Quiet Classics

would want to hear is in it, like "Fur Elise", Chopin Nocturnes; even a waltz I haven't heard before but is really short. Recommend for those students with a generally good reading level; also could be used with a student throughout the years, so they can grow and learn a new piece with the ones in there already by different composers. All in original form, they aren't watered down too much. Love the back pages, where it has "America the Beautiful" & "Happy Birthday" written out, in case you have to be the one to lead everyone in song! (Can transpose to different keys) Unexpected and thoughtful to add those, as usually, the pianist is asked last minute, "Can you play happy birthday?"

Song) as well as the charming A minor waltz op post. by Chopin (the less well-known one in this key) the haunting Notturno by Grieg and Of Foreign Lands and People by Schumann. So many of my pupils have adored this book, and I recommend it on my website. The spiral binding is a great plus, the printing is clear and the notes are a comfortable-to-read size. Like other collections edited by Keith Snell it has a very attractive cover which makes it a particularly nice present. A winner!

in order) goes to closely related keys.

read. I was struggling to play some other books, but this book has made me play more because I can play most of the tunes pretty well--simply laid out but sounding good. This book made me realize that you don't have to be a concert pianist to produce beautiful sounding music!