Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Piano Method Easy Piano Piano Solo
- Composers:
- James Bastien
- Publishers:
- Neil A. Kjos Music Company
- ISBN:
- 9780849750373
- Item types:
- Physical
- Instructionals:
- Repertoire Books
- Series levels:
- Level 2
- Artist:
- James Bastien
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Size:
- 9 x 12 inches
- Number of Pages:
- 72
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.7 pounds
Detailed Description
SKU: KJ.WP40
Composed by James Bastien. Solo collection. Older Beginner Piano Library. Methods, Piano, Repertoire. Music book. 72 pages. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WP40. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WP40).ISBN 9780849750373. 9 x 12 inches.
This title has selections that range in difficulty from SMP Level 1-2.
About SMP Level 2 (Late Elementary)
5-finger patterns still used but position changes are more frequent including one octave scale passages. Some 3 note chords.
Song List
Morning Mood
Ode to Joy
On Wings Of Song
Aria
March Militaire
Lullaby
Hallelujah Chorus
Blue Danube, The
Bourree
Pathetique Symphony
Largo
Surprise Symphony
Wedding March
Symphony in D Minor
Siciliana
Sheep May Safely Graze
Can-Can
Melody in F
Symphony No. 1
Ladonna E Mobile
Swan Lake
Funeral March of a Marionette
Evening Star, The
Anvil Chorus
Liebestraum
Toreador Song
Pilgrim's Chorus
My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice
Heavenly Aida
Bridal Chorus
Unfinished Symphony
Polovetzian Dance
Song of India
Serenade
Scheherazade
Tales from the Vienna Woods
Waltz
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Laughing Song
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Concerto In A Minor
Triumphal March
Concerto No 1
Romeo and Juliet
Symphony No. 5
Peter And The Wolf
Air for the G String
Russian Dance
(Simplified)
(Arranged: 2nd theme, transposed to G)
Similar Sheet Music & Digital Downloads
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- Instrument:
- Piano and Keyboard Piano Piano Method Piano and Keyboard Piano Easy Piano Piano and Keyboard Piano Piano Solo
- Artists:
- James Bastien
- Publisher:
- Neil A. Kjos Music Company
Ratings + Reviews
4.2 Rating
5 reviews
Victoria S.
May 16, 2025
I really like this book. I had lost the one I had and was missing it, so I was very glad to find it again. It was very helpful to have the pieces listed on the website so I could be sure it was the one I wanted. Other websites did not list them. I’ve been teaching myself piano and find all the Bastien music books very good for this purpose. Thank you!
Coates
Feb 13, 2025
I wouldn’t have bought this if you had shown me enough of the inside. It is too easy and I have little use for it. Advice: Show more of the inside. I will not be buying again until you do!
Music B.
Apr 20, 2019
This is an anthology so each piece would by necessity have to be brief. However, The Funeral March of a Marionette was far too brief. The first theme had hardly begun before it ended. Perhaps the compiler should have expanded this piece to the maximum of two pages. Apparently, the fans of this best known piece by Charles Gounod would have to look elsewhere for a longer version - which had provided sufficient space to develop the first theme and introduce the second and subsequent themes.It might be of interest to know that the British director Alfred Hitchcock liked this theme so much so that he used it to introduce his TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.Apart from this issue, overall this book served the purpose of a useful anthology to introduce the public to some of the favourite staples in Western classical music. A recommended buy.
Anonymous
Dec 7, 2014
The arrangements are accessible for the beginner adult and older student. The harmonies and arrangement are true to the original theme. One of the best if not the best condensed classical theme books I have ever used for my piano students.
Arizona A.
Jun 13, 2012
I have been a piano teacher for many years, and when one of my students brought this book in from a previous teacher, she brought me a super gift! I now have all my students play from it.The pieces are varied in level. As soon as my students finish Teaching Little Fingers to Play, they are given Ode to Joy. There are a number of beginning level pieces, all in the key of C, and the pieces progress from there into about the early second year of most students. In other words, you can work continuously from this book for well over a year to year and a half.Also important is that almost all of these melodies are so well known that many students say things like, Hey, I've heard that before, or My mom hums that when she's doing dishes. The titles may not be familiar to you, but the melodies will be.All in all, I give this book five out of five stars. It is standard in my teaching and will remain there.