World Renowned Piano Pieces, Book 1 Compiled By David Willison

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World Renowned Piano Pieces, Book 1 Compiled By David Willison, Any help?

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musicfreak	Jul 8 2008, 08:32 PM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 321 Joined: 10-January 08 Member No.: 22920	My piano teacher bought me this to learn some pieces from as she says I need to be able to play lots of G7 standard material before taking the exam (I took G6 in Spring.) Fine, but I'm finding all of it really hard! Any tips on a good piece to start with? The only two I can really do are Solfeggietto and Fur Elise, which I learnt ages ago before I got the book. Last year after G5 I learnt Rondo Alla Turca easily and really enjoyed it but I'm struggling to find anything this time round... Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Edward474453	Jul 9 2008, 09:16 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 9-March 04 From: Sutton, Surrey Member No.: 718	This is an absolutely fantastic collection. My teacher used it a lot to build up my repertoire before I took Grade 6. Just to give you an idea, I worked on the following over two years or so (one at a time, not all at once!) Le Coucou - Daquin Prelude in F - Bach Fantasia in D minor - Mozart Sonata in C - Mozart The three Chopin preludes Arietta - Grieg Butterfly- Grieg Waltz Op.39, no.3 - Brahms To a Wild Rose - Macdowell Nimrod (Enigma Variations) - Elgar The brilliant thing about the book is that all the pieces (except the Granados and Rachmaninoff) are between Grades 5 and 8. Try one of the shorter pieces to start with, and you should be able go from there. Failing that, get your teacher to suggest one.

Steve M	Aug 21 2012, 02:41 PM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 7-May 05 From: North - East Somerset Member No.: 3633	Can anyone name all of the composers drawn on the front cover? So far I've got Mozart (top), Schubert, Beethoven, Handel & Bach, (although I don't know which is which),top row, then I'm stuck. Second row is, I think, Schumann, Somebody, Chopin, Somebody, Liszt, and bottom row, I can only guess Tcaikovsky on the right. Anyone got them all?

Edward474453	Aug 26 2012, 12:10 PM Post #4
Member Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 9-March 04 From: Sutton, Surrey Member No.: 718	QUOTE(Steve M @ Aug 21 2012, 03:41 PM) Can anyone name all of the composers drawn on the front cover? So far I've got Mozart (top), Schubert, Beethoven, Handel & Bach, (although I don't know which is which),top row, then I'm stuck. Second row is, I think, Schumann, Somebody, Chopin, Somebody, Liszt, and bottom row, I can only guess Tcaikovsky on the right. Anyone got them all? I was going to look this up using Google Image search, but think it's more fun to guess. On the first row, from left to right, it's Schubert, Beethoven, Bach and Handel. The second row, I think is Schumann, Somebody, Somebody (I used to think this was Haydn, but now not so sure), Rachmaninov and Liszt. Then, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy and Tchaikovsky along the bottom...

Steve M	Aug 28 2012, 09:35 PM Post #5
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 7-May 05 From: North - East Somerset Member No.: 3633	Think I've got the middle row, Schumann, Elgar, Chopin, Rachmaninoff & Liszt. So, I thought the bottom row started with debussy, but if that's Brahms, then Debussy's next to Tchaik., and we've cracked it! ThanksEd!

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