Beginning Piano Solos

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I'm a career piano teacher with a doctorate in music, and I adore this book. It has such a perfect combination of pieces that it's worth as many as five or six books all by itself. It has Bach Minuets, Mozart Minuets, Beethoven and Haydn German Dances, selections from Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Kabalevsky....it's a wonderful cross section of the best literature. If your student has finished with the pedagogical "starter" repertoire and is ready for his/her first real classical pieces from the canon of repertoire, this is the book for that stage of development. Many books try to accomplish this task but end up being dreary with boring selections. All the selections in this one are beautiful and enjoyable.

My 9 year old's piano teacher suggested this book. For him it has been very easy to follow. He actually thumbs through the book on his own.

Teacher recommended.....This book is an excellent source for the student that has finished method books and for intermediate to sight-reading material. I like the way it is organized by composer. The binding could be better.

There are LOTS of songs in this book - and many of the well-known classics.They are all original compositions, but they are not graded, nor in the book in order of difficulty, so you have to look and play through to see what will work for your student. This seems like a great book for introducing a student to the classics, or for sight reading practice for more accomplished student.