My Favorite Classics • Level One

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My Favorite Classics is an extensive collection of 72 of the world’s most favorite and most beloved classics written for easy piano by the masterful composer greats spanning the important musical periods from the early Baroque Era to the Twentieth Century.

Each piece is presented as originally written by the composer, without alteration, and arranged within by approximate order of difficulty from grade 1 to grade 3 in the national piano grading system.

Required by NYSSMA for auditions, this Level One exposes students to the widest variety of pieces and composers available in print today.

From Bach to Bartók, Mozart to MacDowell, Schumann to Stravinsky, Purcell to Prokofiev, these selections will serve to develop the skills needed to play a wide variety of musical styles.

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Byrd: A Gigg • Chambonnieres: Sarabande (“Jeunes Zéphirs”) • Couperin: Canaries Buxtehude: Sarabande (From, Suite on the Chorale, “Auf meinen lieben Gott”) Krieger: Minuet in G • Corelli: Sarabande • Purcell: A Ground in Gamut, Old Dance Tune, Prelude • Rameau: Le Tambourin, Minuet for Clavichord • J.S. Bach: Little Prelude in C, March (From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach), Minuet (From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach), Minuet in G, Musette (From the Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach) • Handel: Courante in F Major, Gavotte, Minuet in F, Sarabande • C.P.E. Bach: Minuet in Eb • L. Mozart: Minuet in C • Haydn: Allegro (From “Sonata in G”), Arietta, Easy Divertimento • Clementi: Sonatina in C (Op. 36, No. 1), Sonatina in G (Op. 36, No. 2) • W.A. Mozart: Andante, Minuet in F (K.5), Minuet No. 1, Presto • Duxxek: Polonaise Beethoven: Merry and Sad, Romanze, Russian Folk Song, Six Variations on a Swiss Air, Sonatina in G • Diabelli: Siciliano • Czerny: The Fair Beyer: Mountain Song • Burgmuller: Arabesque, Ballade • Schumann: Melody (Op. 68, No. 1), Soldier’s March, The Happy Farmer (Op. 68, No. 10), The Wild Horseman Berens: The Music Box (Op. 50, No. 17), Baumfelder: Melody MacDowell: A Deserted Farm (Op. 51, No. 8), To a Wild Rose Gretchaninoff: Mama, Swing Song • Rebikoff: The Organ Grinder • Stravinsky: Larghetto (From, “Seven Pieces on Five Notes”), Walking Song (From, “Seven Pieces on Five Notes”) • Bartok: Folk Song, Humming Along, Peasant Song, The Lost Doll, Vagabond’s Song • Prokoviev: March (Op. 65, No. 10), Moonlight Meadows (Op. 65, No. 12), Parade of the Grasshoppers (Op. 65, No. 7), Promenade (Op. 65, No. 2) • Khachaturian: Loneliness • Kabalevsky: A Game, A Little Song (Op. 27, No. 1), Sonatina, The Clown, Toccatina (Op. 27, No. 7), Shostakovich: Fairy Tale (From, “Six Children’s Pieces”), March (From, “Six Children’s Pieces”)

CATALOG #: O114
PAGES: 128
BINDING: PERFECT BOUND
COPYRIGHT: 1969
REVISED © : 2018
AUTHOR: JOHN BRIMHALL
EDITOR: JONATHON ROBBINS
DESIGNER: CAROLYN CONNORS
ATTRIBUTE: SELECTED BY NYSSMA
ISBN-10: 1585607614
ISBN-13: 9781585607617