First Lessons In Bach

This collection of 28 short, melodious pieces by J. S. Bach was compiled and edited by Walter Carroll in order to provide a varied set of easier compositions for study by pianists first being introduced to Bach's work. Includes 11 Minuets, 4 Polonaises, 3 Marches, 2 Musettes, a Bourree, 4 Gavottes, a Scherzo, a Sarabande, and a Prelude.

Books I and II of this traditional edition of Musical Classics have been combined in an affordable new volume. An excellent resource for Late Elementary to Early Intermediate pianists.

This diversified collection guides students to develop stylistic performances of Bach's keyboard works. Among the 27 selections are numerous menuets, "short" preludes and suite movements. The introductory material contains an excellent discussion of ornamentation, rhythm, articulation, tempo and dynamics in the keyboard music of this master composer.

Learn from the master. Johann Sebastian Bach composed countless pieces specifically for his many students. My First Bach contains many of these educational pieces which are, for the most part, arranged in increasing difficulty. Easy two-part chorales and dances are followed by more demanding little preludes, two-part inventions and the first Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier.

Magnificent compilation includes Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, Italian Concerto, Air Varied in the Italian Manner, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, and Prelude and Fugue in C Minor; more.

All 48 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys. Authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition. Explanation of ornaments in English, tempo indications, music corrections.

Classical/Opera Piano Solos