Masterpieces for Children

Thomas Mastroianni

Little Music Book for Anna Magdalena Bach

Minuets, Polonaises, Arias, Chorales, Partitas, French Suites, WTC Preludes

• Minuet in G (p3) Anonymous

Ornaments, Harmonic Filler• Rondeau #6

Ornaments in the French Style• Minuet in A Min. #14

Imitation, contrapuntal style• Aria #26 (Goldberg Variations Theme)

Notebook for W.F. Bach

• Inventions

• WTC Preludes

• “Fantasias”

• Misc. - Minuets, etc.

• Works by other composers

J. Haydn

• Sonata # 2 in C (p. 5)pre 1766 i Rounded Binaryii Menuetiii Finale (Sonata Allegro)

• Sonata #8 in A Major (p.32)Harpsichord Style

Beethoven

• Bagatelles, Op 3#3 F Major (p.10) forward phrase motion toward sfslurs and repeated notes

• 6 Bagatelles Op. 126 (p.71) more difficult• 2 Preludes in all keys Op. 39

#2 C Major (p.25)3 & 4 voice textures in 1 meas. BitesCircle of all keys

Beethoven

• Sonata Op 49 # 2 (p.73) Tutti vs. small ensemble

simple accom. PatternsLH technique

Menuet LH double notes and reaches

Heller

• Romantic Etudes - Op.125 #3 (p.11)close hand positionssimple chords (mostly diatonic)

• Op.47 # 15 (p.15)LH melodic playingclear harmony, easily blocked

Chopin Preludes

• E Minor # 4 Harmonic Voice Leading and PhrasingBalance and tone imagry

• A Major # 7Melodic Projection, Tone colors

• Db Major # 15 (p.35)LH voicing and balanceRepeated notes tone colors and balance

• C Minor #20 (p.51)Chord phrasing and colors.

• G Minor #22 (p.54)8ve technique, arm technique and tone color

MacDowell

• Woodland Sketches Op 51To a Wild Rose – forward phrasingColor contrast

• In AutumnStaccato, vs detache, vs slurs

Kabalevsky - Sonatina # 1

• Harmonic Layering and Parallelism

• Touch and Tone

Khachaturian Toccata

• Rhythmic Hand Alternation

• Tritone Relationship

• “B” section Rhythmic groupings

• Fingering

Ernest Bloch Poems of the Sea

• Poetry and Muisc

• Waves – harmonic content

• Chanty - simple accompanimentRhythmic Subdivions (2, 3 and 4)Wide spaced LH sonorities

• At Sea – Dorian Mode

Debussy Two Arabesques

• 1st Arabesque – parallel harmoniesPentatonic Figuration

• 2nd ArabesquePentatonic structure of themeOrnaments

BartokPiano Pieces for Children

• # 33 - Dorian Melody (minus d)Color Harmony, Chord patterns and clusters.

• #42 - Folk Song, modal, drone accomp.BAgpipes

BartokMikrokosmos

• Vol. 4• Notturno # 97 (p.6)

Added Note Harmony StudyConjunct Melody

• From the Island of Bali # 109 (p.24)Thematic Cells ½ step, Tritone, symmetry

• Bulgarian RhythmDrone Ostinato Phrase Direction

Bartok Roumanian Folk Dances

• 1 – LH jumps, pedalling, phrase direction

• 2 – Phrasing to end note, Dorian mode

• 3 – Ledger line reading, touch and ornaments, Bagpipe effect.

• 4 – Sonority study

• 5 - Asymmetric rhythm groups, LH mobility6 – Rhythmic Ostenato LH, end of phrase accents

HindemithSonata No. 2

• ModalityAccompaniment Layers

• Theory of interval tension (see B theme)

Krenek12 Short Piano Pieces

• # 4 The Moon Rises