26 Pieces for Violin Players

Katherine and Hugh Colledge

• New edition of the best-selling series

 
• Edition with audio CD, another edition available with piano part

 
• First volume of the series

This book is the first volume in the best-selling series. The 26 pieces in Stepping Stones are tailored for beginners, using open strings, first finger notes and simple rhythms.

Each of the attractive reprints in this series are available in two editions – one with a CD of demonstration and accompaniment audio tracks, and another with a piano accompaniment booklet plus access to downloadable audio resources. This edition comes with a CD only, however another edition, BH 13550 also contains a piano accompaniment.

The Boosey & Hawkes Easy String music series by Katherine and Hugh Colledge contains four volumes of repertoire for new and developing string players. Popular with teachers and students alike, each title steadily introduces and consolidates new techniques, fingerings, notes and rhythms to build firm foundations for future learning.

40 Classical Guitar Miniatures from Sor to Segovia

Michael Macmeeken, Alberto Mesirca

• Includes studies, character pieces, caprices and more

 
• contains a detailed preface with performance instructions

 
• all pieces available on the included accompanying CD

This anthology contains 40 miniatures (studies, character pieces, caprices, etc.) from the classical and Romantic eras through to the 20th century, all of which are original compositions. The charming little pieces are little masterpieces by well-known composers such as Sor, Aguado and Barrios.

Most of the pieces are from the catalogue of the renowned publisher of guitar music Chanterelle. The selected pieces are of medium difficulty and technically not hard to play. They are ideal for music lessons, performances and private music-making and also wonderful as encores.

This edition contains a detailed English preface with performance instructions for each individual piece. All pieces have been recorded by Alberto Mesirca on the accompanying audio CD.

Easiest Piano Works by Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

• contains Haydn’s most loved piano pieces

 
• Great for children

 
• Easy to intermediate

This collection brings together Joseph Haydn’s most beloved piano pieces. It contains minuets and German dances, sonatas and single movements as well as a few variations – including some for four hands. In addition, it includes Haydn’s piano version of the anthem “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” which later became the German national anthem with the text by Hoffmann von Fallersleben.

Ideal for teaching and playing at home. Great works for little masters!

55 Classical Masterpieces from 5 Centuries

Martin Hegel

• well-known masterpieces arranged for the guitar

• suitable for teaching purposes and concert performances

• easy to intermediate

This collection of 55 well-known masterpieces of classical music offers arrangements that are well suited to the guitar, while remaining as faithful as possible to the original setting. This includes widely known classical melodies through to ;”>South American tangos – music for entertainment that suits the guitar particularly well. Some historical arrangements by prominent musicians of their time such as Mertz, Coste and Tarrega are a valuable addition to this collection.

This collection is a treasure trove for tuition purposes, concert performance and just for fun, with pieces presented in order of increasing difficulty.