Music Books

Thoughts on the Suzuki Piano School was written in 1985 by one of the greatest exponents of the Suzuki Piano School. Kataoka went to study with Suzuki after many years of piano study, and soon realize...

A book that is a must for all Suzuki piano students and teachers. Selected and compiled from her articles in Suzuki World over six years. Mrs. Powell discusses: communication with parents, home practi...

A brief but valuable booklet about teaching Suzuki piano. Directed towards parents and teachers. Originally published in Japan by Dr. Suzuki's Talent Education Institute.

A comprehensive coverage of what the Suzuki approach embodies, this book should be considered a requirement in the home of every piano teacher and student. Eight of the 14 chapters lay the foundation...

A successful keyboard text for both college non-music majors and majors with limited keyboard experience. Sight reading, playing by ear, repertoire pieces, harmonizing melodies, improvising, technical...

Recreational Music Making is a new and exciting movement in piano pedagogy. The core concepts are that the piano is for everyone-not just professionally minded students-and that lessons should be fun...

This interactive, practical book for teachers not only contains creative ideas for group classes, but also includes mental energizers, room for notes, and brainstorming concepts for planning personali...

This reference book is an invaluable resource for teachers, students and performers for evaluating and selecting piano solo literature. Concise and thoroughly researched, thousands of works, from the...

This textbook provides a unique resource to promote interest in and awareness of the available body of captivating concerto literature. It focuses on works suitable for pianists at the intermediate le...

Max Camp has developed a system of teaching and performing at the piano formulated to develop all types of piano students. Camp emphasizes the concept of rhythm as pulse and musicality from day one so...

45 titles including Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakoff, Hungarian Dance No. 3 by Brahms, Marche Militaire by Schubert, Valse Triste by Sibelius, Spring Song by Mendelssohn, and Scherzo in B f...

The changing interpretive lines of the great pianists of the past have always been in line with historical transformations concerning the social and ethical balances of an ever-changing public. Why do...

79 Seiten, brosch.

Dieses Buch ist ein Begleiter für Beethoven-Hörer. Die 32 Klaviersonaten des Komponisten, Stück für Stück analytisch beleuchtet für Einsteiger wie für Fortgeschrittene. 32 Hörprotokolle erleichtern de...

E. Robert Schmitz. A first hand report of the composer's intentions in regard to the performance of his music, interpreted by the composer's friend Robert Schmitz.

Josef Lhevinne. A clear statement of the principles based on a lifelong experience in performance and teaching.

Josef Hofmann. Important background information that is useful for every piano player from a leading exponent of the works of Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

John Gillespie. Covers the background and development of keyboard instruments, keyboard music and composers.

J. Cree Fischer. A simple and accurate method for amateurs. Explains all the basic processes practically and with model clarity. Learn how upright, grand and square actions work and how to deal with s...

As the 'social anchor' in middle-class homes of the 19th century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity and a means of introducing the...

Practical Piano Pedagogy by Dr. Martha Baker-Jordan is a comprehensive 468-page pedagogy text for ALL piano teachers including those future teachers who are currently enrolled in pedagogy courses in c...

Kontinuität und Aktualität von Präludium und Fuge im 20. Jahrhundert In der originellen Tastenmusik von Rodion Schtschedrin (*1932) verbindet sich der übersprühende Ideenreichtum des intuitiv komponie...

Books you can use again and again! Simply use the special pen and wipe off when finished. A creative and fun way to learn about key signatures in the treble and bass clef.