Partitions Willard A. Palmer piano

In this edition, Palmer provides fingering and offers suggestions for the performance of ornaments and other markings as revealed through the study of original sources. The introductory material inclu...

Kuhlau's Six Sonatinas, Op. 55, prepares the student for study of the easier classical sonatas. While several of the sonatinas in this collection are standard teaching repertoire, others are not as re...

A most impressive edition of the first volume of 'The Well-Tempered Clavier,' these 24 preludes and fugues were painstakingly researched over a period of 10 years, using the most important original ma...

The nocturnes (night pieces) are among the most introspective and personal of Chopin's works. This collection of the nocturnes includes footnotes citing the differences between the manuscripts and the...

Chopin's Etudes are the foundation of a new system of technical piano playing that was radical and revolutionary the first time they appeared. They are some of the most challenging and evocative piece...

Chopin's well-known posthumous waltz is presented in its un-shortened form, with editorial fingering added. This is a good 'first waltz' from Chopin's repertoire for the late intermediate pianist.

This introduction documents the spirit of Romanticism and the evolution of the piano during the 19th century, and specifies performance suggestions. Biographical information and fascinating photograph...

With these compositions, Mendelssohn wished to encourage interpretive skills in pianists by relying more on imagery than words. With the editor's helpful introduction, including performance suggestion...

Selections from 'Scenes from Childhood' and 'Album for the Young,' plus other works comprise this useful volume. Schumann's life and works are chronicled and his style are briefly described. 64 pages.

Like the two-part inventions, Bach's three-part inventions (also known as Sinfonias) were composed as instructional material for his son, Wilhelm Friedemann. In researching the sinfonias, Willard A. P...

The Three Sonatinas, Op. 20 can be studied after the Clementi Sonatinas, Op. 36 and are also slightly more difficult than the Six Sonatinas, Op. 55. They prepare the student for study of some of the H...

As with all Alfred masterwork Editions, the 13 selections of this book appear in their original, unsimplified forms. Menuets, marches, musettes and preludes comprise this carefully edited volume for e...

This diverse collection contains dances (including the 'Menuet in G'), the 'Sonatina in G,' and 'Lustig, Traurig.' Each piece is presented in its original form with Beethoven's markings clearly indica...

The 10 pieces in this book are arranged in approximate order of difficulty and include 'Album Leaf,' the easiest mazurkas, preludes and more. Each are in their original form and retain the sensitive,...

Thoroughly researched from original sources, this volume contains 12 works in dance and other traditional keyboard forms. Mozart's easiest works from the early- and mid-compositional periods are inclu...

Thoroughly researched from original sources, this volume contains 12 works in dance and other traditional keyboard forms. Mozart's easiest works from the early- and mid-compositional periods are inclu...

These early-intermediate etudes by Louis Köhler (1820-1886) emphasize five-finger patterns, scale passages and broken chords, and are set in imitative and melody and accompaniment textures. All fit we...

Willard A. Palmer has created a scholarly edition of Handel's famous keyboard piece, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith,' including detailed performance and historical notes, facsimiles of the original 1720 e...

Bach's famous 1735 concerto, including extensive historical notes, performance notes on ornamentation, articulation and phrasing, tempos, and dynamics, as well as footnotes within the score and editor...

Bartok wrote these one-to three-page intermediate-level works 'to supply piano students with easy contemporary pieces. ' Each selection, including the familiar Evening in the Country and Bear Dance, e...

Selected from the two volumes of Bartoks For Children, these 42 works were written without octaves to fit the hands of younger players. Each piece has a descriptive title, with half including the word...

Collected from several sources, these teaching pieces were published separately in the 18th and 19th centuries as the Twelve Short Preludes and the Six Short Preludes. Students are often introduced to...

Willard A. Palmer presents here a scholarly reference and working edition of Bach's Fantasia, including photocopies of Bach's own autograph of the work from which this edition is prepared. All editori...

Your edition of the Bach Inventions is an excellent, practical edition with a splendid foreword. Students hould consider it a 'must' and I look forward to introducing it to mine.-Igor Kipnis.

This timeless collection contains selections attributed to J.S. Bach, his son C.P.E. Bach, and others. Generations of students have studied the volume's 'Menuet in G Major,' 'Musette in D Major' and t...