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Masterpieces for Children: A Musical Journey Through Time

Explore the enchanting world of classical music with "Masterpieces for Children" by Thomas Mastroianni. This delightful collection features minuet, polonaises, arias, and more from renowned composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin. Perfect for young pianists, it bridges traditional techniques with engaging pieces that inspire creativity and musicality. With sections on harmony, touch, and rhythmic development, each piece is aimed at nurturing a child's love for music. Ideal for both learning and performing, this book is a treasure trove of classical masterpieces.

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Masterpieces for Children: A Musical Journey Through Time

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  1. Masterpieces for Children Thomas Mastroianni

  2. Little Music Book for Anna Magdalena BachMinuets, Polonaises, Arias, Chorales, Partitas, French Suites, WTC Preludes • Minuet in G (p3) Anonymous Ornaments, Harmonic Filler • Rondeau #6 Ornaments in the French Style • Minuet in A Min. #14 Imitation, contrapuntal style • Aria #26 (Goldberg Variations Theme)

  3. Notebook for W.F. Bach • Inventions • WTC Preludes • “Fantasias” • Misc. - Minuets, etc. • Works by other composers

  4. J. Haydn • Sonata # 2 in C (p. 5)pre 1766 i Rounded Binary ii Menuet iii Finale (Sonata Allegro) • Sonata #8 in A Major (p.32) Harpsichord Style

  5. Beethoven • Bagatelles, Op 3 #3 F Major (p.10) forward phrase motion toward sf slurs and repeated notes • 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 (p.71) more difficult • 2 Preludes in all keys Op. 39 #2 C Major (p.25) 3 & 4 voice textures in 1 meas. Bites Circle of all keys

  6. Beethoven • Sonata Op 49 # 2 (p.73) Tutti vs. small ensemble simple accom. Patterns LH techniqueMenuet LH double notes and reaches

  7. Heller • Romantic Etudes - Op.125 #3 (p.11) close hand positions simple chords (mostly diatonic) • Op.47 # 15 (p.15) LH melodic playing clear harmony, easily blocked

  8. Chopin Preludes • E Minor # 4 Harmonic Voice Leading and PhrasingBalance and tone imagry • A Major # 7Melodic Projection, Tone colors • Db Major # 15 (p.35)LH voicing and balanceRepeated notes tone colors and balance • C Minor #20 (p.51) Chord phrasing and colors. • G Minor #22 (p.54)8ve technique, arm technique and tone color

  9. MacDowell • Woodland Sketches Op 51To a Wild Rose – forward phrasingColor contrast • In AutumnStaccato, vs detache, vs slurs

  10. Kabalevsky - Sonatina # 1 • Harmonic Layering and Parallelism • Touch and Tone

  11. Khachaturian Toccata • Rhythmic Hand Alternation • Tritone Relationship • “B” section Rhythmic groupings • Fingering

  12. Ernest Bloch Poems of the Sea • Poetry and Muisc • Waves – harmonic content • Chanty - simple accompaniment Rhythmic Subdivions (2, 3 and 4) Wide spaced LH sonorities • At Sea – Dorian Mode

  13. Debussy Two Arabesques • 1st Arabesque – parallel harmonies Pentatonic Figuration • 2nd Arabesque Pentatonic structure of theme Ornaments

  14. BartokPiano Pieces for Children • # 33 - Dorian Melody (minus d)Color Harmony, Chord patterns and clusters. • #42 - Folk Song, modal, drone accomp. BAgpipes

  15. BartokMikrokosmos • Vol. 4 • Notturno # 97 (p.6)Added Note Harmony StudyConjunct Melody • From the Island of Bali # 109 (p.24)Thematic Cells ½ step, Tritone, symmetry • Bulgarian RhythmDrone Ostinato Phrase Direction

  16. Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances • 1 – LH jumps, pedalling, phrase direction • 2 – Phrasing to end note, Dorian mode • 3 – Ledger line reading, touch and ornaments, Bagpipe effect. • 4 – Sonority study • 5 - Asymmetric rhythm groups, LH mobility6 – Rhythmic Ostenato LH, end of phrase accents

  17. HindemithSonata No. 2 • ModalityAccompaniment Layers • Theory of interval tension (see B theme)

  18. Krenek12 Short Piano Pieces • # 4 The Moon Rises

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