Jan Hoffman, Adam Rieger: Early Dances and Melodies for Piano, Vol. 3

Jan Hoffman, Adam Rieger: Early Dances and Melodies for Piano, Vol. 3

Early Dances and Melodies, Volume 3, edited by Jan Hoffman and Adam Rieger, contains a selection of works by early masters intended for piano study. The pieces are grouped according to the composers’ national traditions – France, Italy and Germany – allowing students to recognize distinctive stylistic characteristics of different musical traditions.

This arrangement does not allow the pieces to be presented in a strictly progressive order of difficulty. The teacher should therefore decide on the appropriate sequence for studying the works according to the student's level and individual abilities.

Characteristics:

• Edited by: Jan Hoffman, Adam Rieger
• Instrumentation: Solo piano

Table of contents:

• Johann Buttstedt – Air in F major
• Anonymous – Allegro in A major
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Allegro in C minor
• Anonymous – Aria in A major
• Joseph Haydn – Arietta H XVIII/3
• Jean-Philippe Rameau – Gigue et Rondeau
• François Couperin – Le Dodo, ou l’amour au Berceau
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Lustig-traurig
• Johann Philipp Kirnberger – Masura
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Minuet in D minor
• Giovanni Pergolesi – Minuet in E major
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Minuet in G major
• Jean-Philippe Rameau – Minuet I and II
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet – Minuet-Rondo in D major
• Joseph Haydn – Presto (Finale from Sonata in A major) H VI/26
• Joseph Haydn – Variations en Rondeau in D major
• Domenico Zipoli – Versi I and II
• Ludwig van Beethoven – Waltz in D major