Product Description

Books I and II of this traditional edition in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45031 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Released on: 2007-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 40 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781423421924
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Can't go wrong with Bach
Great book. 28 Bach pieces, mostly of his easier works, great for early study of piano. You can't go wrong with this book. If you love classical piano music, A book like this is a must have.

The Place to Begin for Bach (or any Classical Music)
Let me start with an embarrassing admission. I've been playing piano for nearly thirty years. I'm intermediate. I can tackle some intermediate/advanced material, like Michael Nyman's pieces from The Piano. But when I took lessons years ago (only four years), I never took scales or classical music seriously. Thus, I can play pop rock, soundtrack music, and certain expressive classical pieces, but solid, finger-strengthening, mind-puzzling classical pieces I avoided.

Now, at thirty-eight, I'm starting over, and I'm embarrassed to say that I really need to practice these pieces! They make my mind work. I need to concentrate on fingering. I'm proud to be humbled because I'd love to work my way up to playing Bach inventions, variations, preludes and stuff, but I never had the background or training. These simple pieces, designed for young pupils, are great for old or young. They are "songs" in their own right, so you won't be bored. And they subtly introduce all matters of technique (stuff that I never got or never took seriously). I cannot recommend more highly this "First Lessons" book as a place to begin. Once you make it through this book (both Book 1 and Book 2), you'll be ready to tackle more challenging pieces found elsewhere.

good few pages ... and a bit more ...
never having been a pianist of any quality (i learned what i know of piano 30 years ago in music theory classes in atlanta), and being unfortunately retired (meaning easily bored), i bought a midi keyboard, the chopin nocturnes (which i used to play !) and this book. the chopin nocturnes are still a bit beyond me, but the easy bach is great - to the point i am recording variations on the famous bouree for multitrack midi in garageband on my imac here. wish for more, of course. then, back to chopin !