Schott Music Der Konzertband

The ‘Concert Volume’ from the series ‘Playing the Piano – My Favourite Hobby’ is now also available as an edition with an online audio file and is aimed at all beginners and those returning to the instrument.

It is ideal as a supplement to the method book ‘Playing the Piano – My Favourite Hobby’ (NOT0000526-000) as well as any other piano method, and helps to make lessons interesting and varied thanks to its simply arranged mix of classical, pop and folk music.

The online audio file contains all the pieces for listening practice and as an auditory learning aid.

Schott Music The Concert Book Contents:

• J.S. Bach: Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. 116, from the “Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach”
• J. Pachelbel: Fugue
• E. Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory from ‘Pomp and Circumstances’ Op. 39/1
• The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals/Traditional)
• G. Verdi: La donna è mobile, aria from the opera ‘Rigoletto’
• J. Ivanovici: Waves of the Danube, waltz
• Malagueña (Traditional)
• Sloop John B. (The Beach Boys/Traditional)
• P.I. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, theme from the ballet of the same name
• M. Clementi: Rondo (Phil Collins)
• E. di Capua/G. Capurro: O sole mio
• Aura Lee (E. Presley/Traditional)
• A. Rubinstein: Melody, theme from Op. 3/1
• Auld Lang Syne (Joan Baez/Scottish ballad)
• W.A. Mozart: Minuet in F major, K. 2
• Greensleeves (Traditional)
• L. v. Beethoven: Für Elise (theme)
• J.S. Bach: Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132 from the ‘Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach’
• P. de Senneville/O. Toussaint: Ballade pour Adeline (Richard Clayderman)
• F. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, theme from the first movement, Op. 11
• C. Saint-Saëns: The Swan from ‘The Carnival of the Animals’
• E. Humperdinck: ‘In the evening, when I go to sleep’ from the fairy-tale opera ‘Hansel and Gretel’
• P. I. Tchaikovsky: Waltz from the ballet ‘Sleeping Beauty’
• T. Giordani: ‘Caro mio ben’, aria
• E. Grieg: Morning Mood from the ‘Peer Gynt Suite’, Op. 46/1
• F. Smetana: The Moldau, theme from the symphonic poem ‘My Fatherland’
• S. Joplin: ‘The Entertainer’ from the film ‘The Sting’
• L. v. Beethoven: Sonatina in G major
• G. Puccini: Un bel di vedremo, aria from the opera “Madame Butterfly”
• J. Strauss Jr.: The Blue Danube, waltz from Op. 314
• P. I. Tchaikovsky: Old French Song
• L. v. Beethoven: ‘O Joy, Beautiful Spark of the Gods’, theme from the 4th movement of the 9th Symphony
• J.S. Bach: March, BWV Anh., from the “Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach”
• E. John: ‘Song for Guy’
• F. Liszt: Liebestraum, Nocturne No. 3
• G. Verdi: Chorus of the Prisoners from the opera ‘Nabucco’
• J. Pachelbel: Canon for strings and basso continuo
• S. Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
• R. Schumann: ‘Of Foreign Lands and People’ from ‘Scenes from Childhood’, Op. 15 No. 1
• G.F. Handel: Sarabande from the 11th Suite in D minor
• P.I. Tchaikovsky: Flower Waltz from the ballet *The Nutcracker*, Op. 71