Succeeding with the Masters, Baroque Era, Volume One
Sheet Music Book
By Johann Sebastian Bach

Item Number: FJ.FJH1438

ISBN 9781569394489. English.

Baroque Era, Volume One of Succeeding with the Masters is a collection of 22 graded repertoire pieces by J.S. Bach, Handel and Scarlatti. These works, mostly dances, build a foundation for playing more advanced baroque music. Complete and easily comprehensible overviews of the era's musical characteristics appear throughout, along with composer biographies and illustrative practice strategies. This approach to learning style, technique and historical context provides a valuable foundation for successful performance. Companion recordings of complete performances and a practice strategy workshop is provided.

About Succeeding with the Masters

Succeeding with the Masters is a series dedicated to the authentic keyboard works of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth-Century masters.
This series provides a complete and easily accessible method for learning and performing the works of the masters. Each book presents the works in historical perspective for the student, and provides the means and the motivation to play these pieces in the correct stylistic, musical, and technical manner. The easily understandable format of practice strategies and musical concepts make this series enjoyable for both students and teachers.

Succeeding with the Masters begins with late-elementary repertoire, continues through intermediate-level works and also includes a few early-advanced works. Upon completion of the series, students will be well prepared for the major keyboard works by the master composers of each era.