Focus on Melody - Volume 2
The second installment of this exceptional piano literature series continues to strengthen a student?s ability to find and project melody. The music represents a variety of keys, tempi, meters, and style. Includes technical exercises for melodic expression, descriptive summaries for each piece, and composer biographies. Contents include: Fantasia in G major Wq. 117:8 (C.P.E. Bach); Concerto in D Minor BWV 974 2nd mvt (J.S. Bach); Gavotte from French Suite #5 (J.S. Bach); Buciumeana from Romanian Dances No. 4 (Bartok); Bagatelle in F Major Op. 33 No. 3 (Beethoven); Sonata in C# Major Op. 27 No. 2 1st mvt (Beethoven); Dream (Bloch); Waltz in G# Minor Op. 39 No. 3 (Brahms); Mazurka in G Minor Op. 67 No. 2 (Chopin); Prelude in C Minor Op. 28 No. 20 (Chopin); Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy); The Little Shepherd (Debussy); Sonatina in C Major Op. 151 No. 4 1st mvt (Diabelli); Epilago (Granados); Arietta (Grieg); Etude in E Major Op. 47 No. 16 (Heller); Piano Piece Op. 11 No. 7 (Kodaly); Sung Outside the Prince's Door Op. 4 No. 1 (MacDowell); Venetian Boat Song Op. 30 No. 6 (Mendelssohn); Fantasia in D Minor K. 397 (Mozart); Siciliana (Muffat); Sonata No. 6 in C Minor 3rd mvt (Pescetti); Visions Fugitives Op. 22 No. 16 (Prokofiev); A Ground in Gamut Z. 645 (Purcell); Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 Theme (Rachmaninoff); Romance Op. 15 No. 2 (Rimsky-Korsakov); Sonata in E Major K. 380, L. 23 (Scarlatti); Album Leaf in C Major (Wagner).
