My First Book of Bach: Favorite Pieces in Easy Piano Arrangements

by David Dutkanicz (Editor)

Overview

These special arrangements offer beginning pianists the pleasure and satisfaction of playing Bach. Students of all ages will delight in these easy, pedagogical piano arrangements of familiar melodies such as "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," "Sheep May Safely Graze," and the haunting opening from the "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.
"Arranged in order of approximate difficulty, 26 selections include "Air on a G String," "Wachet Auf," and highlights from the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and the Inventions. Additional features include a generous assortment of menuets, gavottes, bourrées, and other fun-to-play pieces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486457376
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	03/29/2007
Series:	Dover Music for Piano Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.86(w) x 10.78(h) x 0.21(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Former Dover editor David Dutkanicz holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and Columbia University. He is the editor of several books in this series.

Table of Contents

Air on a G String
Affetuoso from Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Chorale from Cantata No. 26
Menuet No. 1 from Suite in Eb Major
Menuet No. 2 from Suite in Eb Major
Arioso in G Major
Aria from Goldberg Variations
Rondo from Orchestral Suite No. 2
Musette
Sheep May Safely Graze
Adagio from Concerto for Oboe
Menuet from Anna Magdalena's Notebook
Gavotte from English Suite No. 3
Gavotte
Bouree
Gavotte from French Suite No. 5
Menuet from a Notebook for Wilhelm Friedmann Bach
Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor (opening)
Bouree from Overture in French Style
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (opening)
Prelude in C Major
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Wachet Auf
Invention in C Major
Invention in A Minor
Invention in F Major