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By Various
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Piano Solo
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Baroque Period
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The Baroque Era - Intermediate to Advanced Piano Solo. (53 Selections from Piano Literature, Concertos, Chamber Works, Oratorios and Operas for Piano Solo). By Various. World's Greatest Classical Music. 232 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.240060).
ISBN 0634048066. 9x12 inches.
This collection includes 35 Baroque keyboard pieces by Bach, Buxtehude, Couperin, Handel, Lully, Pachelbel, Purcell, Scarlatti and others, and 18 transcriptions for piano of Baroque favorites by Bach, Handel, Pachelbel, Purcell and Vivaldi. Among the most famous music in the book is Air on the G String, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, selections from Water Music, selections from Messiah, and movements from The Four Seasons. As with the rest of the series, the edition is deliberately clean, without editorial markings, allowing a teacher or performer his or her own interpretive ideas.
CHR
Location: from Southeast Georgia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
March 24, 2006
The joy of being able to play Bach!
I echo the previous reviewer's high praise! This is a wonderful collection of music, pieces that I never thought I would be playing, but the arrangements are excellent. I've always loved J.S. Bach's Aria from the Goldberg Variations, the Arioso from Keyboard Concerto no. 5 (BWV1056) and Sleepers Awake from...
12 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Jordon
Location: from Salt Lake City, UT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
January 2, 2004
Heart of Baroque
From the well-known pieces to the sweet sounds of the baroque period, this collection will have the common classical musician enthralled and captivated in the attempt to learn and master each one of these pieces. This book is a "must-have" on every keyboardist's list and will never accumulate dust on...
14 of 24 people found this review helpful.