American Essentials: Piano Solo

By Lawrence Rosen

Contents: Samuel Barber: Under the Willow Tree (from Vanessa) * David Diamond (from Eight Piano Pieces): Pease-Porridge Hot, No. 1; Jumping Jacks, No. 2; Rock-a-Bye, Baby, No. 6; Lullaby, No. 8 * Morton Gould (from 10 for Deborah): Tango, Wistful, Drifting, Loud and Soft, Melody, A Happy Ending * Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches) * Philip Glass: Metamorphosis One, Metamorphosis Three * Robert Muczynski: from Fables: No. 1, 8, 9; from Diversions: No. 1, 2 * Paul Creston (from Five Littles Dances): Rustic Dance, Languid Dance * Michael Valenti: Prelude No. 4 (from Piano Preludes) * Gian-Carlo Menotti (from Amahl and the Night Visitors): Don't Cry Mother Dear, Have You Seen a Child? * George Antheil: Little Shimmy, La Femme 100 Tetes, No. IX * Morton Gould: Abby Variations * Leonard Bernstein: For Felicia Montealegre (from Four Anniversaries) * Roy Harris (from Little Suite): Sad News, Children at Play, Slumber * John Harbison: Anniversary Waltz (from Four More Occasional Pieces) * Norman Dello Joio: 1/3's (from Short Intervallic Etudes) * Leon Kirchner (from Little Suite): Prelude, No. 1; Song, No. 2.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0793586321
• ISBN13: 9780793586325
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: G. Schirmer
• Length: 68 Pages