A First Book of DVOŘÁK + Audio Online / easy piano
Publisher | DOVER PUBLICATIONS |
Genre: |
music for music school
classical & sacret |
Arrangement: | piano |
Cast: | solo |
Difficulty: | Beginner |
Format: | book + Audio Online |
Series: | A First Book Of ... |
Parameters
Product code: | DOV828909 |
Composer: | Dvořák, Antonín |
Arranger: | Dutkanicz, David |
No. of songs: | 26 |
Pages: | 44 |
Language: | English |
Size: | 21 x 28 cm |
Weight: | 154 g |
Audio examples
Songlist (36)
- Pastorale
- Kyrie
- Symphony No. 9
- Silhouettes
- String Quintet No.12
- Prague Waltzes
- Romance
- Symphony No. 8
- Waltz
- Romantic Pieces
- Symphony No. 9
- Song to the Moon
- In a Ring!
- Bacchanale
- Songs My Mother Taught Me
- Mazurka
- Cypresses
- Cello Concerto
- Grandpa Dances with Grandma
- Mazurka
- Stabat Mater
- The Question
- Chorus of the Water Nymphs
- Capriccio
- The Water Goblin
- Ballade
- Serenade for Strings
- Dumka
- The Noon Witch
- Symphony No. 9
- Serenade for Wind Instruments
- Slavonic Dances
- Violin Concerto Mvt. I
- Violin Concerto Mvt. II
- Six Piano Pieces
- Humoresque
Product description
Beginners often find the compositions of Antonin Dvořák frustratingly difficult to play, but this introductory volume provides an accessible and satisfying entrée to the Czech composer's oeuvre. Excerpts from his more abstract works are presented in manageable samples, with simplified keys and fingerings, and the pieces are presented in gradually increasing order of difficulty. There are an assortment of Dvořák's well-known and much-loved compositions. Humoresques is a piano cycle inspired by his sojourn in the United States. Slavonic Dances was influenced by Brahms' Hungarian Dances. Flavorful pieces rooted in folk music, including excerpts from the Czech Suite and Prague Waltzes and a pair of lively mazurkas are featured. Other highlights include "Songs My Mother Taught Me," "The Noon Witch," and pieces from cello and violin concertos and symphonic movements. All thirty-six selections are available as downloadable MP3s.
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904) was a Czech composer. He is one of the most important Czech composers and is the best known and most performed Czech composer in the world. Dvořák's symphonic and concert works are traditionally part of the repertoire of major orchestras around the world.