days ofAlexander Grechaninov (18641956), providing playing materialfrom the high baroque period tothe early 20th century. Apart fromnumerous individual pieces, thereare also easy sonatas and sonatinas by Haydn, Cimarosa, Clementi,Mozart and Beethoven. Completewith fingerings, tempo suggestions in the form of metronomenumbers and notes on the execution of ornaments, the collectionwith its modern, readable typeface is ideal not only for lessons,but also for the private musicmaking of every music lover.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-001-15239-6ISBN 978-3-7957-5891-2ED 20044 . 9.50 / 14,95SeptemberED 8688 . 5.99 / 9,95September5Piano

SCHOTTSCHOTTSCHOTTEasy PianoClassicsSchott Piano ClassicsEdition SchottImpressionism30 Famous Piecesfrom Bach to Gretchaninoff22 Piano PiecesPiano musicpre-classicismEdited by Marianne MagoltThis new volume of the ‘SchottPiano Classics’ series is dedicatedto the topic of Impressionism. Thepiano teacher Monika Twelsiekfrom Cologne has compiled acomprehensive collection, presenting well-known and popularpieces in unusual surroundingsand thus in a new light but alsodigging up some unknown ‘hidden’ treasures. The selection ofworks comprises piano pieces byLiszt, Grieg, Albeniz, Debussy,Satie, Ravel, de Falla, Ibert andMompou. In addition to a detailedpreface explaining the origin, significance and features ofImpressionism, this volume alsocontains a glossary which translates the French performanceinstructions in general and theperformance instructions ofEric Satie in particular.Exquisite, easy piano pieces, compiled for music lessons and firstauditions by the piano teacherMarianne Magolt. The volumecontains easy Baroque, Classicaland Romantic piano pieces and isperfectly suited for the ‘first concert’ of young pianists. Theaccompanying CD should encourage personal interpretation.Content: J. S. Bach: Menuette,Prelude F major – Handel:Sarabande D minor – Mozart:Menuets K 1-3 – Beethoven:Sonatine G major – Burgmüller:Arabeske – Schumann: 4 Piecesfrom ‘Album für die Jugend’ –Tschaikowsky: Die kranke Puppe –Gretchaninoff: Nanja ist krank,Wiegendlied, and many moreEdition with CDISMN 979-0-001-15397-3ISBN 978-3-7957-5488-4ED 9041-01. 9.50 / 12,95SeptemberEdited by Monika TwelsiekGrade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-14847-4ISBN 978-3-7957-5489-1ED 9042 . 12.50 / 16,95availableGaluppi, Baldassare9 Sonatasfrom Op. 1, Op. 2, Op. 5for piano (harpsichord)Edited by Hugo RufBaldassare Galuppi (1706-1785)received his first music lessonsfrom his father and later becamea pupil of the famous AntonioLotti. His œuvre first and foremost includes operas and oratorios, but he also wrote chambermusic works, cantatas and worksfor piano. Although well-known inhis days and highly acclaimed byhis contemporaries, such asChristian Friedrich DanielSchubart and Charles Burney, forhis compositional skills, he ratherhas to be classed among the forgotten composers today. This newedition with 9 of his harpsichordsonatas published in Nurembergand London during Galuppi’s lifetime aims to put things right.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-001-14945-7ED 20266 11.50 / 18,95August6Piano

SCHOTTSCHOTTSCHOTTEssential ExercisesEdition SchottCzerny, CarlMoscheles, IgnazHändel,Georg Friedrich40 Daily Exercisesfor piano, Op. 33724 FinishingStudiesEdited by Ulrich Mahlertfor piano, Op. 70The specific feature of ‘40 DailyExercises’ is the extraordinarydensity of musical examples andspecific technical problems in thissmall edition. In mostly one-barformulas, Czerny, with his almostinexhaustible didactic imagination,maps out a cosmos of technicaltraining material which virtuallycondenses the idioms of the classical and early Romantic pianomusic between Haydn and Czerny’spupil Franz Liszt. Each study dealswith a particular musical-technicalproblem which varies in appearance and is usually edited for bothhands. All individual expressionsexpand and deepen the basicskills to be practised so that eachindividual number offers considerable learning potential.Reprint, edited and newlycommented by Wilhelm Ohmen.Grade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-14854-2ED 20214 . 7.99 / 12,95availableIgnaz Moscheles’ (1794-1870)‘Studien für das Pianoforte, zurhöheren Vollendung bereits ausgebildeter Klavierspieler, bestehend aus 24 charakteristischenTonstücken, Op. 70’, published in1827, are among the best studiesof that time, covering the differentidiomatic figurations for the pianoin every key, mostly alternatingbetween major and minor mode.With their imaginative piano setting, their typical phrasing andexpressive harmonic idioms, thestudies present themselves as theforerunners of the romantic character piece.The technically demanding figuration is mainly played by the righthand, but often appears in shortleft-hand passages as well. As thetitle of the work implies, thesestudies are meant for theadvanced pianist, although theyare not as difficult as the étudesby Chopin, Schumann or Liszt.ISMN 979-0-54350-661-9SF 6717 . 12.50 / 19,95availableSuite D minorHWV 437(HHA II/4 – Walsh 1733 No. 4)Edited by Wilhelm OhmenThe number of Georg FriedrichHandel’s works for keyboard isreasonably small, compared tothat by his great contemporaryJohann Sebastian Bach. He wasan excellent harpsichordist andimproviser. The works that can becalled real masterpieces are hiseight major suites and the sixmajor fugues. Characteristic stylistic features of Handel’s keyboard works are the change ofhomophonic and contrapuntal settings and solemn processionalrhythms. His works are intendedfor the harpsichord.This also applies to the currentSuite in D minor which was published in the second collection ofsmall suites in 1733. Clearly structured, with its pleasant allemandeand the familiar simple chordalsarabande, it classifies as easy tomoderately difficult and can beeasily mastered by the piano pupiland music lover.Grade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-15226-6ED0 9845 . 3.00 / 4,50August7Piano

WIENER URTEXT EDITIONWIENER URTEXT EDITIONWIENER URTEXT EDITIONBach,Johann SebastianMozart,Wolfgang AmadeusSchumann, RobertTwo-PartInventionsPieces from theNannerl MusicBookfor piano, BWV 772-786Edited from the sourcesof Ulrich Leisinger,fingering by Oswald Jonas.Johann Sebastian Bach’s two-partinventions were an integral partof the study literature used in thecomposer’s piano lessons. Andthey are still just as importanttoday! For piano pupils, there isno getting away from them, fortheir basic demands, ‘to learn toplay in time’ and ‘to play in acantabile style’, are still valid. Themusical text is based on the newWiener Urtext edition of all ofBach’s Inventions and Sinfonias,edited by Ulrich Leisinger, whichkeeps very close to the originalmanuscript of the composer. Inthe present edition, the two-partinventions have been taken fromthe complete edition and published separately, thus makingthem ideal for piano lessons.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-50057-292-3ISBN 978-3-85055-667-5UT 50254 . 6.95 / 8,50AugustEdited from the sources andprovided with fingered byUlrich Leisinger. Completion to thefragmentary piece K 9bby Robert D. Levin.At the age of four, Mozartastounded his father with hisunderstanding of the piano. Hisfirst works were simple dancesettings written when he was five,at which point his musical abilitieswere developing at a tremendousspeed. The earliest pieces arerecorded in the music book forMaria Anna Mozart, the so-called‘Nannerl-Notenbuch’. Thesepieces are ideal for elementaryteaching. Apart from the popularminuets which form part of everypiano beginner’s repertoire, theedition also contains expandedindividual settings such as thefragmentary piano piece in B flatmajor, KV 9b, made playable byRobert D. Levin’s edition and thusbecoming a valuable addition tothe teaching literature.Grade: very easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-50057-293-0ISBN 978-3-85055-668-2UT 50262 . 7.25 / 8,95available8PianoWorks forPiano DuetVol. 2Original text of the new SchumannComplete EditionEdited from the sources byJoachim Draheim, fingerings andnotes on interpretation by LjiljanaBorota and Christian KnebelAlthough Robert Schumannabsolutely loved to play a duet, hewrote only few works for pianoduet. Created in 1848, Bilder ausdem Osten Op. 66 was one of thebest-known and most frequentlyplayed works in the piano duet literature until the 20th century. Butthe Polonaises Op. 3 by the18-year-old composer followingthe example of Franz Schubertand even exceeding him in harmonic boldness and tonal ingenuity already show the self-taughtSchumann on the way to his ownstyle. After volume 1 which contains the easier works composedfor music teaching purposes, volume 2 now contains the charming,yet hardly known Ballszenen Op.109 in addition to the two abovementioned works.Grade: intermediate to advancedISMN 979-0-50057-078-3ISBN 978-3-85055-660-6UT 50079 . 26,50 / 32,95August

SCHOTTBELAIEFFSCHOTTCadenzaBelle Epoque RusseMozart,Wolfgang Amadeus /Say, lajCadenzasConcertos for Piano andOrchestra C major K 457and D major K 537 ‘Coronation’After his spectacular cadenza ofBeethoven’s Concerto in C minor(contained in ED 20140), the wellknown Turkish pianist and composer now presents cadenzas oftwo of the most popular concertosby Mozart. Imitating timpani andhorns in a virtuoso manner, thecadenza of KrönungskonzertKV 537 suits the occasion splendidly. Being an extremely delicatescherzando, the well-knownopening theme of the Concerto inC major KV 467 is treated fugallywith its mirror form, and thetheme of the final movementbrings it finally to a magnificentclimax.Grade: difficultISMN 979-0-001-15674-5ED 20504 . 7.50 / 9,95OctoberSix Variationson thetheme B A C HThe Flight of theBumble-Beefrom the Opera‘The Tale of Tsar Saltan’for piano, Op. 10 (1878)Edited by Uwe KornRimsky-Korsakov is mainly knownas the composer of numerousRussian operas and brilliantorchestral works. Many people donot know, however, that he wroteinteresting and exquisite pianomusic as well. Published in 1878,this work is a surprise piece in hisoeuvre which otherwise is ratherassociated with the national folkloristic aesthetic. With this composition, a Russian master bowsnot only before the name of BACHbut also before the German music.To mark the 100th anniversary ofRimsky-Korsakov’s death (2008),Belaieff publishes the first editionof the BACH Variations as a (corrected) reprint.Flight of the Bumble Bee from theopera ‘The Legend of Tsar Saltan’based on a text by Pushkin is,without doubt, the best-knownwork in the oeuvre of NikolaiRimsky-Korsakov (1844-1906).The musical droning of the bumble bee has wedged its way intothe concert halls and radio stations in different arrangementsand interpretations. Uwe Kornnow presents a new arrangementfor piano duet. The well-balancedand nice-sounding setting is ofmedium difficulty and makesFlight of the Bumble Bee accessible to pupils for private musicmaking or auditions.Valse – Intermezzo – Scherzo –Nocturne – Prélude – Fugue surun thème de J. S. BachGrade: advancedGrade: intermediate to advancedfor piano (2 hands)ISMN 979-0-001-15353-9ED0 9850 . 3.00 / 3,95ISMN 979-0-2030-0479-0for piano (4 hands)BEL 804 . 13.50 / 17,95Grade: intermediateavailableISMN 979-0-001-15354-6ED0 9851 . 3.00 / 4,50available9Piano

SCHOTTSCHOTTSCHOTTEdition SchottReinecke,Carl Heinrich CarstenEdition Schott5 Pieces for Pianofor piano and organ (harmonium)ChristmasSonatinaEdited by Felix Friedrichfor piano, Op. 251/3Edited by Wilhelm OhmenThe six Duos for Harmonium andPiano were composed around1867 in Charles-Marie Widor’sfirst creative period. Twenty yearslater, in October 1889, they werepublished by Schott in six separate editions. This reprint is thefirst publication which contains allpieces, thus supporting the performance of these magnificentpieces for the rare combination ofharmonium and piano.Edited by Hans MuschChristian Sinding (1856-1941)gained worldwide fame with hispiano piece ‘Frühlingsrauschen’,which is likely to be his mostfamous work still today. The‘5 Klavierstücke’ Op. 97, createdin 1909, are bravura pieces thelate Romantic harmony of which issometimes reminiscent of RichardStrauss. The effective brilliantpiano setting is characterised by awidely elaborated melody and canbe easily mastered by theadvanced player.Widor, Charles-MarieSix DuetsHumoresque – Allegro Cantabile –Marche Nuptiale – Nocturne –Serenade – VariationsGrade: advancedISMN 979-0-001-14132-1BSS 24863. 12.50 / 19,95AugustSinding, Christianop. 97In the 19th century, the Christmascelebrations increasingly movedfrom the church to the familyhome. The delicately wovenChristmas Sonatina by CarlReinecke (1824-1910) testifies tothat. Motifs from Bach’s Sinfoniafrom the Christmas Oratorio orfrom Handel’s Messiah blend withmelodies of popular Christmascarols such as ‘Silent Night, HolyNight’, ‘Vom Himmel hoch’ or‘O du fröhliche’. Due to its moderate difficulty, the Sonatina by thissensitive and in those days highlyesteemed composer is suitablefor both pupils’ concerts and forprivate music-making in theAdvent and Christmas season.Grade: intermediateISMN 979-0-001-15231-0ED0 9846 . 3.00 / 4,95SeptemberLarge arpeggios characterise thefirst piece ‘Des Morgens’. ‘Aufdem Wasser’ is an evocative tonepainting in swaying 12/8 timewith powerful unison passages inthe middle section. ‘Intermezzo’appears capricious, with dancelike figures. ‘Gewitter’ is a brilliant concert study in the style ofLiszt. The work concludes with thepiece ‘Aquarell’, a poetic salonpiece revelling in harmonies,notated as a clear piano setting.ISMN 979-0-001-15319-5ED 20432 10.50 / 16,95September10Piano

BOOSEY & HAWKESSCHOTTBOOSEY & HAWKESPiazzolla, AstorEssential ExercisesStrawinsky, IgorEl viajeVickers, Catherine15 tangos and other piecesThe ListeningHandThe StravinskyPiano Collection15 magnificent tangos and othercharacteristic pieces from theArgentinean master of tangonuevo, arranged for intermediatepiano solo, and now in print forthe first time.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-060-11962-0BH 11962 . 6.99 / 10,95availablePiano Exercises forContemporary MusicVol. 2 (Ger./Eng./Fr.)Catherine Vickers, winner of theBusoni Prize in 1979, has been aprofessor of piano at the FolkwangHochschule Essen and the FrankfurtUniversity of Music and PerformingArts for many years. Her instructional work ‘The Listening Hand’ isintended for all pianists who wishto expand their pianistic skills tothe music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Volume I, published successfully a year ago, provides thefundamentals with scales, intervals and tonal systems based onthe harmony of Messiaen, whileVolume II contains more advancedexercises on dynamics, attack andtouch and special effects. This willsoon be followed by Volume IIIwhich will focus on rhythmic studies with selected examples fromthe highly adaptable repertoire.ISMN 979-0-001-15266-214 Pieces for pianoAvailable for the first time in onevolume, this collection features14 piano pieces by Igor Stravinsky.It includes easier works for theintermediate pianist and concertworks for the seasoned performer.Chant du Rossignol – Chorus fromthe Prologue to ‘Boris Godunov’ –Les cinq doigts – Four Études –Fragment des Symphonies pourinstruments à vent à la mémoirede Achille-Claude Debussy –Piano Rag-Music – Polka –Serenade in A – Sonata –Souvenir d’une marche boche –Tango – Trois mouvements dePétrouchka – Valse – Valse pourles enfantsGrade: difficultISMN 979-0-051-24635-9ISBN 978-1-4234-2402-4BHI 24635. 14.99 / 22,95availableED 20184 . 13.50 / 17,95availablealso available:Vol. 1ISMN 979-0-001-14710-1ED 20174 10.99 / 17,9511Piano

BOOSEY & HAWKESBOOSEY & HAWKESBOOSEY & HAWKESCopland, AaronMaxwell Davies,Sir PeterAdams, JohnAppalachianSpring Suite(Ballet for Martha)Copland’s famous ballet suite hasnever been published in a solopiano transcription. This new version is idiomatic for the instrument, retaining all the music fromthe standard 1945 orchestrasuite.ISMN 979-0-051-24637-3ISBN 978-1-4234-5476-2BHI 24637. 9.99 / 14,95availableThree SandayPlacesIn the spirit of the composer’snow-famous Farewell toStromness this suite of shortpieces takes its inspiration fromthe northern Orkney island ofSanday, on which he lives.He captures in three beautifulpiano miniatures the special character of the Knowes o’ Yarrow,Waters of Woo and Kettletoft Pier.Grade: easy to intermediateISMN 979-0-060-11999-6BH 11999 . in prep.November12PianoAmerican Berserkfor piano (2001)Influenced by American jazz, thisbrief piano piece uses disjunctrhythms at break-neck speed.American Berserk was composedin 2001 for the virtuoso GarrickOhlsson.ISMN 979-0-051-24626-7BHI 24626 . 6.99 / 9,95available

BOOSEY & HAWKESSCHOTTBOOSEY & HAWKESRautavaara,EinojuhaniEdition SchottBernstein, LeonardWidmann, JörgFuocoElf HumoreskenSelections fromWest Side StoryThis 3-minute piano piece formspart of a sequence withPassionale (2003, also publishedby Boosey & Hawkes) andNarcissos (2002, published byFennica Gehrman). Rautavaara isthe leading Finnish composer ofhis generation. His mystical character comes to the fore in musicof rich colour and sweepingmelodic profile, at once accessibleand evocative.for piano (2007)for piano (4 hands)Edited by Carol KloseISMN 979-0-060-11978-1Referring to Robert Schumann,the title sets the general mood ofthese character pieces whichalternate between Romantic andcontemporary tonal language.This is how the composer stresses it in his preface: ‘May the performer discover the specific toneof each of the pieces and make itsound sometimes scornful, sometimes dry, tinged with melancholy,yet always with humour and sensitivity.’BH 11978 . in prep.Grade: difficultGrade: advanced to difficultNovemberEight piano duets from thebeloved musical.America – Cool – I Feel Pretty –Maria – One Hand, One Heart –Something’s Coming –Somewhere – TonightGrade: advancedISMN 979-0-051-24620-5ISBN 978-1-4234-0924-3BHL 24620 7.99 / 12,95availableISMN 979-0-001-15371-3ED 20445. 18.50 / 24,95September13Piano

BOOSEY & HAWKESSCHOTTSCHOTTMonk, MeredithXian, XinghaiPiano AlbumM

Microjazz Norton, Christopher / Smith, Scott McBride Christopher Norton’s Guide to Microjazz Christopher Norton, creator of the enduring ‘Microjazz’ series, gives unique insight into his music and how best to teach it, in partner-ship with piano pedagogue Scott McBride Smith. Norton has