Willard A. Palmer

For the advanced pianist, this etude by Chopin featuring rapid arpeggios and harmonic modulations based on the key of A-flat major was named 'Aeolian Harp' by Robert Schumann. The piece consists of a...

The Four Sonatinas Op. 151 and Seven Sonatinas Op. 168 have proved to be the most enduring of Diabelli's compositions because of their importance as study material for pianists in the intermediate gra...

Transcribed from the famous original organ work, Willard Palmer presents here Bach's most well-known 'Toccata' for performance at the piano, unsimplified, and containing every note of the original pie...

One of the more well-known and often played inventions is presented here in a Willard Palmer edition that features editorial phrasing, dynamic and fingering suggestions in gray print, and footnotes cl...

A diverse collection of Beethoven's most familiar keyboard works is contained in this volume, including the 'Menuet in G Major,' 'Für Elise' and the first movement of the 'Moonlight Sonata. ' Other wo...

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.

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.

Beethoven valued these pieces highly and wrote in a letter to his pupil Ferdinand Ries that the first six pieces belonged together and the last five together. Editor Willard A. Palmer provides excelle...

This diversified collection guides students to develop stylistic performances of Bach's keyboard works. Among the 27 selections are numerous menuets, 'short' preludes and suite movements. The introduc...

One of the most important national dances of Poland, the polonaise's majestic and ceremonial character allowed Chopin to express his own patriotism. This volume contains the 16 polonaises Chopin is kn...

As there are several hundred piano studies by Czerny, it might become confusing to attempt to pick out the most effective exercises. To overcome this problem, Heinrich Germer, the original editor, cho...

These 50 excellent and systematic exercises Czerny devised for developing finger dexterity are as useful today as when they were first written. Each exercise is preceded by a statement of specific goa...

Because it deals effectively and practically with technical problems found in virtuoso keyboard music, Op. 849 has remained one of the most widely used of Czerny's collections. Each of the 30 exercise...

This popular volume offers practical training in well-articulated pianistic passage work, particularly in playing the virtuoso music of the romantic period. In addition to this, each study is a comple...

Although each study emphasizes an aspect of virtuoso piano technique, the etudes are some of the most effectively moving of all the concert works in piano literature. This 144-page volume includes the...

Bei diesen 27 ausgewählten Stücken handelt es sich um Klavierwerke aus dem italienischen, englischen, französischen und deutschen Barock. Die Ausgabe enthält nützliche Hinweise der Herausgeber zur Aus...

This thoughtful, delicate song from MacDowell's Woodland Sketches is perhaps the most well-known of his compositions. It is original, written in A major, with pedal indications added by the editor.

By spelling his name backwards, the 19th-century pianist and composer Jean Louis Gobbearts created the pseudonym under which he published many of his pieces. These simple and charming pieces with desc...

The contents of this book represent some of the composer's all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles o...

The contents of this book represent some of the composer's all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles o...

Such familiar works as Beethoven's 'Sonatina in G' and Clementi's 'Sonatina in C,' Op. 36, No. 1 are balanced by lesser-known sonatinas of Latour, Wanhal, Halsinger and Pleyel. Palmer's helpful editio...

Geared for incoming freshmen, this DVD explains and demonstrates marching basics and familiarizes the student with all standard marching commands and positions. Can be used as a self-study aid.

A prominent pianist of his day, Henri Herz (1803-1888) composed hundreds of volumes of teaching pieces and exercises. His most popular volume, these exercises include drills for finger independence, t...

Notation, fingering and keyboard diagrams for all of the important chords used in popular music.

Die bewährte Schule für Anfänger im Erwachsenenalter, deren Interesse in erster Linie auf Akkordspiel und Liedbegleitung liegt. Akkordspiel für beide Hände wie auch Melodien bekannter Songs bilden den...