I Begin to Play the Piano. Vol. 2

ТНЕ COMPILERS’ REMARKS 

This collection is intended as а training aid for beginners in piano-playing. It will bе useful in teaching the piano in music schools, piano groups or whatever. 

А characteristic of this training aid is that it is essentially the school, which includes а comprehensive material necessary for the development in children musical abilities and artistic taste as well as for providing their pianistic skills at the stage of primary teaching (approximately two years of training). Although this aid is intended to develop necessary technical pianistic skills, it is very important that the compilers accentuated artistic values of music compositions included into the collection. 

The volume consists of two parts, those being constructed according to different methodic principles. The first part, which presents the school proper, provides musical compositions which ensure the fulfilment оf fundamental tasks of primary piano teaching. The second part compiled оп the genre principle of the choice оf compositions offers ап opportunity to diverse the repertoire оf pupils with pieces, etudes, exercises, polyphonic pieces and large-form compositions. In the compilers' opinion the quantity of compositions comprising the five sections of the second part оf this collection is quite sufficient for the fulfilment of primary pedagogical tasks in teaching children with different musical and technical capabilities. 

The whole musical material is chosen bу the compilers in accordance with the principale of system analysis and is presented in consecutive order, pupils individual peculiarities having bееn taken into account. The material inside every part is grouped in the sequence from easy to difficult patterns. 

The marks for teachers are certain not to bе ultimate. It necessary, teachers mау modify fingering, phrasing or strokes taking into consideration individual peculiarities оf their pupils.

Contents:

PART 2
   1. Yu. Litovko. Canon (Music text example)
   2. N. Lubarsky. Duet
   3. H. Häßler. Minuet
   4. M. Glinka. Polyphonic Piece
   5. J. Krieger. Minuet
   6. Сh. Dieupart. Minuet
   7. А. Goedicke. Fugato
   8. J. S. Васh. Aria
   9. S. Maikapar. Canon
PIECES
   1. Yu. Levitin. March 
   2. D. Türk. Arioso
   3. Ukrainian folk song
   4. V. Volkov. Firef1ies
   5. L. Mozart. Humoresque
   6. W. А. Mozart. Minuet
   7. В. Bartok. Piece
   8. В. Bartok. Song
   9. J. Haydn. Minuet
   10. А. Goedicke. Merry Song
   11. S. Maikapar. Fairy-tale
   12. Yu. Vinogradov. Dance of Bear-cubs
   13. А. Goedicke. Song
   14. Zh. Metallidi. Rain
   15. Zh. Metallidi. My Horse
   16. L. Mozart. Bourree
   17. D. Steibelt. Adagio
   18. S. Maikapar. Little Shepherd
   19. S. Maikapar. Meditation
   20. J. Sаint-Luс. Воurrее
   21. N. Lubarsky. Song
   22. А. Goedicke. Piece
   23. S. Maikapar. Waltz
   24. А. Zhylinsky. Merry Little Shepherd
   25. L. Mozart. Minuet
   26. D. Shostakovitch. March
   27. V. Rossin. Shepherd’s Song
   28. В. Bartók. Piece
   29. А. Grechaninov. Primrose
   30. S. Maikapar. Children’s Piece
   31. V. Salmanov. Evening Song
VARIATIONS, SONATINAS, RONDOS
   1. А. Dyubyuk. Russian Song with the Variation (Music text example)
   2. I. Litkova. Variations on а theme of the Byelorussian folk song
   3. А. Goedicke. Sonatina
   4. I. Berkovich. Variations on а theme of the Russian folk song
   5. I. Berkovich. Sonatina
   6. T. Nazarova. Variations on а theme of the Russian folk song
   7. А. Goedicke. Little rondo
   8. L. van Beethoven. Sonatina. Movement 1
   9. D. Steibelt. Sonatina. Movement 1
   10. F. Dušek. Sonatina. Movement 1
ETUDES
   1. А. Nikolaev (Music text example)
   2. S. Lyakhovitskaya
   3. S. Lyakhovitskaya
   4. D. Levidova
   5. L. Schitte
   6. L. Schitte
   7. N. Lubarsky
   8. I. Berkovich
   9. I. Berkovich
   10. А. Lösсhhоrn
   11. Yu. Nekrasov
   12. I. Berkovich
   13. L. Schitte
   14. I. Berkovich
   15. А. Zhylinsky
   16. F. Lecouppey
   17. С. Gurlitt
   18. А. Goedicke
   19. L. Schitte
   20. К. Sorokin
   21. К. Sorokin
   22. I. Berkovich (Theme by Paganini)
   23. А. Goedicke
   24. А. Zhylinsky
   25. А. Goedicke
   26. E. Gnesina
   27. А. Goedicke
   28. А. Goedicke
   29. А. Goedicke
   30. C. Gurlitt
   Exercises No 1–25