Suzuki Piano School New International Edition Piano Book, Volume 1

The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 1 includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. While the music selections in Volume 1 remain the same as the earlier edition, the spacious new engraving with minimal editing generally keeps only one piece per page. Instruction material in many pieces from Volume 1 has been removed in lieu of right-hand studies at the top of the page and left-hand studies at the bottom. Tempo markings are now included on many pieces. Titles: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) Lightly Row (German Folk Song) The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song) Cuckoo (German Folk Song) Lightly Row (German Folk Song) French Children's Song (French Folk Song) London Bridge (English Folk Song) Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song) Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) Au Clair de la Lune (J. B. Lully) Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly) Little Playmates (F. X. Chwatal) Chant Arabe (Anonymous) Allegretto 1 (C. Czerny) Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song) Allegretto 2 (C. Czerny) Christmas-Day Secrets (T. Dutton) Allegro (S. Suzuki) Musette (Anonymous).

Autorentext
Shinichi Suzuki, geboren in Nagoya, Japan, als Sohn des Gründers der weltgrößten Geigenfabrik, erlernte das Geigenspielen erst in seinem siebzehnten Lebensjahr. Nach Beendigung seines Studiums in Tokio ging er nach Berlin, wo er acht Jahre Karl Klinglers Schüler war. Dann kehrte er 1928 mit seiner Frau Waltraud nach Japan zurück, um Konzerte zu geben und zu unterrichten.
Erst gründete er mit dreien seiner Brüder das Suzuki-Quartett, entdeckte dann das Lernvermögen sehr kleiner Kinder und errichtete das jetzt weltbekannte Talenterziehungs-Institut.
Seine Methode hat Professor Clifford Cook so tief beeindruckt, dass dieser sie auch im Oberlin-College-Konservatorium einführte.

Inhalt

Titel: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) Lightly Row (German Folk Song) The Honeybee (Bohemian Folk Song) Cuckoo (German Folk Song) Lightly Row (German Folk Song) French Children's Song (French Folk Song) London Bridge (English Folk Song) Mary Had a Little Lamb (American Nursery Song) Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) Au Clair de la Lune (J. B. Lully) Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly) Little Playmates (F. X. Chwatal) Chant Arabe (Anonymous) Allegretto 1 (C. Czerny) Goodbye to Winter (Folk Song) Allegretto 2 (C. Czerny) Christmas-Day Secrets (T. Dutton) Allegro (S. Suzuki) Musette (Anonymous).