Selected Piano Music for Children by Nineteenth-century Female Composers
Author | : Pei-Jung Huang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-13 | : OCLC:1125265039 |
ISBN-10 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Selected Piano Music for Children by Nineteenth-century Female Composers written by Pei-Jung Huang and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) and Amy Beach (1867-1944) were two significant pianists and composers in the nineteenth century. They both wrote elementary and intermediate-level pieces suitable for young students. Among these educational pieces are works with titles specific to "children." These pieces are: Chaminade's Children's Album I, op. 123; Children's Album II, op. 126 and Beach's Children's Carnival, op. 25; Children's Album, op. 36. In this paper, eighteen pieces selected from their works are analyzed and categorized into three levels. Preparatory exercises are provided for each piece.