MENDELSSOHN AT THE PIANO: 13 WELL-KNOWN ORIGINAL PIECES, IN PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF DIFFICULTY WITH PRACTICAL COMMENTS, HN-1813 (URTEXT).

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MENDELSSOHN: AT THE PIANO
COMPOSER: FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY

13 WELL-KNOWN ORIGINAL PIECES IN PROGRESSIVE ORDER
HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS SOFTCOVER
SERIES: HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS
PUBLISHER: HENLE URTEXT EDITION
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
EDITOR: SYLVIA HEWIG-TRÖSCHER

DESCRIPTION:
-THE PERFECT MUSIC SERIES FOR PIANO STUDENTS AND FOR THOSE RETURNING TO THE PIANO.

-EACH VOLUME IN THE “AT THE PIANO” SERIES INCLUDES ORIGINAL PIECES BY ONE COMPOSER. THE WORKS ARE ARRANGED IN PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF DIFFICULTY AND COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER CONCEPTUALLY. EACH PIECE RANGES FROM ONE TO EIGHT PAGES. ALL VOLUMES CONTAIN FINGERING AND PRACTICAL TIPS ON TECHNIQUE AND INTERPRETATION. THE “AT THE PIANO” SERIES IS AN IDEAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL PIANO MUSIC AND IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR PIANO STUDENTS AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE RETURNING TO THE PIANO AFTER A LONG BREAK. THE SERIES IS EDITED BY SYLVIA HEWIG-TRÖSCHER, A PIANO PROFESSOR AT THE HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK UND THEATER IN MUNICH. SHE HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, GIVES CONCERTS AND MASTERCLASSES AROUND THE WORLD, AND IS A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER EDUCATOR.

-AT THE PIANO WITH MENDELSSOHN – EVERYONE NATURALLY THINKS FIRST OF HIS WONDERFUL SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, FROM WHICH WE HAVE CHOSEN A VARIED SELECTION HERE. BUT THERE ARE OTHER PIECES IN THIS VOLUME THAT ARE NO LESS FASCINATING, SUCH AS SEVERAL OF HIS ENCHANTING CHILDREN`S PIECES, WHICH BELONG ALONGSIDE ROBERT SCHUMANN`S KINDERSZENEN. IN COMPOSITIONS SUCH AS THE PRELUDE IN F MINOR, WE CAN ALSO DISCERN THE LOVE THAT MENDELSSOHN THE GERMAN ROMANTIC BORE FOR THE POLYPHONY OF J. S. BACH.

CONTENTS:
• ALLEGRO NON TROPPO FROM SIX CHILDREN`S PIECES, OP. 72, NO. 1
• ALLEGRETTO FROM SIX CHILDREN`S PIECES, OP. 72, NO. 3
• ALLEGRO ASSAI FROM SIX CHILDREN`S PIECES, OP. 72, NO. 5
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN G MINOR, OP. 19, NO. 6 “VENETIAN GONDOLA SONG”
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN F-SHARP MINOR, OP. 30, NO. 6 “VENETIAN GONDOLA SONG”
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN A MINOR, OP. 62, NO. 5 “VENETIAN GONDOLA SONG”
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN A MAJOR, OP. 62, NO. 6 “SPRING SONG”
• ANDANTE FROM CHARACTER PIECES FOR PIANO, OP. 7, NO. 1
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN E MAJOR, OP. 19, NO. 1
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN A-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 38, NO. 6 “DUETTO”
• FANTASIA IN A MINOR, OP. 16, NO. 1
• PRELUDE IN F MINOR, OP. 35, NO. 5
• SONG WITHOUT WORDS IN C MAJOR, OP. 67, NO. 4 “SPINNING SONG”