David Karp

Capture the spirit of Texas with The Lone Star Collection, a lively set of original piano rags by David Karp, celebrated composer and proud Texan. Written for the late intermediate pianist, this engag...

Composed for the Phoenix Music Teachers Association, 54th Annual Piano Ensemble, Phoenix Blues is a "cool" duet for one piano, four hands. Students get to snap their fingers and play blues-style bass...

Contents include: America, the Beautiful; Wimoweh (Mbube); He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; Kum Ba Yah; Michael, Row the Boat Ashore; Cotton Fields; Home on the Range; Rock Island Line; Kisses S...

Explore some of the most beloved Hebrew melodies that celebrate Chanukah and Passover, as well as other folk traditions. The arrangements in this collection, written for the early-elementary pianist,...

Arranged especially for the upper elementary-level pianist, these arrangements may be played and enjoyed by anyone interested in exploring Hebrew music. Contains teacher accompaniments and a special g...

Sketches in Jazz is a collection of six intermediate piano solos. Written to intrigue the piano student by stimulating interest in jazz, these solos are fun to practice, challenging to learn and excit...

David Karp's peppy one piano four hand ensemble piece, Joyous Holiday, takes off in cut time, with an upbeat, lightly-syncopated tune (Primo), set against a steady, staccato, broken-chord march (Secon...

Rhythmic and witty from the start, Maine Mambo is as fun to listen to as it is to play. Modal in flavor, this ensemble piece contains easy syncopation, parallel chord movements, and other challenges f...

The moving melody of this ensemble piano piece sings a melancholy song in the secondo, with sustained, four-measure phrasing. The theme is lightly answered with dancing eighth notes in the primo, whic...

An exciting duet with just a taste of the atonal, Old Man of the Mountain spans keyboard peaks with repeating scales, arpeggios, parallel chords, octaves and tremelos. Trek through ever-changing rhyth...

Drawn together with clever and colorful writing, the second movement of this intermediate-level duet for four hands nests a lyrical and quiet moment, amongst the quick and vivacious tempos of the oute...

Labeled "Rhythmic and suspenseful," and written for the Emporia Area Piano Teachers of Emporia, Kansas, this duet will undoubtedly be a unique and challenging experience for any late intermediate/earl...

Delightfully jaunty, this happy tune (in A minor) will make you want to take a Mediterranean vacation yourself! Easy to play yet has virtuosic passages featuring skillful interplay between secondo and...

Delightfully jaunty, this happy tune (in A minor) will make you want to take a Mediterranean vacation yourself! Easy to play yet has virtuosic passages featuring skillful interplay between secondo and...

This dynamic duet in F minor is very entertaining and quite fun to play! Students must have good rhythmic skills due to the Latin syncopations and sharp listening skills for precise ensemble playing b...

A new piece from The FJH Contemporary Keyboard Series, edited by Helen Marlais. This Toccatina is composed by David Karp at his finest, with accompanying pedagogical materials that teachers can use to...

Patterned, easy-to-learn piece allows your students to explore the fresh harmonies and left hand melodies of this wonderful toccatina. A splendid, classical composition, which offers contrasting dynam...

This exciting early advanced piece includes rhythmic drive, toccata-style repetition of notes, and a lovely lyrical section. Using a great range of the keyboard, this piece features sections with cont...

In this playful solo, the composer takes you along for a bumpy ride on a witch’s clever broomstick. The music will evoke imagery of traveling to amazing places and encountering fascinating experiences...

An artistic study in delicate touch, this lovely lullaby teaches RH and LH balance, especially when the LH has the melody in the contrasting minor section. Students with smaller hands will have no tro...

Students will benefit greatly from the wide variety of articulated patterns found in this early intermediate level piano solo. They will be motivated to master this piece which incorporates impressive...

Students will benefit greatly from the wide variety of articulated patterns found in this early intermediate level piano solo. They will be motivated to master this piece which incorporates impressive...

An expressive piece written in the key of A minor and in 3/4 time that can be learned quickly, and is very enjoyable to perform. The lyrical melody in the A section is followed by a secondary melody i...