David Lanz - East of the Moon (Piano Solo Personality) [Paperback] Review

"East of the Moon" is the companion songbook for David Lanz's Grammy-nominated CD by the same name. Most of that album is very orchestrated, so these transcriptions are not exactly the same as the CD, but they're fun to play and most are not too difficult. The only thing difficult about "The Green Man" is its length - sixteen pages. I didn't have any students at all who wanted to tackle that one! "Dancing With Dionysos" is great fun to play with its spirited tempo and flashy glissandos. "Chasing Aphrodite" is one of the easier pieces and most people really like its simple melody. "East of the Moon" is a great piece to play. It has some moderately challenging passages, but nothing particularly difficult that a little practice won't take care of! "On the Edge of A Dream" was one of the favorites with students. It's slow and quite easy to master in addition to being a very beautiful piece. "World At Peace" is a six-part suite that is very orchestrated on the CD. I didn't find most of the transcriptions to be very satisfying. "The Visitor" is one of my favorite of David Lanz's pieces, and no matter how much I play it, it never fails to transport me to somewhere else. It's also fairly easy, so the main teaching points with it were expression, expression, and expression. Even though I don't usually play all of the music in this book, it is one of my favorites for working with students. And of course, it has that wonderful photo on the cover with the hand sign that David Lanz says means "Buy My Album!" Recommended!

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The matching folio to this new age greatÕs latest release features piano solo arrangements of: And Time Stood Still ¥ Chasing Aphrodite ¥ Dancing with Dionysus ¥ East of the Moon ¥ The Green Man ¥ On the Edge of a Dream ¥ Tara ¥ World at Peace ¥ The Visitor ¥ and more.

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David Lanz - Sacred Road (Piano Solo Personality) [Paperback] Review

I have been playing music from this book for almost two years and I still enjoy most of the pieces. There is a nice mix of fast and slow pieces. I think David's music is very open to personal interpretation, which makes for a different experience depending upon what I bring to the piano at the time.Person favorites include Nocturne, Before the Last Leaf Falls, The Long Goodbye, Variations on a Theme from Pachelbel's Canon, and Knights in White Satin.David's music is complex enough to interest the experienced player but not so difficult to frustrate you.Some of the passages do take time to master but it is well worth the effort.

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Selected Songs for Solo Voice and Piano [Paperback] Review

At such a low price, this is an excellent collection of some of the best Lieder from this era. Organized by opus, it is a great reference book for scholars, historians, theorists, singers, teachers, and song enthusiasts alike.

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Over 100 of Schumann's greatest lieder, set to poems by Heine, Goethe, Byron, others. Breitkopf & Härtel edition.

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