Focus on Melody - Volume 2

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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).