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Masterpieces for Children

Masterpieces for Children. Thomas Mastroianni. Little Music Book for Anna Magdalena Bach Minuets, Polonaises, Arias, Chorales, Partitas, French Suites, WTC Preludes. Minuet in G (p3) Anonymous Ornaments, Harmonic Filler Rondeau #6 Ornaments in the French Style

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Masterpieces for Children

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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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