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The instructional materials I choose are intended to develop a student from the beginning stages of learning to an advanced level in a way that is engaging, enjoyable, and effective.  My materials include traditional method and exercise books, as well as simple variations of pieces in the standard piano repertoire.  Below is a partial list of early preparation materials organized by genre and composer.  My goal in using these pieces is to address the technical and stylistic issues, as well as the musical difficulties presented by each genre.

Baroque

J.S. Bach
a.       Selections from Notebook for   Anna  Magdalena Bach
b.      First Lessons in Bach
c.       18 Short Preludes
d.      Selections from the French       and English  Suites
e.       Selections from Little Preludes   and Fugues
Handel
a.      Easier Favorites: Easy to              Moderately Difficult Piano
b.      The First Book for Young Pianists
Scarlatti
a.       Sixty Sonatas, Volumes I and II
b.      Ten Sonatas for the Piano












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Classical

Haydn
a.      12 Easy Pieces
Beethoven
a.       Early, short pieces found in collection books
Mozart
a.    Select Sonatinas

Romantic

Burgmüller
a.       25 Easy and Progressive Studies for Piano, Op. 100
b.      Etudes, Op. 68, Op. 76, Op. 97
Tschaikowski
a.       Children’s Album
b.    24 Easy Pieces, Op. 39
Mendelssohn
a.       Selections from Complete Songs Without  Words
Schumann
a.    Album for the Young, Op. 68
b.    Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15
c.    Three Piano Sonatas for the Young, Op. 11
Gretchaninoff
a.       Glass Beats, Op. 123
Kabalevsky
a.    Easy Variations, Op. 40, Op. 51
Shostakovich
a.    6 Children’s Pieces, Op. 69
b.    Puppet Dances For the Piano
Chopin
a.       Easy Preludes and Mazurkas
Czerny
a.    Etudes
J.S. Bach
a.    Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach



20th Century

Satie
a.    Three Gymnopedies
Debussy
a.    Children’s Corner
Bartók
a.    For Children
b.     The First Term at the Piano
c.      Selections from Melodies from   Slovak Children’s and Folk Songs

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