Three Teeny Preludes
for Piano
by PDQ Bach
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Chamber Music piano

SKU: PR.110406300

For Piano. Composed by PDQ Bach. Edited by Peter Schickele. Sws. Classical. Score. With standard notation. S. .001. 8 pages. Duration 2m. Theodore Presser Company #110-40630. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110406300).

ISBN 9781491102091. UPC: 680160001095. 9x12 inches.

The editor speculates that " these three gem-like studies... were written for the composer's own use... something that he could get through himself without resorting to singing instead of playing the fast passages..." Actually, these are gem-like; charming and melodic light pieces with an occasional easy surprise. Especially recommended to piano teachers in search of new light material that will make teaching stay interesting, and to adult beginners. For studios, all pianists. Easy.
The most obvious speculation concerning the origin of these three gem-like studies is that they were written for the composer's own use in teaching piano to various Baroque and Classical youngsters. This speculation, however, is weakened if not demolished by two important facts: 1) P.D.Q. Bach rarely knew what time of day it was, or even what day it was, making it extremely unlikely that he would have been able t accommodate a regular schedule (or, as the English say, schedule) of students; b) P.D.Q. Bach's own level of proficiency at the piano would seem to preclude his being in a position to teach the instrument to anyone else. A more plausible speculation concerning the origin of these three gem-like studies is that they were written for the composer's own use, period; that is, that he wanted to write something that he could get through himself without resorting to singing instead to playing the fast passages, and muttering, "Und so fort" ("And so forth") whenever there were sixteenth notes in the left hand. Judging from internal evidence, the Three Teeny Preludes were composed in Baden Baden Baden, where the composer spent the Contrition Period of his life, trying to recuperate from the Soused Period of his life, an effort that was cut short by the composer's timely death.