Beautiful Dreamer, a well known ballad sung by Bing Crosby and Roy Orbison, amongst many others. For Piano solo.
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Arrangement | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
Intermezzo, from Aquarellen, for piano. B major, 5 sharps. To be played in a very flowing and gentle style, with seamless movement from hand to hand.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
I Got Rhythm is a fast rhythmic romp, as the name suggests. Also a song, lyrics written by George Gershwins brother, Ira.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Jazz |
Melody no.17, was later made into a song called Sleepless Night. Prelude for Piano.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Jazz |
Novelette in 4ths: a ragtime prelude for Piano.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Jazz |
Sleepless Night: the melody of Prelude 17 was posthumously made into a song by Gershwins longtime love, Kay Swift. This is the Piano version of that song.
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Arrangement | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Jazz |
From the film Shall We Dance: Promenade, or Walking the Dog. This delightful prelude for Piano invokes the senses of a happy dog world.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Jazz |
Oriental: No.2 from Spanish Dances. A beautifully romantic and evocative piece for piano.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
No. 5 from Spanish Dances, the wonderful atmospheric Andaluza, for piano
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
No. 6 from Valses Poeticos, or Poetic Waltzes. A sentimental waltz for Piano Solo.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
No. 7 from Valses Poeticos, or Poetic Waltzes. A little gem of a waltz for Piano.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
This waltz has a lovely major:minor folksongy feel to the first theme with a contrasting answer in the major key, which is all repeated. For the middle section we have a gentle melody in the major key, again repeated. The original melody returns, and the piece finishes on a thoughtful reference to the gentle middle section. For Piano solo.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Waltz |
Elfin Dance, Fairy Dance. The secret of success for this little dance is to play very quiet, short staccato notes, not always easy to do. Contrast this with a few crescendos, returning immediately to quiet, and you will conjure up a picture of magical elfins darting around in the air. For Piano solo.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: weddings |
Rigaudon is bright and lively with a contrasting middle section. It should be played with a delicate touch.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Repertoire |
Death or Glory: Famous march dedicated to the 10th Regiment Band in Albany, NY.
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Arrangement | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: March |
Concerto in G, from the Aylesford Collection; these pieces were written under the patronage and friendship of Charles Jenner, whose collection of music was inherited by the 3rd Earl of Aylesford in Kent. Originally written for harpsichord.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Repertoire |
Fantasia in A minor. A very good piece to study modulation as it moves through the circle of fifths from E to F majors in bar 5 to 14. Originally written for Harpsichord, this is for Piano.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Repertoire |
La Réjouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks commissioned by King George II to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. The first performance was followed by a great fireworks display in Green Park, London. For piano. C major.
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Arrangement | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
La Réjouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks commissioned by King George II to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. The first performance was followed by a great fireworks display in Green Park, London. For solo Piano.
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Arrangement | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Weddings |
The Harmonious Blacksmith: For Piano, calling to mind a blacksmith striking his anvil. In C major, making the scale passages towards the end lie more naturally under the fingers.
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Original: | Skill Level (1 - 9): 6 | Genre: Repertoire |