The 20th Century - Upper Elementary Level: 30 Piano Pieces

(Schirmer Performance Editions). The 20th Century 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 composers lead 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. Bartok : selections from For Children : Children's Song, Happy Thoughts, Sorrow * selections from The First Term at the Piano : Crescendos, Folksong, Hungarian Folksong, Walking * Bolcom : selections from Monsterpieces (and Others) : The Bad Mister, Badminton, The Plaid Miss * Dello Joio : selections from Suite for the Young : Little Sister, Mountain Melody * Diamond : selections from Eight Piano Pieces : Jumping Jacks, Pease-Porridge Hot * Gould : The Missing Beat from At the Piano , Book 1 * Loud and Soft from Ten for Deborah * Kabalevsky : selections from 30 Pieces for Children , Op. 27: Waltz, A Little Song * selections from 24 Pieces for Children , Op. 39: Waltz, Jumping, Folk Dance, Clowns * selections from 35 Easy Pieces , Op. 89: The Shrew, Little Goat Limping, The Little Harpist, Stubborn Little Brother * Pinto : Minuet from Children's Festival * Shostakovich : selections from Children's Notebook for Piano , Op. 69: The Bear, Merry Tale, Sad Tale. Schirmer Performance Editions feature composer biographies, historical notes, and practice and performance tips.