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TH | wea. 0s — ESSENTIAL PIANO REPERTOIRE rom the 17th, 18th, & 19th Centuries ELECTED & EDITED BY Ceith Snell JEIL A. KJOS MUSIC COMPANY Contents JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750) Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 Invention No. 14 in B Flat, BWV 785... Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 902 GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767) ‘Suite in A Major |, Allemande . Il. Courante . Mil. Gigue JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:35 1. Allegro con brio Lupwic VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No.1 |. Andante Saree FRIEDRICH KUHLAU (1786-1832) Sonatina in A Minor, Op. 88, No.3 |, Allegro con affetto Il. Andantino: Ill. Allegro Burlesco FRIEDRICH BURGMULLER (1806-1874) Andante, Op. 105, No. 4 FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30, No. 6 . FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 Waltz in AFlat, Op. 69, No. 1 ‘STEPHEN HELLER (1814-1888) Warrior's Song, Op. 45, No. 15 Epwarp MaAcDOoweLt (1860-1908) Shadow Dance, Op. 39, No. 8 CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum Composer Biographies PAGE aw AS 218 20 24 34 40 44 - 46 52. 55 58 60 62 69 1 76 - 82 cD TRACK 384 nin 10 TT 12 13 14 215 16 7 18 19 20) Invention No. 13 in A Minor ite BWV 784 1 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allegro wo Invention No. 14 cS BW 785 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Andante 2 4 1 3 52 poco crese Prelude and Fugue ~~ BWV 902 3 Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Allegro decrese: Allegretto a2 decrese 2 decrese decrese decrese 7 decrese: z ae 1 i : 7 7 7 y Gere = SS 2 > 3 aaa Suite Yee 5 Allemande Georg Philipp Telemann Allegro moderato (1681-1767) 5 sp? * Courante Track Allegretto 1 4 2 at ef Gigue rs Vivace 3 fa) 8 [3] (5 Sonata Teck Hob. XVI:35 8 Allegro con brio Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 2 G5 Ah Ze nf @ tel) ae the ae feet += |r z 2 Sten dim. . crese nf Ra 3 eI deo ico Sc 2 pe ¢. + (73) Save £8 <2 aie tie a é =e ee ve 3 ¢ - £ ss ior dim. ‘Tempo primo 113 aN =z * : oN 7 = a th =o a a a : ~ 2 SU aim 7 Z =.-— — we = >= ee vo ¥ a (133). crese P PP 2 9) Sonata Track Op. 49, No. 1 9 Ludwig van Beethoven Andante me s . (1770-1827) 7 poco ral Pp dolce tf tees — Sonatina Track Op. 88, No. 3 10 : Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832) Allegro con affetto be aaa 3] ll Track 1 Andantino 2 — ola erese of mp a 2 ° 19 [ p 7% 4 = = a7 b < 2 — : , 7 2 3 an 7 4 | By) . = : e < tJ ——. P Alllegro Burlesco ay wet 3 2 P Track 12 stace. dolce e legato assai Andante ‘a Op. 105, No. 4 Friedrich Burgmiller (1806-1874) Andante | oa 2 === = , J aE: Be = SS 5 © % es = — tHe. 2 er Le dim. e rail, 4 tempo as ah P espress pp dime rail 4 Venetian Boat Song C Op. 30, No. 6 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Allegretto tranquillo via) f _——— | Prelude Track Op. 28, No. 4 15 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Prelude cS Op. 28, No. 6 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Lento =~ i simile sostenuo Waltz Op. 69, No. 1 ——— 7 P _conlespressione t a B a z Track W7 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) [5] aa Ld 3. = _——— re a =——. ager oy ys =a Us t J < 33 altarg, fg] Tempee 7 con forza {| dolce tempo — a wo ZS 102) Track Pel Warrior's Song ae Op. 45, No. 15 Stephen Heller (1814-1888) Maestoso: atempo G . — se 0 eh ep a A simile [27] Allegrissimo Shadow Dance Op. 39, No. 8 3 leggierissimo Track 19 Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) ni pit teeter cies frieet | os ttee. fs a —f ~ Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum ox From Children’s Comer 20 Claude Debussy Modérément animé (1862-1918 12 3 ra (p &gal et sans sécheresse 4 goTESC: 5 z Th. over rh. z 7 z i Un peu retenu a Tempo : 4. 24 Lh, expressif 27 a : Retenu ae ee expressif expressif En animant peu a peu ‘Trés animé COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) was a German composer, regarded as the greatest composer of Baroque period. He had numerous relatives who were musicians: from seven generations, 193 out of 200 w musicians. Throughout his life, he held positions at various churches and in royal courts, and for almost th years he was the director of music at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig. He was married twice and had twe children, several of whom became well known musicians. Bach was a prolific composer; his complete work: forty-six large volumes containing choral music, concertos, orchestral and chamber works, and organ and cla (keyboard) music. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 ~ 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven's father insisted t Beethoven practice long hours in hopes he would become a child prodigy like Mozart. In 1787 he visi Vienna, where he played for Mozart, who predicted an outstanding musical career for Beethoven. In 1792 studied with Haydn for about a year. About this time, Beethoven began to earn his living from the sale of positions and from teaching. He became an honored and respected musician to many royal families. In his e thirties, Beethoven experiences hearing loss which later resulted in total deafness. A prolific compo Beethoven wrote thirty-two piano sonatas, five piano concertos, one violin concerto, nine symphonies, opera, a great quantity of chamber music, and many other works. Friedrich Burgmiiller (1806 - 1874), German composer, came from a musical family. He moved to Pari 1832, where he enjoyed a considerable reputation as a pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Burgmuller is ticularly noted for his three sets of etudes for piano: Op. 100, Op. 105, and Op. 109. Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), born in Poland, lived most of his life in Paris, France. He was a child proc at the piano (some say that his talent rivaled that of Mozart). By the time he was twenty, he had already v ten fifty works for the piano. Chopin was dedicated to writing music for the piano and rarely composed for other instrument. He wrote over two hundred works for the piano during his lifetime. His piano music is of regarded as the most thoroughly pianistic music ever written. Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918), French composer and pianist, is regarded as the creator of the Impressio period in music. Influenced by many non-western musical styles, Debussy introduced a style of composi which included the use of Oriental pentatonic scales, the whole-tone scale, consecutive parallel chords | intervals, unresolved harmonies, and the abandonment of traditional form. He was also influenced by the so of American Jazz, which is evident in Le Petit Noir and Golliwogg's Cakewalk. His large output of piano m includes two books of preludes, two books of etudes, and many suites, including Estampes, Images, S Bergmasque (which includes the famous Clair de Lune), and Pour le Piano. He also wrote songs, instrume music, and many works for orchestra. Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) An Austrian composer, who as a youth studied singing, violin, and clavier, became a choirboy to the Vienna Cathedral. He spent more than thirty years in the service of Prince Esterh a Hungarian nobleman, at Eisenstadt. Haydn was a major influence in the development of the symph sonata, and string quartet. During his long life, he composed approximately eighty-three string quartets, 1 than fifty piano sonatas, two hundred songs, one hundred and four symphonies, eighteen operas, a. amount of church music, concertos, and many other works. Stephen Heller (1814 — 1888), a Hungarian pianist and composer, showed such extraordinary ability as a youth that he was sent to study piano in Vienna with Czemy. He toured in Austria, Germany, England, and eventually settled in Paris, where he lived for the rest of his life. He became a very successful pianist and was friends with Chopin and Liszt. He wrote hundreds of piano pieces which became very popular and included salon dances, character pieces, and studies. Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 - 1832) was born in Hamurg, Germany, where he was highly regarded as a pianist, eacher, and composer. In 1810, he moved to Copenhagen, Denmark. There he became known as the + Danish Composer when he composed several successful operas which used popular national songs. In Kuhlau gained the respect and friendship of Ludwig van Beethoven during a visit to Vienna. It was on

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