Bergerac - My first book of great composers: 26 themes by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and others, in easy piano arrangements

My First Book of Great Composers 26 Themes by
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Others
in Easy Piano Arrangements Bergerac DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Mineola, New York For NicoleCopyright Copyright 2004 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Bibliographical NoteA First Book of Great Composers: 26 Themes by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Others in Easy Piano Arrangements is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2004. International Standard Book Number
ISBN-13: 978-0-486-42756-0
ISBN-10: 0-486-42756-0 Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation 42756004
www.doverpublications.com C ONTENTS This list is alphabetical by composer. In the book,
the pieces appear in their approximate order of difficulty. C. al Fine (da capo alfine), return to the beginning, then go to the sign Fine (end) dolce, gently, sweetly espressivo, espr, expressive fine, end f (forte), loud ff (fortissimo), very loud grazioso, graceful leggiero, lightly lento placido, slow and placid maestoso, majestic, stately marcato, marked, accented mf (mezzo forte), medium loud mp (mezzo piano), medium soft moderato, at a moderate speed molto legato, very smooth and connected molto marcato, very accented molto rall(entando), held back a great deal molto rit(ardando), slowing down a great deal p (piano), soft pp (pianissimo), very soft ppp (pianississimo), very very soft poco cresc. e rail, slightly getting louder and held back poco rall(entando), slightly held back poco rit(ardando), slowing down a little rall(entando), held back rail poco a poco, held back little by little rail e dim. poco a poco, held back and getting quieter little by little rit(ardando), slowing down sempre sostenuto, always sustained sostenuto, sost., sustained tranquillo, tranquil vivace, very fast, lively (1833-1897) How odd it is that Johannes Brahmswho never married and had no childrenshould be best known throughout the world for one of the simplest pieces he ever composed: his sweet and gentle Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)originally scored for voice and piano, then later arranged for solo piano. (1714-1787) (from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice) An occasional ballet was always a delightful moment in the course of an operaand this delicate air from such a ballet gives us a good idea of the melodious music heard by its enchanted audience. (1714-1787) (from the opera Orfeo ed Euridice) An occasional ballet was always a delightful moment in the course of an operaand this delicate air from such a ballet gives us a good idea of the melodious music heard by its enchanted audience.

Play it in a restrained way with a gentle movement. First, play the music from beginning to end. When you get to D.C. al Fine (abbreviation for the Italian da capo al finefrom head to end) return to the beginning of the music, then play right up to the Finebut no further! (1810-1849) (Op. 67, no. 2) Mazurka is a title that comes from the name mazurek, a dance from the Polish province of Mazovia.

Chopin, born in Poland, recalls for us this fascinating dance formsometimes as a lively, heavily accented folk piece, but here as a melancholy, plaintive memory of his home-land. The Italian tempo marking cantabile tells us to play the music in a singing fashionflowing and lyrical. (1770-1827) (Theme from Piano Concerto No. 5) No one knows who tacked this imposing title on to Beethovens magnificent Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat. But it certainly befits a work that is the crowning example of this musical form.

In contrast to the thunder and lightning of other themes from this masterpiece, this excerpt is tender, lyrical and almost vocal in the way it sings its lovely long melody. (1756-1791) (Theme from Piano Sonata. K331 ) This is the world-famous main theme from one of the six piano sonatas Mozart composed at the age of twenty-two. Unbelievably, this great master left a legacy of more than 600 compositions before he died so tragically at the age of thirty-fiveincluding works for every chamber-music ensemble then available to him, a host of concertos for piano and for every principal instrument of the orchestra, and no fewer than forty-one symphonies! The greatest tribute to Mozarts mastery is the fact that every one of his important worksincluding seven major operasis still performed frequently throughout the world. (1866-1925) (from Picturesque Childs Play) [original edition] You can always depend on the French composer Erik Satie to come up with something that no one else has thought of! This time it is a quiet lullaby accompanied by a running bedtime conversation between a little boy and his mother. (1865-1957) (lyrical theme from the orchestral tone poem, Op. 26)