Michał Woźny: In the Land of Melodies 1

Michał Woźny: In the Land of Melodies 1

In the Land of Melodies 1 is a collection of favourite pieces arranged in an easy piano setting, intended primarily for children and beginner pianists. The publication contains 76 easy piano pieces, including works by Polish and international composers as well as popular melodies and folk songs.

The collection features arrangements of themes from operas, operettas, ballets and symphonic music, together with well-known folk and popular melodies. Young pianists can become acquainted with music by composers such as Stanisław Moniuszko, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fryderyk Chopin, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms.

The accessible arrangements make this publication a useful and attractive supplement to piano lessons and encourage young performers to explore familiar musical repertoire.

Characteristics:

• Instrumentation: Solo piano

Table of contents:

• O. P. Freire – Ay, ay, ay
• P. Tchaikovsky – Andante cantabile from the D major Quartet
• J. Haydn – Andante from the “Surprise” Symphony
• J. Strauss – Adele’s Aria from the operetta “Die Fledermaus”
• G. Puccini – Butterfly’s Aria from “Madama Butterfly”
• S. Moniuszko – Skołuba’s Aria from “The Haunted Manor”
• F. Schubert – Ave Maria
• P. Tchaikovsky – Barcarolle
• J. Offenbach – Barcarolle from “The Tales of Hoffmann”
• – Hawaiian Song
• – Silent Night, the Scent of Flowers All Around
• – Popular Melody
• – The Team Sings
• “Mazowsze” Ensemble – The Little Bird Flew By
• I. Ivanovici – The Danube Waves
• A. Karasiński – François
• – Folk Melody
• – Little Grove
• Ch. W. Gluck – Gavotte
• A. Czibulka – Gavotte
• S. Moniuszko – “If I Were the Morning Sun” – Halka’s Aria from “Halka”
• A. Dvořák – Humoresque
• – Folk Melody – Beyond the Water
• – Folk Melody – Little Apple Tree
• “Śląsk” Ensemble – Karlik
• M. Błatner – Katyusha
• B. Flies – Cradle Song
• B. Godard – Cradle Song from “Jocelyn”
• S. Moniuszko – Cossack
• “Mazowsze” Ensemble – The Cuckoo
• Ch. Gounod – “Flowers, Tell Her” – Siebel’s Aria from “Faust”
• S. Yradier – La Paloma
• C. M. Weber – “Softly, Quietly the Song Floats” – Agathe’s Aria from “Der Freischütz”
• E. Waldteufel – The Skaters
• I. Dunayevsky – March of the Enthusiasts
• E. Grieg – Homage March from the suite “Sigurd Jorsalfar”
• G. Bizet – Toreador March from “Carmen”
• G. Verdi – Triumphal March from “Aida”
• W. A. Mozart – Turkish March
• F. Mendelssohn – Wedding March from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
• F. Liszt – Liebesträume (Nocturne III)
• – Folk Melody – Mazurka
• E. Nevin – The Narcissus
• J. B. Pergolesi – Nina – Aria
• – Italian Folk Song – O Mari, O Mari
• K. Zeller – The Little Miller Girl – Waltz from “The Mineworker”
• – Popular Melody – O My Rosemary
• E. di Capua – O Sole Mio
• – Gypsy Romance – Dark Eyes
• – Popular Melody – Oka
• M. Karłowicz – I Remember Quiet, Bright, Golden Days
• R. Wagner – Song to the Evening Star from “Tannhäuser”
• N. Rimsky-Korsakov – Indian Song from “Sadko”
• – Popular Melody – Kuba Drinks to Kuba
• S. Moniuszko – Song of the Arms from “The Countess”
• L. Różycki – Caton’s Song from “Casanova”
• Z. Turski – First of May Song
• S. Moniuszko – Soldier’s Song
• – Popular Melody – Beneath Kraków the Black Earth
• Z. Fibich – Poem
• Z. Noskowski – Elegiac Polonaise
• R. Leoncavallo – Morning
• S. Moniuszko – The Spinner
• A. Kątski – The Lion Awakens
• F. Schubert – Serenade
• R. Drigo – Serenade from the ballet “The Millions of Harlequin”
• – Happy Birthday
• – Folk Melody – There on the Meadow
• I. Albéniz – Tango
• – Folk Melody – The Fish Danced with the Crayfish
• – Italian Folk Song – Veni sul mar
• – Folk Melody – In the Stone Cellar
• J. Brahms – Waltz, Op. 39 No. 15
• L. Delibes – Waltz from the ballet “Sylvia”
• S. Jones – Waltz from the operetta “The Geisha”
• F. Suppé – Waltz from the overture “The Peasant and the Poet”
• G. Verdi – “So Let Us Drink” – Chorus from “La Traviata”
• G. Verdi – Introduction to Act I of “La Traviata”
• F. Chopin – The Wish