Focus on Melody - Volume 2

The second installment of this exceptional piano literature series continues to strengthen a student’s ability to find and project melody. The music represents a variety of keys, tempi, meters, and style. Includes technical exercises for melodic expression, descriptive summaries for each piece, and composer biographies. Contents include: Fantasia in G major Wq. 117:8 (C.P.E. Bach) - Concerto in D Minor BWV 974 2nd mvt (J.S. Bach) - Gavotte from French Suite #5 (J.S. Bach) - Buciumeana from Romanian Dances No. 4 (Bartok) - Bagatelle in F Major Op. 33 No. 3 (Beethoven) - Sonata in C# Major Op. 27 No. 2 1st mvt (Beethoven) - Dream (Bloch) - Waltz in G# Minor Op. 39 No. 3(Brahms) - Mazurka in G Minor Op. 67 No. 2 (Chopin) - Prelude in C Minor Op. 28 No. 20 (Chopin) - Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) - The Little Shepherd (Debussy) - Sonatina in C Major Op. 151 No. 4 1st mvt (Diabelli) - Epilago (Granados) - Arietta (Grieg) - Etude in E Major Op. 47 No. 16 (Heller) - Piano Piece Op. 11 No. 7 (Kodaly) - Sung Outside the Prince's Door Op. 4 No. 1 (MacDowell) - Venetian Boat Song Op. 30 No. 6 (Mendelssohn) - Fantasia in D Minor K. 397 (Mozart) - Siciliana (Muffat) - Sonata No. 6 in C Minor 3rd mvt (Pescetti) - Visions Fugitives Op. 22 No. 16 (Prokofiev) - A Ground in Gamut Z. 645 (Purcell) - Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Op. 18 Theme (Rachmaninoff) - Romance Op. 15 No. 2 (Rimsky-Korsakov) - Sonata in E Major K. 380, L. 23 (Scarlatti) - Album Leaf in C Major (Wagner).