Modern Course for the Piano, 4: The Fourth Grade Book

This book is designed to carry forward both musically and pianistically from the point of advancement reached at the end of the preceding book. All the material has been carefully selected and arranged to increase the student's knowledge and skill in the important matter of style.

CONTENIDO:

-Loeschhorn: The Jugler, op. 96, no. 11 (Figures divided between the hands)
-Beethoven: Andante from the 5th Symphony (Importance of simplicity)
-Massenet: Aragonaise, from Le Cid (close-finger action)
-Petite Russian Rhapsody (Two Russian folk songs)
-Heller: Il penseroso (Left hand melody playing)
-Jensen: Elfin dance, op. 33 (Distinctive waltz style)
-Grieg: Waltz, op. 12, no. 2 (Distinctive waltz style)
-Schytte: At Evening (Nocturne)
-Tchaikovsky: The Skylark (Style)
-Thompson: Etude in Style
-Schubert: Valse Sentimentale (Early Viennese waltz style)
-Bach, J. S.: Prelude in F Major (Phrasing and clarity)
-Arkansas Traveler (folk tune, humoresque)
-Chaminade: Scarf Dance (Tempo rubato)
-Thompson: Impromptu (Style)
-Hauser: Hungarian (Style)
-De Fuentes: You (Habanera style)
-Chopin: Prelude in B minor, op. 28, no. 6 (Left-hand melody playing)
-Ay-ay-ay (Creole song, style)
-Bach, C. P. E.: Solfeggietto (Style)
-Bertini: Etude (Arm and wrist octaves)
-Bohm: Calm as the Night (Famous art song)
-Ornaments / Playing two against three
-Haydn: Menuetto from Sonata in E-flat Major (Form and analysis)
-Bach, J. S.: Prelude in D Major (Polyphonic playing)
-Thompson: Nocturne (For left hand alone)
-Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Orchestral overture)
-Schumann: Träumerei (Reverie)
-Strauss, Johann: Artist's Life (Recital transcription)
-Brahms: Cradle Song (Novelty recital transcription)
-Mozart: Rondo from Sonata in C Major (Form and analysis)
-Schütt: Canzonetta in D Major, op. 28, no. 2 (Style)
-Saint-Saëns: My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, from Sanson and Delilah
-Sonata and sonata form
-Beethoven: First movement from Sonata in F minor, op. 2, no. 1 (Sonata form)
-Tchaikovsky: Theme from 6th Symphony, Pathétique (5/4 meter)

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