Books published by EDITION PETERS

The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019/2020 contains 24 examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the piano syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The anthology is enhanced with performance and aural notes on each piece from leading educational experts.

A Grand Tour of Cello Technique is a thought-provoking practice guide, enabling cellists at all levels to develop their own style through an exploration of different ways of fingering and bowing. The book not only helps cellists improve their playing, but also promotes an understanding of musical art, through nine stimulating chapters: Introducing Twelve TonesTriads and Seventh ChordsCircle of FifthsScalesMetronome GamesHarmonics and Open StringsLateral MotionExtended Techniques and a Discussion of the BowPracticing TogetherWith a particular emphasis on music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and its connections with earlier music, Fred Sherry takes the readeron a voyage of discovery of the art and science of cello technique, informed by music ranging from Bach all the way through to Berio.

A Manual for Teaching and SelfTeaching the Violin.

A selection of songs from the ABRSM Syllabus Revised and Expanded Edition High Voice.

Just as this remarkable series of works spanned virtually the whole of Faure's compositional career, so they can give us a lifetime of enrichment. One can only marvel at the source of inspiration which brought into being such profound utterances as the 6th or 10th Nocturnes, to name but two examples. The 'Nocturnes' had a particularly unfortunate publishing history. As a result, Howat identifies literally hundreds of corrections, amendments and alternatives deriving directly from Faure's own pen. Characteristically, Howat is also always alert to the restless, fecund spirit of Faure's creativity; as such, he tends to regard slight discrepancies in repeat or parallel passages as perfectly deliberate, rather than composer 'errors' to be standardized. Among the multiplicity of sources consulted are piano-roll recordings of three of the Nocturnes by the composer himself."A new edition of Fauré's Thirteen Nocturnes has long been needed, to clean up literally hundreds of old misprints and dubieties. Indeed, towards the end of his life Fauré prepared a corrected edition of his first eight Nocturnes, but this went so badly wrong that he tried, just before he died, to block its publication. Undeterred, the publisher concerned (Hamelle) issued it in that state in 1924, and that's what's been available since - cluttered since the 1950s by editorial fingering.The new London Peters edition (which replaces the Leipzig one) has compared all known manuscripts and prints from Fauré's lifetime, along with some piano rolls recorded by Fauré and memoirs and scores marked up by pianists who worked with him. A few of Fauré's own printed copies survive, showing numerous written corrections by him that never made it into the 1924 re-edition and which are now printed for the first time. The preface includes some performing advice that can be traced back to Fauré; it bears out his wish to have his music played in time and up to his dynamics, without sentimental rallentandi or soggy rubato."Roy Howat, 200613 Nocturnes fÿr Klavier“In der Klaviermusik ist kein Platz fÿr Firlefanz“, schrieb Gabriel Fauré seiner Frau Marie 1910. Diese Nÿchternheit ÿbertrÿgt er auf seine 13 Nocturnes, die anstatt Trÿumereien elegante Klavierwerke sind.Sie begleiten ihn schon durch sein ganzes Leben, beeinflussen sein Schaffen und lassen ihn sich auf das Wesentliche konzentrieren. Von der ersten Nocturne bis zur letzten vergehen 50 Jahre, und doch blieb Fauré sich und seinem Stil treu. Im Gegensatz zu anderen Komponisten, die sich der Gattung annahmen, verzichtet er meist auf allzu virtuose Eskapaden und verlÿsst sich darauf, durch warme Tonarten mit einigen Vorzeichen, Modulationen und nette Melodien zu ÿberzeugen.Zusÿtzlich zum Notentext verfÿgt diese Ausgabe von Roy Howat ÿber ein ausfÿhrliches historisch-theoretisches Vorwort und einen kritischen Kommentar ÿber die revidierte Version.Â

A progressive sightreading course for Piano with additional material by Paul Terry.

A progressive sightreading course for Piano with additional material by Paul Terry.

A progressive sightreading course for Piano with additional material by Paul Terry.

Inspired by a poem of the same name by Paul Verlaine, Clair de lune (Moonlight) is one of the most evocative and popular of all piano pieces. This edition of the single movement, extracted from the complete Suite bergamasque is edited by Hans Swarsensky.

Piano Score and Part.

Low Voice.