Publisher's Synopsis
Ave Maria Easy Piano Collection Little Pear Tree Series
Popular Classics for Novice Pianists by SilverTonalities!
Letter Names embedded in Noteheads to enable Novice Pianists to read Music quickly and accurately!
- PREVIEW, pages 1-2
- RAINDROP PRELUDE Opus 28 Number 15, is one of 24 Preludes written between 1837-1838 by the famous Polish Composer, Frederick Chopin. The original Prelude is in the Key of D Flat Major, pages 3-6
- CARO MIO BEN, is an Aria written by the Italian Composer of Opera in 1783, Guiseppe Giordani and is one of his most well known works, pages, 7-9
- TARANTELLA ON A RUSSIAN FOLK SONG, was written in 1843 by the Russian Composer Mikhail Glinka and is also known as "In the Field There Stood a Birch Tree", pages 10-14
- AIR HWV 438 in F Major is from the German Baroque Composer George Friedrich Handel's 3 Piece Suite "The Water Music" for full Orchestra which premiered in 1717, pages 15-17
- LA BELLE HELENE WALTZ is from the French Composer Jacques Offenbach's 3 Act Opera Bouffee which premiered in Paris in 1864. Opera Bouffe is late 19th Century Operetta which contains elements of comedy and parody, pages 18-22
- AVE MARIA is the 3rd of three Songs based on a section of a Poem by Sir Walter Scott named "The Lady of the Lake" with the Music being written by the Austrian Composer Franz Schubert in 1825, pages 23-25
- WALTZ OPUS 39 NUMBER 13, written by the German Composer Johannes Brahms in 1866, is one of 16 Short Waltzes for Piano Solo, pages 27-28
- BARBER OF SEVILLE, written by the famous Italian Composer of Opera, Gioachino Rossini is a 2 Act Comic Opera which premiered in Rome, Italy in 1816, pages 29-34
- THE WASHINGTON POST MARCH was written in 1889 by the American Composer and Conductor of Military Marches John Philip Sousa, pages 35-40