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Contemporary Piano Repertoire for Young Performers

One of the best ways to keep the connection to contemporary music vital is to energize young performers with music of our own time. We've compiled a list of music written within the last century specifically composed for young performers. Performance grade levels, when known, have been provided for individual works or collections. And keep in mind, we've included works both in-print and out-of-print.
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Grading Levels
E - elementary
LE - late elementary
EI - early intermediate
I - intermediate
LI - late intermediate
EA - early advanced
A - advanced



to COMPOSERS A - K
to COMPOSERS L - Z
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PIANO COLLECTIONS
6 Piano Sonatinas by Belgian Composers (Associated Music)
Jean Absil, Victor De Bo, George Lonque, Armand Lonque, Flor Peeters, Marcel Poot
 
12 x 11: Piano Music of 20th Century America (ed. Hinson) (Alfred, 1979) [A]
Playing for time / Milton Babbitt -- Mobile / Leslie Bassett -- Variations for Agnes / Fred Coulter -- Dream images / George Crumb -- Prelude and fugue II (C minor) / David Diamond -- Souvenir / Richard Faith – Medley / Ross Lee Finney -- Homage to Milhaud ; Reel : homage to Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison -- Three love songs / Nelson Keyes -- Notturno : Bellagio adagio / Halsey Stevens -- Four piano pieces / Bruce Wise
 
22 Pieces (Associated Music, 1975; 1977) [could be same as next listing]
Dance / V. Yablakov -- At the edge of the forest / Viktor Vitlin -- Dance. Song of the mountain / Yuri Litovko -- Playtime / N. Pirkovsky --Skipping song. Figures in the funhouse mirror / V. Sapozhnikov -- A summer's eve / Roman Kotlyarevsky -- Gossiping / Ye. Vevrik -- The sparrows in the cold. The little traveler / Zhanetta Metallidi -- A Finnish lullaby / Leonid Vishkarev -- Impatience / Yakov Vaysburd -- Walking in the rain. Bitter tears / Sergei Slonimsky -- Endless waiting / Tatiana Voronina -- Bagatelle / Sergei Volfenson -- Trumpets / Yuri Falik -- A sad song / Vladimir Tzsytovich -- Bear dance / A. Smelkov -- The street-organ / Alexander Knaifel -- Waltz / Andrei Petrov
 
22 Piano Pieces by Leningrad Composers (Associated Music, 1977)
 
The 36 Contemporary Masters (ed. Tucker) (Warner)
 
36 Twentieth Century Piano Pieces (Schirmer, 196-?)
Clair de lune: menuet, op. 46, no. 2/Faure -- Czardas, op. 24, no. 4/MacDowell -- Passepied; Sarabande; La soiree dans Grenade: from Estampes/Debussy -- Serenade, op. 3, no. 5/Rachmaninoff -- Oiseaux tristes; La vallee des cloches: from Miroirs/Ravel -- Danza/John Alden Carpenter -- Lento/Cyril Scott -- Waves: from Poems of the Sea/Bloch -- Sketches: op. 9/Bartok -- Room-music Tit-Bits. Handel in the Strand: Clog Dance/Grainger -- The Fountain of the Acqua Paola: op. 7, no. 3/Charles T. Griffes -- Sonatina in G major, op. 54, no. 2/Prokofieff -- Prelude no. 2 from Ten Preludes/Chavez -- Bagatelles, op. 5: nos. 1 &  5/Tcherepnin -- Toccata no. 2/Antheil -- Dancing Toys; Indian-Summer Day: from 12 Short Piano Pieces, op. 83/Krenek -- Toccata/Khachaturian -- First movement from Sonata no. 3, op. 46/Kabalevsky -- Three-Score Set/William Schuman -- Pastoral dance; Festive Dance: from 5 Little Dances, op. 24/Creston -- 3 Fantastic Dances, op. 1 [i.e. op. 5]/Shostakovitch -- Excursions, op. 20. II; III; Nocturne, op. 33: Homage to John Field/Barber --  Prelude from Music for Piano/Fine -- Suite for piano: II; III/Dello Joio -- Four anniversaries  1948/Bernstein -- Preludes nos. 2 &  6: from Six preludes, op. 6/Muczynski
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54 Piano Pieces from Janacek to Chick Corea (Schott) [A]
 
Adventures in Time and Space: Studies for Contemporary Music, Vol. 1 (Belwin Mills, 1975; Alfred)
 
Album of Piano Pieces for Children by Japanese Contemporary Composers, I (Shunju-sha, 1967)
Vol. 1: Pictures for children / Komei Abe -- Suite: Kaleidescope / Sadao Bekku -- Sonatine for piano / Hikaru Hayashi -- Children's world / Kan Ishii -- Suite / Mareo Ishiketa -- Pepe on a spring day / Yoshiro Irino -- 4 pieces for children / Yasuji Kiyose -- Kagome - Variation / Kiyoshige Koyama -- Sonatine /Shozo Maruta --  Etudes en forme sonate / Akira Miyoshi -- Sonatine pour piano / Makoto Moroi -- Variational etude / Yoshinao Nakada -- Compositions for piano / Roh Ogura -- Sonata / Mutsuo Shishido -- Sonatina / Kunio Toda -- Three images / Akira Yuyama Vol. 2: Four small pieces for piano / Yoshiro Irino -- Compositions for piano no. 2 / Roh Ogura -- Legendes pour piano / Naohiko Kai -- Sonata no. 2 / Mutsuo Shishido -- 3 canons for piano / Minao Shibata -- Three pieces / Motoyuki Takahashi -- /Quattro pezzi deformati / Kunio Toda -- Hexameron for children / Teruyuki Noda -- Vision of Higanbana / Yoshio Hachimura -- 2 mouvements for pianoforte /Komei Hayama -- Sonatine facile per pianoforte / Hiroshi Hara -- Sonatine in classical style / Sadao Bekku -- Deux berceuses a la Greece / Teizo Matsumura
 
American Composers of Today: 23 piano pieces imparting appreciation of contemporary music (Marks Music, 1965)
Duet / Milton Babbitt -- Intermezzo / Arthur Berger -- March of the puppets / Sol Berkowitz -- Game / Norman Cazden -- Toccatina / Henry Cowell -- Prelude / Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco -- Night song / Norman Dello Joio -- The small sad sparrow / Vivian Fine -- Walk / Miriam Gideon -- Little suite for piano / Lou Harrison -- Lullaby / Alan Hovhaness -- Starscape / Robert Helps --Noel far from home / Jan Meyerowitz -- A child's daydream / Charles Mills -- A mood / Hall Overton -- Parade / Joseph Prostakoff -- Echo / Karol Rathaus --Waltz for Brenda; Little piece / Roger Sessions -- Pastoral / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Above, below and between/Robert Starer -- Prelude/William Sydeman -- Lyric piece/Ben Weber
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American Essentials: Easier Compositions for Piano (ed. Rosen) (Schirmer, c1998)
Samuel Barber: Under the Willow Tree (from Vanessa) David Diamond (from Eight Piano Pieces): Pease-Porridge Hot, No. 1; Jumping Jacks, No. 2; Rock-a-Bye, Baby, No. 6; Lullaby, No. 8 * Morton Gould (from 10 for Deborah): Tango, Wistful, Drifting, Loud and Soft, Melody, A Happy Ending * Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches) * Philip Glass: Metamorphosis One, Metamorphosis Three * Robert Muczynski: from Fables: No. 1, 8, 9; from Diversions: No. 1, 2 * Paul Creston (from Five Littles Dances): Rustic Dance, Languid Dance * Michael Valenti: Prelude No. 4 (from Piano Preludes) * Gian-Carlo Menotti (from Amahl and the Night Visitors): Don't Cry Mother Dear, Have You Seen a Child? * George Antheil: Little Shimmy, La Femme 100 Tetes, No. IX * Morton Gould: Abby Variations * Leonard Bernstein: For Felicia Montealegre (from Four Anniversaries) * Roy Harris (from Little Suite): Sad News, Children at Play, Slumber * John Harbison: Anniversary Waltz (from Four More Occasional Pieces) * Norman Dello Joio: 1/3's (from Short Intervallic Etudes) * Leon Kirchner (from Little Suite): Prelude, No. 1; Song, No. 2.
 
American Festival: Piano pieces by American composers appropriate for contest, audition and recital (Summy, 1971)
Bk 1/???
Bk 2/Early Grade
Bk 3/Intermediate
Bk 4/Advanced: A tin soldier's love/ Edward MacDowell -- Lament/Gilbert Allen -- Petitie suite/Wayne R. Bohrnstedt -- Mirage/William L. Gillock -- Sparklers/John La Montaine -- Fiddler's reel, op. 100, no. 2/Jack Frederick Kilpatrick -- Arcadian festival/Shirley Munger -- Song, op. 55, no. 5/Edward MacDowell
 
Amercian Music by Distiguished Composers (ed. I. Freed) (Presser, 1964)
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Anthology of 20th Century Piano Music (67 pieces) (Alfred Masterworks Edition) [I-A] $24.95
Bagatelle, op.6, no.4 ; Bear Dance ; Evening in the country ; Romanian folk dances ; Variations on a Slovakian folk tune / Bela Bartok --Jamaican rumba / Arthur Benjamin -- For Johnny Mehegan / Leonard Bernstein -- In evening air ; Sentimental melody / Aaron Copland -- The tides of Manaunaun / Henry Cowell -- Danse de la poupee ; Minstrels / Dlaude Debussy -- Clusters and dots ; Gigue ; Serenade / Emma Lou Diemer -- Ritual fire dance / Manuel de Falla -- Approach of the thunder god / Arthur Farwell -- Medley: Campfire on the ice / Ross Lee Finney -- Chorale ; Fourth lyric piece ; Night song ; Waltz / Carlisle Floyd -- The little Spaniard, op. 76, no. 7 / Ignacy Friedman -- Rondo on Argentine children's folk tunes / Alberto Ginastera -- Irish tune from County Derry ; The Sussex mummer's Christmas Carol / Percy Grainger -- The lake at evening, op. 5, no. 1 ; The white peacock, op. 7, no. 1 / Charles Griffes -- Reel: Hommage to Henry Cowell / Lou Harrison -- A giddy girl / Jacques Ibert -- Three long songs / Nelson Keyes -- Young people's dance--for the black keys / Zoltan Kodaly -- Kaleidoscopes, nos. 9 and 10 / Benjamin Lees -- Columbine dances: Waltz ; The new puppet: Shimmy ; The shy doll: Chanson / Bohuslav Martinu --Sorocaba, op. 67, no.1 / Darius Milhaud -- Mouvements perpetuels, nos.1-3 / Francis Poulenc -- February 15 / Andre Previn -- Prelude in C major (Harp), op. 12, no. 7 ; Visions fugitives, op. 22, nos. 1 and 5 / Serge Prokofiev -- A la manie?re de Borodin: Valse ; Pre?lude / Maurice Ravel -- Dancing demons ; Sad moment / Vladimir Rebikov -- The augmented triad ; The major second ; The tritone / Wallingford Riegger -- Le Piccadilly: Marche ; Sonatine bureaucratique / Erik Satie -- Six little piano pieces, op. 19, nos. 2 and 6 / Arnold Schoenberg -- Lento, op. 35, no.1 / Cyril Scott -- Siciliana ; Lento ; Pesante / Igor Stravinsky -- Prelude in b minor, op. 1, no. 1 / Karol Szymonowski -- Ten bagatelles, op. 5 nos. 1 and 9 / Alexander Tcherepnin -- Homage to Marya Freund and to the harp ; Sam Byers: With joy / Virgil Thomson -- Tango, op. 8, no. 2 / Joaquin Turina -- O polichinelo / Heitor Villa-Lobos.
                                              
Anthology of Impressionistic Piano Music (37 pieces) (Alfred) [I-EA]
Dawn, Sz. 39:7 / Bela Bartok -- Rendez-vous manque? (The rendezvous we missed) / Michel Block -- Daydreams / Alexander Borodin -- Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17, No. 4 / Frederic Chopin -- Bruyeres (Heather), L. 123:5 ; Clair de lune (Moonlight), L. 75:3 ; Danseuses de Delphes (Dancers of Delphi), L. 117:1 ; Des pas sur la neige (Footprints in the snow), L. 117:6 ; Deux arabesques, L. 66 ; Doctor gradus and parnassum, L. 113:1 ; La cathedrale engloutie (The sunken cathedral), L. 117:10 ; La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair), L. 117:8 ; La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune (The terrace for moonlight audienes), L. 123:7 ; Piece pour piano (Piece for piano), L. 133 ; Pour le piano (For the piano), L. 95 ; Reverie (Dreaming), L. 68 ; The little shepherd, L. 113:5 ; The snow is dancing, L. 113:4 ; Voiles (Sails or Veils), L. 117:2 / Claude Debussy -- Montanesa (Landscape) / Manuel de Falla -- Palacio encantado en el mar, leyenda (Enchanted palace in the sea, legend) / Enrique Granados -- Nocturne, Op. 3, no. 5 / Alexander Gretchaninoff -- Klokkenklang (Bell ringing), Op. 54, No. 6 / Edvard Grieg -- The vale of dreams, Op. 5, No. 2 / Charles Griffes -- The abandoned palace / Jacques Ibert -- Cloches du soir (Evening bells), G. 186, No. 9 / Franz Liszt -- Jeunes filles au jardin (Young girls in the garden) / Federico Mompou -- May night, Op. 27, no. 4 / Selim Palmgren -- Emmanuel Chabrier. Paraphrase sur un air de Gounod ; Oiseaux tristes (Sad birds) ; Sonatine / Maurice Ravel -- Lotus land, Op. 47, no. 1 ; Song from the East, A, Op. 54, no. 2 / Cyril Scott -- Desire, Op. 57, no. 1 ; Nuances, Op. 56, no. 3 ; Reverie (Dreaming), Op. 49, no. 3 / Alexander Scriabin -- Traumerei (Dreaming), Op. 9, no. 4 / Richard Strauss -- Flower-drum ; The jade wheel turns in the dew / Alexander Tcherepnin -- Soir d'ete sur la terrasse (Summer evening on the terrace), Op. 5, no. 1 / Joaquin Turina
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Anthology of Piano Music, Vol. 4 -- The Twentieth Century (Ed. Denes Agay) (Yorktown Music Pr.)
Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 13, No. 3; Op. 11, No. 9;Op. 16, No. 4; Op. 31, No. 2/Rebikov: Shepherd Playing His Pipe, Op. 31, No. 8; Mouvement Plastique/Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1; Gnossiene No. 1/Debussy: Clair De Lune; First Arabesque; Pour le piano -- Sarabande, Prelude/Kodaly: Valsette; Moderato Triste, No. 6 from 'Nine Piano Pieces' Op. 3/ Cyril Scott: Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. 1/Ravel: Sonatine (3 Movements)/Bartok: from 'For Children' -- Lament, Play Tune, Dirge, Dance; Evening In The Country and Bear Dance, from 'Ten Easy Pieces'; Sonatina (3 Movements); Bagatelles No. 2 & 6, Op. 6/Ives: The Alcotts, from the Second (Concord) Piano Sonata/Schoenberg: Two Short Piano Pieces, Op. 19, Nos. 2 & 4/Granados: The Maiden And The Nightingale, from 'Goyescas'/Stravinsky: Etude, Op. 7, No. 3; Vivo, Lento and Allegro, from 'The Five Fingers'/ Selim Palmgren: May Night/Josef Matthias Hauer: Resonances, Op. 16, Nos. 1, 4 & 5/Villa-Lobos: O Polichinelo/Gretchaninoff: Little Prelude, Op. 109, No. 1; On The Harmonica, Op. 123, No. 12; Milhaud: Rag-Caprice, from 'Trois Rag-Caprices'/Casella: Siciliana and Carillon, from 'Eleven Children's Pieces'/Krenek: Piano Piece, Op. 39, No. 5/Hindemith: Dance Piece, Op. 37, No. 2, from 'Klaviermusik'/Rieti: Elegia and Invenzione, from 'Six Short Pieces'/Webern: Piano Piece, from Klavierstucke, Op. Post./ Prokofieff: March, Op. 65, No. 10; Moonlit Meadow, Op. 65, No. 12; Legende, Op. 12, No. 6; Vision Fugitive Nos. 5, 10 and 16, Op. 22/Toch: The Prankster, Op. 49, No. 9, from 'From a Small Town'/ Tcherepnin: Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1/Turina: Clowns, from 'The Circus'/Shostakovich: A Happy Fairy Tale, from 'Six Children's Pieces'; Prelude, Op. 34, No. 16; Three Fantastic Dances/Kabalevsky: Seven Variations On An Ukranian Folk Song, Op. 51, No. 4; Rondo Toccata, Op. 60, No. 4; Prelude, Op. 38, No. 8; Sonatina, Op. 13, No. 1 (3 Movements)/ Frank Martin: Prelude No. 2, from 'Eight Preludes For Piano'/ Gottfrid Von Einem: Piano Piece, from 'Four Piano Pieces'/ Walter Piston: Passacaglia/Paul Creston: Prelude, Op. 38, No. 2/Hanns Jelinek: Two-Voice Invention/Aram Khatchaturian: Waltz, from 'Adventures Of Ivan'/Howard Swanson: Andante Cantabile, from 'Piano Sonata'/Robert Starer: Shades Of Blue and Bright Orange, from 'Sketches In Color'/Witold Lutoslawski: Two Pieces From "Bucolics"/George Antheil: Winter Lullaby and Dog-Cat Polka, from 'Piano Pastels'/William Schuman: Piano Moods: Pensive and Dynamic/Henry Cowell: Sway Dance/Gyorgy Ranki: Laotian Lullaby; Polynesian Lullaby; African Incantation/Pal Kadosa: Nos. 3 & 4, from "Kaleidoscope", Op. 61
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The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Piano Collection: 28 Early Grade Pieces (ed. York) (B&H)
Slumber Song (Esipoff) /  Visions Fugitives, No. 17 (Prokofieff) / Waltz (Bridge) / Autumn Dreams (Poldini) /  Pipe Tune and Bells (Rowley) / The Magic Cave (Eden) / The Blue Cockatoo (Besty) / Silent and soft and slow descneds the snow (Benjamin) / Gay Story (Shostakovich) / The Little Men and Rain (Rooper) / Little Toccata (Fine) / Kinderstück (von Webern) / Lake Lonely and Rough-and-Tumble (Binkerd) / The Juggler (Kenins) / Infinity (Diemer) / Whimsies (Taylor) / Valse pour les enfants (Stravinsky) / Little Legend (Goldschmidt) / To an African Violet (Wolford) / Menuet voor Marianne (Andriessen) / Rigadoon (Barratt) / Regrets and Rags (York) / A Walk on the Beach (Norton) / Lumen Christi (MacMillen) / Life of a Shadow (Hogarth)
 
The Boosey & Hawkes 20th Century Easy Piano Collection: From 1945 (B&H)
Prelude from Music fro Piano (Fine) * Twelve Miniature Studies, Nos. 2-3 (Panufnik) * For Johnny Mehegan (Bernstein) * For Helen Coates (Bernstein) * Scherzo (Goldschmidt) * From the Ballet (Goldschmidt) * Kaleidoscopes, Nos. 6-10 (Lees) * Two Fabrications (Tull) * Five Little Pieces (Maxwell Davies) * Suite for Piano No. 3 (Kadosa) * Prayer of the Matador (Dello Joio) * Night Song (Dello Joio) * Russian Dancer (Dello Joio) * Stevie's Ferry to Hoy (Maxwell Davies) * Sixteenth Notes (Horne) * Fourths and Fifths (Horne) * A Cecilian Variation for JFK (MacMillan) * Angel (MacMillan)
 
Bravo Brazil!, 2 Bks (ed. Appleby) (Kjos, 1983-1984) [I]
 
The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book (B&H) [A]
 
The Century of Dance: piano music of the 20th century inspired by dance (ed. Hinson) (Schott, 1999) [I]
Two old dance tunes / Bela Bartok. Le petit negre : (cakewalk) / Claude Debussy. Russian dance / Alexander Gretchaninoff. Rhythmic dance / Carl Orff. Sentimental lady : (jazz waltz) / Eduard Putz. A la jota : (Dance of the doves) / Joaquin Rodrigo. Charleston ; Mazurka ; Polka ; Tango (Habanera) / Matyas Seiber. Chinese dance / Tong Shang. Vienna waltz / Alexander Tansman. The trained dog / Joaquin Turina -- Moderately difficult level. Dancer : (waltz) / Jean Francaix. Foxtrot / Paul Hindemith. Rag time dance / Scott Joplin. Gold dust : (waltz) / Erik Satie -- Tango-ballade / Kurt Weill
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The Century of Invention: Piano Music of the 20th Century (ed. Hinson) (European American, 1996)
Diversions: nos. 2 & 5/Richard Rodney Bennett -- Menuette in F/Alban Berg -- Little piano piece, no. 1/ Ross Edwards -- [Ten pieces for young people.] Dreamy; Playing soldier/Jean Francaix -- [Let's build a town.] Marsch/Paul Hindemith -- [Bukoliki.] Bukoliki/Witold Lutoslawski -- [Trois rag-caprices.] Romance /Darius Milhaud -- Fur Alina/Arvo Part -- [A collection of pieces for the young pianist.] On the Spanish border; Towards Avignon/Marcel Poot -- A la jota; El negrito Pepo/Joaquin Rodrigo -- Kleines Klavierstuck [Op. 19, No. 2]/Arnold Schoenberg -- Argentine tango; Cakewalk/Matyas Seiber -- [The circus.] Clowns; [Miniatures.] Fiesta/Joaquin Turina -- [Suite, op. 14.] Allegretto/Bela Bartok -- Klavierstuck in B minor/Alban Berg -- Wasserklavier/Luciano Berio -- D'un vieux jardin/Lili Boulanger -- Sentimental melody (slow dance)/Aaron Copland -- [Five portraits of young girls.] The tender one/Jean Francaix -- Prelude for a pensive pupil/Peggy Glanville-Hicks -- [Tuttifaentchen.] Foxtrot/Paul Hindemith -- [Musica ricercata.] All'ungherese/Gyorgy Ligeti -- [Les ritournelles.] Intermezzo I/Bohuslav Martinu --[Rounds and dances.] Poco lento/Ernst Pepping -- Valse/Francis Poulenc -- Jack in the box. Prelude / Eric Satie -- Veiled autumn (Kindertodeslied)/Joseph Schwantner -- Dance/Tong Shang -- Tango-Ballade: from the Threepenny Opera/Kurt Weill
 
Changing Faces: New Piano Works (European American/Helicon, 1987)
Landscape with bells / Robert Beaser -- My friend Mozart / Kamran Ince -- Dance / Stephen Paulus -- Old and lost rivers / Tobias Picker -- Little gorgon / Christopher Rouse -- Veiled autumn / Joseph Schwantner -- Changing faces / Alvin Singleton
 
Children’s Games (Associated Music, 1974; 1977) [could be same as next listing]
Simon says. Hide-and-go-seek/M. Stepanenko -- Catch-as catch-can/G. Guba -- The two blacksmiths. Follow the leader / Yuri Ishchenko -- Blowing bubbles / ALexander Levitsky -- Ghost story (scherzo) / V. Kyreiko -- Chatterbox etude / Zhanna Kolodub -- Mountain trails / Bogdanna Filts -- Games in the rain. Theme and variation (Time for bed) / Nikolai Silvanski -- Chasing butterflies / Yuri Shamo -- Tug-o-war / Ludmila Levitova
 
Children’s Games: 13 Pieces by Ukranian Composers (Associated Music)
 
Children’s Piano Pieces by Soviet Composers (ed. Joseph Wolman) (Leeds Music, 1946)
Includes works by Alexander Gladkovskky, Nikolai Miaskovsky, Elena Gnessine, Vladimir Fehre, Mikhail Rauchverger, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Ivan Shishov, Vassily Barvinsky, Serge Prokofieff, Alexander Goedicke, and Anatole Drosdoff.
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Children’s Pieces by Russian and Eastern European Composers, vol. 1 (40 pieces) (Peters) $14.25
Children’s Pieces by Russian and Eastern European Composers, vol. 2 (27 pieces) (Peters) $14.25
 
Collection for the Student Pianist (Weintraub Music, 1980)
Notes from Nature/Kurka, R. -- Five Children's Pieces/Lawner, M. -- Five Children's Pieces/Shulman, A.
 
Composers Showcase, Bks 1, 2, 3 (FJH) [EI/I]

Compositions for Piano by Contemporary American Composers (MCA)
 
Contemporary Album for the Young (ed. Palmer) (Alfred)
 
Contemporary American Piano Music (ed. Prostakoff & Perle) (E.H. Morris, 1956)
A collection of pieces in the early grades by present day composers. Includes works by Babbitt, Cherney Robert, Berg, Sol Berkowitz, M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cazden, Cowell, Vivian Fine, M. Gideon, L. Harrison, Hovhaness, Leo Kraft, R. Kurka, Charles Mills, G. Perle, Prostakoff, K. Rathaus, Slonimsky, Leon Stein, and Ben Weber
 
Contemporary Classics: 11 easy piano pieces from the contemporary literature (ed. G. Anson) (Elkan-Vogel, 1986)
Dialogue: from The first term at the piano / Bela Bartok -- Little song / Burrill Phillips -- Dance: from Twenty-four pieces, op. 39/Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Listen to the drums : from Piano sketch book, v. 1 / Leo Ornstein -- Andantino: from The five fingers (8 easy pieces on 5 notes)/Igor Stravinsky -- March: from Six children's pieces/Dmitri Shostakovitch -- Song for spring: from For children, v. 1/Bela Bartok -- Having fun: from 15 children's pieces, op. 27/Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Play time: from For children, v. 1 / Bela Bartok -- Capriccio; Berceuse: from Little piano book/Vincent Persichetti
 
Contemporary Collection for Piano Students (ed. Goldstein, et al) (Summy, 1963; rev. 1974)
Bartok/First Term at the Piano: Moderato; Moderato -- Kabalevsky/A Little Tune; Autumn Song, op. 39, no. 11 -- T. Salutrinskaya/The Shepherd Plays -- Avraham Sternklar/Sitting Beside a River -- Kraehenbuehl/ Scherzo on Tenth Avenue; Toccata Breve; Dream World; Snowfall; Slavic Dance; Etude in Blue; Etude in White -- Lawrence Auguillard/The Trail -- Wesley Wehr/Rain in the Afternoon -- Fred Ziller/Bells; Folk Song; March -- Stanley Fletcher/Between Sleep and Waking; Dusk; Whimsical Waltz -- Frederick Koch/Intermezzo; Four Musical Equations -- Blythe Owen/Game; Swinging -- Lynn Freeman Olson/Half-Asleep -- Hugh Aitken/Three Short Pieces -- William Pottebaum/The Mirror; Dirge -- Dennis Riley/Scherzo; Rain -- Ihor Bilohrud /Night Shadows (12-tone piece) -- Gerald Shapiro/Evening Song; Fanfares -- Jean Eichelberger Ivey/Magic Circles -- Norman Auerbach/Procession -- Robert Keys Clark/Siciliana -- Robert Lombardo/Lyric Piece
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Contemporary Music and the Pianist (ed. Canaday) (Alfred)
 
The Contemporary Performer, 4 Bks (ed. Walter and Carol Noona) (Heritage Music)
 
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 1 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
March/Alexander Tcherepnin - Two dialogues/Bela Bartok - Marching/Dmitri Kabalevsky - A little song/Alexandre Tansman - March of the trolls/David Kraehenbuehl
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 2 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
A little joke; Galloping; A gay little story; Quick march/Kabalevsky -- Song of the dark woods; Street games/Siegmeister -- Peasant tune; Chromatics/Tansman -- Melody; To and fro; Chimes/Tcherepnin -- Two folk songs; Children at play; Folk dance/Bartok -- March; Waltz/Shostakovich
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 3 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 4 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 5 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
Ballad; Drunkard’s Song; Folk Tune; Game; Jest; Swineherd’s Song/Bartok -- Escapade; Frolics; Ivan’s Accordion/Tcherepnin -- Etude, from op. 27; Novelette; Playing Ball; Scherzo; The Horseman/Kabalevsky -- Grasshopper’s Parade; Waltz/Prokofiev -- Mirrors; Son; Vacation/Finney
Contemporary Piano Literature, Bk 6 (ed. Frances Clark & Louise Goss) (Alfred)
Evening; Moonlit Meadows; Tarantella/Prokofiev -- Happy Stowaway; Mic and Mac/Tcherepnin -- Hopping; Night; Running Around; Swinging/Finney -- Sonatina/Bartok -- Sonatina, op. 13, no. 1/Kabalevsky
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Contemporary Piano Repertoire, 6 Bks? (or more?) (ed. Hinson & Glover) (Belwin Mills, 1971)
Level 5: Guessing game; Happy times; Minature waltz; Little toccata/Kabalevsky -- The tin soldier; Oriental; The grumpy bear/Rebikov -- Let's dance; Peasant dance; The fox; Scaredy cat!/Bartok -- Trumpets; Out for a stroll; Secrets/Gretchaninoff
Level 6: Promenade; Fairy tale/Prokofiev -- Pastoral; In the garden/Stravinsky -- Gavotte; Waltz; Tricks/Shostakovitch -- Horseman's Gallop; Scampering/Khachaturian.
 
Czechoslovakian Youth Album (40 Pieces) (Dostal) (Peters, 1974)
 
Das Junge Konzert: Klavierstucke unser Zeit, 2 Vols. (ed. Heilbut) (Heinrichshofen, 1976)
Vol. 1: Fur Karen-Isela/S. Borris -- Der Brummkafer/F.F. Finke -- Zweite Sonatine/R.R. Klein -- Minuetto mit Musette/H. Poser -- Zwei kleine Stucke/Hindemith -- Entdeckungen am Klavier/Y. Paporisz -- Scherzino/H. Kracke -- Andante/F. Zipp -- Drei Spielstucke/K. F. Noetel -- Melodie/H. Genzmer -- Notturno/H. Genzmer -- Drei Epigramme/P. Heilbut -- Kumpaney/P. Heilbut; Vol. 2: Kleine Suite fur Klavier/S. Borris -- Walzer/K. Schafer -- Beschwingt/A. Knapp -- Bagatelle/H. Poser -- Notturno und Rondo/P. Heilbut -- Vier Spielstucke/Y. Paporisz -- Elegie/H. Genzmer -- Pastorale/Hindemith -- What about this, Mr. Clementi?/B. Blacher -- 2 Stucke aus op. 19/Schoenberg -- Drei Konstellationen/W. Eisenmann -- Zwei Stucke/W. Vogel
 
Early Soviet Piano Music (Koptschewski) (Peters/OP?/Import?)
 
Easy Piano Pieces by Hungarian Composers (Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1961)
 
Easy Piano Pieces by Russian and Soviet Composers [18 pieces] (Peters, 1968)
Works by D. Kabalewski, A. Parzchaladse, S. Maikapar, I. Berkowitsch, M. Silwanski, D. Schostakovich,
A. Schtogarenko, A. Chatschaturjan, W. Kaminski, R. Glier, A. Ljadow, J. Stschurowski, M. Glinka, V. Kossenko, and P. Tschaikowski
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Female Composers: 22 piano pieces from the 18th-20th Century (ed. Riegger/Walter) (Schott, 1985)
Rondeau / Elisabeth Jacquet de Laguerre -- Sonate No. 3. 1. Satz / Marianne Martinez -- Nocturne / Maria Szymanowska -- Me?lodie op. 4 no. 2 ; Me?lodie op. 5 no. 4 / Fanny Hensel -- Andante con sentimento / Clara Schumann -- Impromptu / Louise Farrenc -- Sonate op. 8. 1. Satz / Louise Adolpha le Beau -- Pierette : op. 41 / Ce?cile Chaminade -- Langsamer Walzer / Ilse Fromm-Michaels -- Elegie fu?r die linke Hand allein / Else Schmitz-Gohr -- Slow / Lotte Backes -- D'un vieux jardin / Lili Boulanger -- Barbaric dance / Priaulx Ranier -- Two bagatelles, op. 48, 1, 3 / Elizabeth Lutyens -- Prelude for a pensive pupil / Peggy Glanville-Hicks -- Introduction / Verdina Shlonsky -- 2 pie?ces bre?ves : 1, 8 / Jacqueline Fontyn -- Piano muziek / Barbara Heller -- Chillan / Susanne Erding
 
For Talented Beginners (ed. A. Hopkins) (Oxford, 1963)
 
French Piano Music for the Young Pianist (ed. Solymos) (EMB, 1973/B&H)
 
From Bartok to Stravinsky: Easy Modern Piano Pieces (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Allegro deciso (Bartók) -- Andante (Bartók) -- Peasant Dance (Bartók) -- Slovak Dance (Bartók) -- Wo warst du Lämmchen mein? (Bartók) -- Siciliano (Badings) -- Gavotte (Genzmer) -- Song and March from Let's Build a Town (Hindemith) -- Hungarian Dance (Ladosa) -- Two Pieces (Orff) -- Rhythmic Study (Seiber) -- Andantino (Stravinsky) -- Larghetto (Stravinsky) -- Piece for Children (Toch)
 
From Schoenberg to Ligeti: Easy Piano Music of the 20th Century (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Little Piece for Piano, Op. 19, No. 2 (Schoenberg) -- The Monkey, The Giraffe (Scott) -- Promenade, Historiette (Prokofieff) -- Invention (Schulhoff) -- Song (Hindemith) -- Complainte, Klage, Lament (Poulenc) -- Sonatina (Kabalevsky) -- Blues, Toccatina (Seiber) -- 5/4 Boogie (Pütz) -- Das verträumte Kind (Francaix) -- A Wistful Waltz (Hurnik) -- Tempo di Valzero (Ligeti) -- Prelude, Little Melody (Hummel) -- Prelude (Theodorakis) -- In the Cave (Regner) -- Avanti (Beyer) -- Musical Box (Eben) -- The Fox and the Raven (Constantinescu) -- Shchedrin: Twelve Notes (Schchedrin) -- Children's Piece (Schnittke) -- To Aline (Pärt) -- Don't Feel Like It Today (Zender) -- The Ruined Record (Schoenmehl)
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Horizons 1 (Watson)
Horizons 2 (Watson)
 
Hungarian Piano Book (37 pieces by Balassa, Bartok, Bozay, Jardanyi, Kadosa, Karolyi, Kadoly, Kokai, Papp, Ranki, Soproni, Sugar, Szervanszky, Weiner) (Peters)
 
John W. Schaum Presents American Sonatinas (Schaum Publications, c1963)
Pilgrim sonatina/E. Holst -- Colonial sonatina/H. Engelmann -- Spirit of '76 sonatina/F. Lynes -- New England sonatina/F.A. Porter -- Rustic sonatina/W.D. Armstrong -- Spinning wheel sonatina/F.N. Shackley
 
The Joy of Modern Piano Music (ed. Denes Agay) (Yorktown, 1984) [ISBN 0711904677]
A Tune To Whistle (Soule) Album Leaf (Debussy) An Upland Spiritual (Soule) Autumn Frolic (Volkov) Autumn Song (Kabalevsky) Barcarolette (Agay) Blues (Starer) Bulgarian Peasant Dance (Stoyanov) Chorale Sports Et Divertissements (Satie) Clouds (Maykapar) Dandelions On The Hill (Alt) Dialogue In Two Keys (Agay) Diversions On A Tone-row (Agay) Evening Song (Khachaturian) From The Holy Land (Dubliansky) Game [Kabalevsky] Gnossienne No.3 [Satie, Erik] Hear The Bells (Diercks) Hunting Sports Et Divertissements (Satie) Little Fanfare (Smit) Little Lambs (Kraft) Little Lame Girl (Villa-lobos) March (Flagello) Minstrels [Debussy] Mrs Cow Takes A Nap (Kraft) Pastoral (Granados) Prelude And Fugue (Kabalevsky) Sleepyhead (Alt) Solitary Pipes (Zaimont) Sonatina (Sorokin) Street Games (Siegmeister) Syncopations (Kraft) The Little Shepherd [Debussy] The Shepherd (Salutrinskaya) The White Cat's Funeral (Soule) Tick-tock Toccata (Haufrecht) To The Top Of The Mountain (Kurka) Toccantina (Yordansky) Two Short Pieces (Nelhybel) Variations On A Russian Folk Song (Kabalevsky) Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)
 
The Joy of Modern Piano Pieces in the easy to intermediate grades (ed. Denes Agay) (Yorktown, 1977)
[ISBN 0825680190] [could be same as above] [see amazon.com]
 
The Joy of Modern Recital Repertory for Young Pianists (ed. Agay) (Yorktown, 1997) [ISBN 0825680948]
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Masters of American Piano Music (ed. Hinson) (Alfred)
Love song / Samuel Barber -- In Autumn, op. 15, no. 1 / Amy Beach -- Yankee Doodle : arranged as a rondo from op. 4 / Benjamin Carr -- Dream images : (Love-death music) / George Crumb -- Souvenir / Richard Faith -- Medley: (Campfire on ice) / Ross Lee Finney -- Ojos criollos, op. 37 = Les yeux creoles = Creole eyes : Danse cubaine / Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- Reel: (Homage to Henry Cowell) / Lou Harrison - Philadelphia waltz, op. 2, no. 2 / Anthony Philip Heinrich -- Dixiana: (Caprice for the pianoforte on the popular Negro minstrel's melody Dixie's land) / Richard Hoffman -- Gladiolus rag / Scott Joplin -- To an old white pine, op. 62, no. 7 / Edward Macdowell -- Lullaby, op. 10 / William Mason -- Village dance, op. 26, no. 5 / John Knowles Paine -- East nook of Fife / Alexander Reinagle
 
Masters of Our Day Educational Series, 1936-1941 (inclusive) [see in WorldCat under "Masters of Our Day Carl Fischer piano"] This collection consists of sheet music for 70 piano pieces by 33 composers, all of easy to moderate difficulty,  and all published from 1936 to 1941 by Carl Fischer, Inc., in their Masters of Our Day Educational Series. The editors of this series were Lazare Saminsky and Isidore Freed, both of whom also contributed compositions.
Works by Juan Jose Castro; Aaron Copland; Henry Cowell; Herbert Elwell; Jacobo Ficher; Isadore Freed; Alejandro Garcia Caturla; Eugene Goossens, Sir; Rodolfo Halffter; Howard Hanson; Frederick Jacobi; A Walter Kramer; Georges Migot; Darius Milhaud; Douglas Moore; Juan Carlos Paz; Paul Amadeus Pisk; Karol Rathaus; Silvestre Revueltas; Amadeo Roldan; Lazare Saminsky; Pedro Sanjuan; Florent Schmitt; Roger Sessions; Deems Taylor; Randall Thompson; Virgil Thomson; Heitor Villa-Lobos; Bernard Wagenaar
 
Masters of Our Day, Vol. 1: 18 solos in the contemporary idiom for the young pianist (ed. Saminsky & Freed)
(Carl Fischer, 1963)  Sunday afternoon music; The young pioneers/Copland -- The harper-minstrel sings; The irishman dances/Cowell -- Jeneral [sic] Jerry's jolly jugglers/Isadore Freed -- The bell; Dance of the warriors (after an ancient northern tune); Enchantment/Howard Hanson -- Touches blanches (white keys); Touches  noires (black keys)/Milhaud -- Careful Etta (from Tintypes); Fiddlin' Joe (from Tintypes); Grievin' Annie/Douglas Moore -- March/Sessions -- The smugglers/Deems Taylor -- Little prelude; Song after sundown/Randall Thompson -- A day-dream (portrait of Herbert Whiting)/Virgil Thomson
 
Masters of Our Day, Vol. 2: 22 solos in the contemporary idiom for the young pianist (Carl Fischer)
Works by Samuel Adler, Margaret Brouwer, Michael Colgrass, Sebastian Currier, Jon Deak, Norman Dello Joio, David Del Tredici, Lukas Foss, Daron Hagen, Samuel Jones, David Maslanka, Marga Richter, Carlos Rodriguez, Ned Rorem and Leo Smit 
 
Masters of the Early Contemporary Period (ed. Hinson) (Alfred)
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Meet Canadian Composers at the Piano: 1, 2 (CMC)
 
Modern Masters: original piano compositions by 20th century composers (ed. Nevin) (Belwin Mills, 1967) [I]
 
Modern Miniatures: original solos for the early grade pianist (ed. Agay) (Yorktown, 1965)
 
More Jewels and Gems (ed. Sheftel) (Carl Fischer)
 
Music in Many Forms (ed. Coulthard, Duke, Richard)
 
Music of Now: A Contemporary Series for Piano Students (Waterloo, 1970)
 
Music of Our Time Series (Waterloo or Kjos)
        Music of Our Time 1 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 2 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 3 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 4 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 5 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 6 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 7 (Watson)
        Music of Our Time 8 (Watson)

New Piano Pieces for Children: miniatures of contemporary composers (Schott, 1986)
3 kleine Klavierstucke. Bauerntanz; Sarabande trists; Reel/Henk Bakings -- Sonatine II/Henk Badings -- kleine Fugen fur funf Finger/Jan Novak -- Piece enfantine/Jean Francaix -- Trois esquisses sur les touches blanches. Le cherubin provisoire; Reveur; Diablotin libere/Jean Francaix -- 2 kleine Fantasiestucke/Henning Brauel -- Drei Stucke aus "Avanti." Organum; Wolken betrachten; Promenade/Frank Michael Beyer -- Sonatille/Friedrich Zehm -- Zwei Miniaturen fur Kinder. Schmetterlingswalzer; Schildkroten-Boogie / Wilfried Hiller -- 4 kleine Karikaturen fur Kinder, op. 19. Kuckuck!; Zum Einschlummern; Frisch gewagt isthalb gewonnen; Ernste Zeiten/Erich Wolfgang Korngold
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Pepparrot: New Scandanavian Piano Music (ed. Nordenfelt) (Nordiska Musikforlaget, 1951)
Works by K. Blomdahl, S. Back, V. Holmboe, F. Hřffding, I. Lidholm, K. Riisager and H. Saeverud
 
Piano 1: premier recueil d’oeuvres pour piano (Gerard Billaudot, 1984)
Petite suite se?rieuse pour concert de famille / Betsy Jolas -- Alexandre et Louis/ Joachin Nin-Culmell -- Prelude et recreation/Odette Gartenlaub -- Il etait une fois/Bozidar Kantuser -- A 12 doigts/Jacques Chailley
 
Piano 2: deuxieme recueil d’oeuvres pour piano (Gerard Billaudot, 1984)
Berceuse pour le cor des villes / Pierre Ancelin -- Chant de nuit / Antoine Tisne -- Chanson de matelot/ Jean-Michel Damase -- Images / Jean-Jacques Werner -- Ainsi dansait a l'aube Madame Ecureuil/ Pierre Wissmer
 
Piano 3: troisieme recueil d’oeuvres pour piano (Gerard Billaudot, 1984)
Petit air a dormir debout / H. Dutilleux -- Il pleut / P. Sciortino-- Extraterrestrial encounter / J. Makholm -- Chant de decembre / K. Makino -- Etude no 3 : Agregats sonores / M. Ohana
 
Piano Music for the Young, Bk 1: early grade contemporary repertoire (Galaxy, 1968)
Piano Music for the Young, Bk 2: intermediate grade contemporary repertoire (Galaxy, 1973)
Two pieces from The children's suite / Bain Murray -- Solemnity ; Toccatina / Frederick Koch -- London bridge is falling down / Lindsey Merrill -- Tempo di waltzer ; Playfully / Starling Cumberworth -- Three whims / Walter Watson -- Cartoon and character sketches / R. Wilding-White -- Why not? / John White -- Three turns of the key / Klaus George Roy -- A mon child's piano book / Frank Boehnlein.
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Piano Pieces by Soviet Composers for Children, vol. 1 (40 pieces) (Roisman) (Peters)
Piano Pieces by Soviet Composers for Children, vol. 2 (27 pieces) (Roisman) (Peters)
Piano Pieces by Soviet Composers for Children, vol. 3 (Roisman) (Peters, 1973)
 
Piano Recital in the Early to Intermediate Grades (ed. Agay) (AMSCO, 1975)
Cradle song -- Peasant dance -- Variations on a Stephen Foster theme / Denes Agay -- Innocent diversion /
Elena Gnessina -- Gavotta / James Hook -- Old spinning wheel / Louis Kohler -- Cuckoo and the donkey -- Autumn song / Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Roundelay / Elena Gnessina -- Around the maypole / Gerald Martin -- Song in waltz time / Louis Kohler -- Jolly shepherd / Hermann Berens -- Ecossaise / Friedrich Walther -- Always forward / Cornelius Gurlitt -- Theme and variations / Theodor Kullak -- In China / V. Dubliansky -- Allemande / Adalbert Gyrowitz -- Little suite / Daniel Gottlob Turk -- Musette / Christoph Willibald von Gluck -- Contredanse / Josef Koslovsky -- Morning stroll / Louis Streabogg -- Happy moments / Jean Baptiste Duvernoy -- Menuet / Paul Zilcher -- Not a cloud in the sky / Cornelius Gurlitt -- Pastorale / Elena Gnessina -- Tuneful memories / Gerald Martin -- Oriental tale / Denes Agay -- Cotillon polka / Henry Lemoine -- Whirligig / Alexander Goedicke -- Playful dialogue / Johann Nepomuk Hummel -- Serenade of the raindrops / E. Korenevskaya -- Bagatelle / Antonio Diabelli -- In the meadow / Jacob Schmitt -- Mill in the forest / Cornelius Gurlitt -- Gypsy legend / Kalman Chovan -- Rustic dance / Johann Friedrich Christmann -- Burlesca / Carl Reinecke -- Sonatina / Heinrich Lichner -- Tambourin / Francois Gossec -- Rondoletto / Carl Reinecke -- Little Miss Mischief / Leo Lukomsky -- Ballerina with music box / Heinrich Wohlfart -- Song of the waves / Denes Agay -- Bedtime story / Szidor Bator -- Divertimento / Antonio Diabelli -- At play / Bela Bartok -- Dance of the Amazons / Henry Lemoine -- Boogie / Elie Siegmeister -- Youth on parade / Lev Kompanetz -- Andante con variazioni / Joseph Haydn -- Ballet scene / Cornelius Gurlitt -- Patrol of the toy soldiers / Szidor Bator -- Two Landler / Franz Schubert -- Hummingbird / Oscar Bolck -- Youthful merriment / Daniel Gottlob Turk -- Little serenade / Daniel Gottlob Turk -- Valse scherzo / Victor Kossenko -- Old Vienna galop / Antonio Diabelli -- Ukranian dance / Mikhail Zherbin -- Clowns and tumblers / Stephen Heller -- Ballade / Friedrich Burgmuller -- German dance / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Three ecossaises / Franz Schubert -- Whistling sailors / Samuel Maykapar -- Carnival dance / Vincenzo Righini -- Waltz / Muzio Clementi -- Baroque sonatina / Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg -- Siciliana / August Eberhard Muller -- Rondino / Franz Hunten -- Happy and sad / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Tarentelle / Friedrich Burgmuller -- Evening bell / Theodor Kullak -- Hungarian dance / Hugo Reinhold -- Sonatina / Alexander Goedicke -- Gigue / Henri Herz -- Horsemen of the Steppe / Antonio Diabelli -- Scherzo / August Eberhard Muller -- Tale of strange lands / Aram Khachaturian -- English dance / Johann Wilhelm Hassler -- Bronco Bill / George Frederick McKay -- Intermezzo pizzicato / Carl Reinecke -- Welsh air / Jean Latour -- At the ball / Alexander Gretchaninoff -- Spring waltz / Henry Lemoine -- Rumanian sketch / Bela Bartok -- Rondo march / Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Troika / Serge Prokofieff -- Norwegian dance melody / Edvard Grieg -- Early American sonata / Newman -- Village festival / Yephim Sirotkin.
 
Piano Repertoire, Romantic and 20th Century, 9 Bks (ed. Keith Snell) (Kjos)
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Recueil de pieces faciles pour piano, Level I, Vol. 1 (Salabert/Hal Leonard)
Marvelous petite collections of easy piano literature from some of France's best known twentieth century composers. This volume includes the works of Koechlin, Poulenc, Satie and Silvestri
 
Recueil de pieces faciles pour piano, Level II, Vol. 1 (Salabert/Hal Leonard)
This volume includes works by Honegger, Satie and Sauguet
Recueil de pieces faciles pour piano, Level II, Vol. 2 (Salabert/Hal Leonard)
This volume includes the works of Ibert, Milhaud and Ravel
 
Rumanian Piano Miniatures, for children and youth (Peters, 1976)
 
Russian Music for the Young Pianist, 5 Bks (ed. P. Zeitlin & Goldberger) (MCA, 1967-69)
 
Russian Piano Music for the Young Pianist (ed. Both) (EMB, 1973)
 
Solo Pieces of Today, vol. C: Intermediate (ed. Agay): Original Contemporary Piano Music the Young Pianist’s Library No. 7-C (M. Witmark & Sons, 1962)
 
South American Piano Music: for easy and intermediate grades (ed. H. Levine) (Ricordi, 1958)
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Soviet Piano Music for Young People, Volume 2 (Piano Pieces from Russia and Eastern Europe)
Georgi Neaga: doina / Semjon Lungul: mask no. 2 from Masks / Slata Tkatsch: feiertag / Vladimir Rotaru: ostinato / Lew Rewuzki: lied op. 17 no. 1 / Boris Ljatoschinski: spiegelungen op. 16 (from cycle Reflections) / Andrej Schtogarenko: gestalt (no. 4 from cycle Shapes) / Nikolai Kolessa: prelude from Pictures from the Hutsul Land / Leonid Grabowski: interludium no. 4 from 5 Characteristic Pieces; ecstatic dance no. 5 from 5 Characteristic Pieces / Valentin Silvestrow: musik der silbertone / Miroslav Skorik: im wald / Nikolai Aladow: fugue on a belorussian folk song / Dmitri Kaminski: prelude and fugue b flat minor / Pjotr Podkowyrow: prelude no. 2 / Genrich Wagner: lied / Jewgeni Glebow: stuck (piece) (Peters/OP?/ Import?)
 
A Splash of Color: Romantic and Contemporary Solos for the Intermediate Student (ed. Alexander) (Alfred)

Spectrum 1: 20 Contemporary pieces for piano (ABRSM) [Grades 5-8]
Spectrum 2: 30 Contemporary pieces for piano (ABRSM) [Grades 1-6]
Spectrum 3: 25 Contemporary pieces for piano (ABRSM) [Grades 3-7]
Spectrum 4: 66 Contemporary pieces for piano (ABRSM) [Grades 1-4]
 
20th Century Americans (Hal Leonard) [A]
 
20th Century Anthology (Yorktown) [A]
 
Twentieth Century Composers (Easiest Piano Pieces) (Peters, 1981)
19 contemporary piano pieces by Finney, Hovhaness, Knerr, Soulima Stravinsky and Wuorinen
 
Twentieth Century Composers (Intermediate Piano Book) 34 easy to moderately difficult contemporary piano pieces by Finney, Hovhaness, Rorem, Soulima Stravinsky and Wourinen (Peters)
 
Twentieth Century Keyboard Masters (ed. Nevin) (Schroeder & Gunther) [I-EA] [could be the same book as "Modern Masters"]
 
Twenieth Century Piano Music (ed. B. Frost) (J. Fischer, 1964-65)
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Twentieth-Century Piano Music, Books 1A, 1B, 2A, 3A (compiled by Bernice Frost) (Belwin Mills)
 
U.S.A.: Compositions for Piano, 2 Vols. (Delkas Music, 1946-49)
Vol. 1: Sombrero / Ernest Bacon -- Prelude, op. 38, no. 2 / Paul Creston -- To the young prince / Anis Fuleihan -- Moods / Frederick Jacobi -- Dancing leaves / Werner Josten -- An outdoor song / George Frederick McKay -- Improvisation / Walter Piston -- Marionette / William Grant Still -- Melody / Clifford Vaughan. -- Vol. 2: Prelude in D minor / George Antheil -- Dance / Paul Bowles -- Calm / Theodore Chanler -- Prelude no. 4 (C# minor) ; Fugue no. 4 (C# minor) / David Diamond --Color contrast (Study for touch) / Daniel Gregory Mason -- Dance caprice / Charles Maxwell -- Capriccio, op. 27, no. 3 / Gardner Read -- Opus pocus / Nathan G. Scott -- Pastorale / Stefan Wolpe
 
Waltzes by 25 Contemporary Composers (Peters)  Alden Ashforth - sentimental waltz, Milton Babbitt - minute waltz, Gerald Busby - a wedding waltz, John Cage - 49 waltzes for the five boroughs, Tom Constanten - dejavalse, Richard Felciano - Two Hearts, Joseph Fennimore - titles waltz after max steiner, Ross Lee Finney - waltz, Peter Gena - valse, Philip Glass - modern love waltz, Lou Harrison - a waltz for evelyn hinrichsen, Robert Helps - valse mirage, Andrew Imbrie - waltz, Karl Kohn - waltz, Zygmunt Krauze - music box waltz, Arne Mellnaes - es laval, Robert Moran - waltz in memoriam maurice ravel, Roger Sessions - waltz, Seymour Shifrin - waltz, Alan Stout - waltz, Ivan Tcherepnin - valse perpetuelle the 45 rpm, Virgil Thomson - for a happy occasion, Francis Thorne - a lovesong waltz, Joan Tower - red garnet waltz, Charles Wuorinen - self similar waltz
 
The World of Modern Piano Music: easy original pieces by contemporary composers (MCA, 1964)
 
Written for You Piano Solos, Bks, 1, 2, 3, 4 (FJH) [EE/E; LE/EI; I; LI]
 
Young Pianist's Anthology of Modern Music (42 pieces) (Associated, 1972/Hal Leonard) [E-I]
Walk around my garden; Dance; Syncopated dance; Roumanian sketch/Bela Bartok -- Praeludium/Hans Bauernfeind -- For Elizabeth Rudolf; For Susanna Kyle/Leonard Bernstein -- Aeolian harp/Henry Cowell -- Languid Dance; Rustic Dance/Paul Creston -- Children's march: Over the hills and far away/Percy Aldridge Grainger -- El rabada/Lamote de Grignon -- The little horse with the broken leg/Camargo Guarnieri -- Nocturne no. 1/Herbert Haufrecht -- Mountain idylls: Moon lullaby, Moon dance, Mountain Lullaby/Alan Hovhaness -- Improvisation op. 39, no. 2; Toccatina op. 27, no. 12; Little fable, op. 27, no. 9/ Dmitri Kabalevsky -- Little Suite/Roy Harris -- A boat, slowly sailing/Ernest Krenek -- Fable[s]: op. 21, nos. 7&  9/Robert Muczynski -- Blue gray fog/George List -- Serenade; Playing marbles/Octavio Pinto -- Maria delos Reyes/Joaquin Rodrigo -- Gnossienne no. 2; Gymnopedie no. 3/Erik Satie -- The roly-poly/ Siegfried Strohbach -- Tales from the Flamenco Kingdom/Carlos Surinach -- Fur mich. Raindrops; The Little Fly/Jeno Takacs -- Mischief; Rainy day/Alexandre Tansman -- Three-Score Set/William Schuman
 
Yugoslavian Youth Album, vol. 1 (Lipovsek) (Peters/OP?/Import?)
Yugoslavian Youth Album, vol. 2 (Lipovsek) (Peters- P9633b/OP?/Import?)


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COMPOSERS:    A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z

COMPOSERS A - K
Achron, Joseph
Children’s Suite, op. 57 (1923) (Universal Edition, 1931)
 
Adaskin, Murray
A Collection of Seven Pieces, for beginning, intermediate and advanced pianists (AdLar Pub., 1996)
Gretchen  (AdLar Pub., 1993) [I-A]
Savannah (AdLar Pub., 1993) [I]
Toccatina (AdLar Pub., 1993) [E-LE]
Waltzing (AdLar Pub., 1993) [I]
 
Adler, Samuel
3 Short Piano Pieces (Carl Fischer)
Gradus: Sixty Studies for Piano, Bks 1, 2 & 3 (1979) (Oxford) [E - A]
The Road to Terpsichore: A Suite of Dances (1988) (Schirmer, 1989) [A] Terpsichore
The Sense of Touch: Eight Pieces for Piano (1981) (Presser, 1983)
Sonata breve (1963) (Oxford, 1967)
Sonatina (1979) (Schirmer, 1984)
 
Agay, Denes
2 Bagatelles (MCA, 1965)
2 Country Sketches (Schirmer, 1966)
4 Dance Impressions (Presser, 1977)
7 Piano Pieces (Schirmer, 1969)
15 Little Pieces on Five-Note Patterns (Boston Music, 1973)
Dance scherzo (Schirmer, 1969)
Pastorale a la "mode" (Skidmore Music, 1957)
Recital Notebook (Yorktown Press, 1965) (with Gerald Martin)
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Aitken, Hugh
3 Connected Pieces (Oxford, 1968)
3 Short Pieces (Summy, 1965) [in Contemporary Collection"]
4 Pieces, 4 Hands for piano 4-hands (Elkan-Vogel, 1965)
7 Bagatelles for Piano (ms., 1957?)
Sonatina for Piano (ms., 1947)
 
Alain, Mary Claire
Cocktail Party for the Young: 7 Easy Dances for Piano (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Dance Party for the Young: 7 Easy Piano Pieces (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Garden Party for the Young: 7 Easy Dances for Piano (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Retro Party for the Young (Schott/Hal Leonard)
Surprise Party for the Young: 7 Easy Dances for Piano (Schott/Hal Leonard)
 
Albright, William
Dream Rags (Peters) [LI/EA]
 
Alexander, Dennis
Alfred Publishing House Composer
24 Character Preludes (Alfred) [LI-EA]
The Best of Dennis Alexander, 2 Bks [6 pieces each] (Alfred) [E-LE; LE-I]
Dennis Alexander’s Favorite Solos, 3 Bks [8 pieces; 7 pieces; 8 pieces] [E-LE; LE-I; LI-A]
Planet Earth [6 pieces] (Alfred) [LI-EA]
A Splash of Color, 2 Bks [6 pieces; 5 pieces] (Alfred) [I]
 
Alotin, Yardena
6 Pieces for Children (Israel Music Institute, 1966)
 
Alt, Hansi
The Ocean: deep sea explorations on the piano (Oxford, 1967)
Afternoons [14 pieces] (Presser, 1969)
Red Clouds: 12 folk songs from Austria, Switzerland and Tirol (Oxford, 1971)
 
Alwyn, William
April Mom, Odd Moments and Hunter's Moon (ABRSM/Easier Piano Pieces no. 46)
Fancy Free (Oxford, 1927)
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Antheil, George
7 Children’s Pieces (1942)
Little Shimmy (1923) (Schirmer) [in "American Essentials"]
La femme 100 tetes, No. IX (1933) (Schirmer) [in "American Essentials"]
Modern Sounds for Small Hands [15 pieces] (published as "Piano Pastels")
4 Bagatelles (1977) (Waterloo) [A]
4 Contrapuntal Moods (1978)
4 Little Studies (1963) (Waterloo) [I]
6 Preludes (1947) (Waterloo) [A]
8 Little Canons (1978) (CMC)
11 Short Pieces (1960) (Peer; Alberta Keys Music, 1995) [I]
Here and Now [10 pieces] (Alberta Keys Music, 1996)
Lydian Mood and Quiet Chat (1971) (Waterloo)
Minute Music for Small Hands (1957) (Peer, 1959)
Rainbows
Rondo (1955) (Peer)
Shorter Pieces for Shorter Fingers [3 pieces] (Alberta Keys Music, 1994)
Sonatina No. 1 (1945) [A]
Sonatina No. 2 (1946) (B&H)
Sonatina No. 3 (1973) (Waterloo, 1979) [EA]
Theme and Variations [LI]
 
Armengol, Mario Ruiz
31 piezas infantiles (AAAUV, 1986)
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Arnold, Malcolm
Children’s Suite: 6 little studies (Alfred Lengnick, 1948)
 
Arrieu, Claude
Lectures [8 pieces] (Gerard Billoudot, 1977)
 
Arro, Edgar (1911-1978)
Leichte Variationen uber ein estnisches Thema (Eres Edition)
 
Astaburuaga, Rene A.
Album infantil (12 pieces), op. 3 (Editorial Universitaria)
Diez preludios pequenos (10 pieces) (19--?)
Sonatina (1945)
 
Austin, Elizabeth R. (1938-    )
A Child's Garden of Music [LE]
ia Music [I/Age 10-15]
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Bacewicz, Grazyna
Latwe utwory (Easy Pieces) (PWM, 1960; Peters, 1969)
 
Bacon, Ernest
4 Notes (F. Colombo, 1963)
Friends [8 pieces] (F. Colombo, 1963) [E]
My World: Piano Pieces for Children (Summy, 1961)
Sassafras, for piano 4-hands (Lawson-Gould, 1960/Schirmer)
Seldom Seen Hollow (Presser, 1963)
 
Badian, Maya
Children’s World [14 pieces] (L. Badian Editions, 1996)
 
Badings, Henk
Arcadia I: 10 studies (Jeannette Fermate, 1945/Schott)
Arcadia II: 10 studies (Jeannette Fermate, 1945/Schott)
Arcadia III: 10 studies (Jeannette Fermate, 1945/Schott)
Arcadia IV: 10 studies for piano 4-hands (Jeannette Fermate, 1945/Schott)
Arcadia V: 10 studies for piano 4-hands (Jeannette Fermate, 1945/Schott)
 
Baird, Tadeusz
Mala suita dziecieca (Little Suite for Children) (PWM, 1954) (with Emma Altberg)
 
Baker, David
On a Small Scale [28 pieces] (Boston Music, 1972)
 
Barati, George
Angles and Curves (Amer. Comp. Alliance, 1969)
 
Barber, Samuel
Excursions, op. 20 (Schirmer) [LI/EA]
Minuetto (Barber and Co., 1923)
Under the Willow Tree (Schirmer)
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Bartok, Bela
Collection: Album for the Young - edited in progressive order (Schirmer)
Collection: Bartok - An Introduction to His Works (Alfred)
 
I. Elementary
        First Term at the Piano (1913) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
        For Children, Volumes I and II (1908-1909, rev. ed. 1945) (B&H) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
        9 Little Piano Pieces, Book I (1925) (B&H)
        Mikrokosmos, Volumes I, II, III (1926-1937, rev. ed. 1987) (B&H, 1987)
        Rumanian Christmas Songs, Set I (1915) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        10 Easy Pieces (1908) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
 
II. Intermediate
        3 Hungarian Folk Songs from Csik (1907) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        9 Little Piano Pieces, Book II (1926) (B&H)
        Mikrokosmos, Volumes IV, V (1926-1937, rev. ed. 1987) (B&H, 1987)
        4 Nenies (Dirges), op. 9a (1910) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
        3 Hungarian Folk Tunes (1914-17) (B&H)
        Rumanian Christmas Songs, Set II (1915) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        Rumanian Folk Dances (1915) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        7 Sketches, Op. 9 (1908-1910) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        Sonatine (1915) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
 
III. Advanced
        Allegro Barbaro (1911) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 (1908) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        15 Hungarian Peasant Songs & Dances (1914-1917) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        9 Little Piano Pieces, Book III (1926) (B&H)
        Mikrokosmos, Volume VI (1926-1937, rev. ed. 1987) (B&H)
        3 Rondos (1916-1927) (B&H)
        Suite, Op. 14 (1916) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
 
IV. Difficult
        3 Burlesques, Op. 8c (1908-1910) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
        2 Elegies, Op. 8b [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        3 Etudes, Op. 18 (1918) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        Improvisations on Hungarian Songs, Op. 20 (1920) [in "Allegro barbaro and other" (Dover)]
        Out of Doors Suite (1926) (B&H)
        2 Pictures, op. 10 [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series II" (Dover)]
        4 Pieces: Study for the Left Hand, Fantasy I, Fantasy II and Scherzo (1903) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        Rhapsody, Op. 1 (1904) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        2 Rumanian Dances, Op. 8a (1909-1910) [in "Pf Music of Bartok, Series I" (Dover)]
        Sonata (1926) (B&H)
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Bassett, Leslie
Configurations [5 pieces] (Peters, 1988) [I - A]
 
Bastien, James
Toccata (General Words and Music, 1975)
 
Bauer, Marion
8 Diversions from a Composer’s Notebook (Chappell, 1953)
Summertime Suite [8 pieces] (Leeds Music, 1953)
 
Bauernfeind, Hans
Kleine Suite (Little Suite) (Doblinger, 1960)
Praeludium, from Little Suite (Doblinger, 1960) ** [in "Young Pianist’s Anthology of Modern Music"]
Sonatine (Doblinger, 1955)
 
Bazelon, Irwin
Suite for Young People (Peer, 1954)
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Beard, Katherine
7 Two-Part Inventions on Borrowed Themes (Boston Music, 1989)
10 Two-Part Inventions, for pre-Bach study (Boston Music, 1985)
Creapy Crawley Things and Some That Fly! [27 pieces] (Boston Music, 1980)
Do What I Do: 24 Short Canons (Willis, 1984)
Look What’s Growing in My Garden [29 pieces] (Boston Music, 1982) [E]
Nature Pieces - Scene 1:Down By the Pond: Scene 2:Out in the Barn [29 pcs] (Boston Music, 1980)
Progressive Pieces for Pianists (Presser, 1986)
Twelve times twelve: 12 short pieces in the 12-tone style (1990) (Boston Music)
 
Beaty, Dan
Woodsprite and Waterbug Collection [12 pieces] (General Words and Music/Kjos, 1977)[I]
7 Bagatelles (Kjos) [I-A]
 
Beckwith, John
6 Mobiles, 2 Sets (BMI Canada, 1960) [E]
Interval Studies (BMI Canada, 1962)
Suite on Old Tunes (BMI Canada, 1967)
 
Beeson, Jack
Round and Round, for piano 4-hands (Oxford, 1970)
 
Beizai, Siavash
Easy Piano Pieces on Persian Folksongs (Barenreiter, 1995)
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Bell, Larry
Suite from Hansel and Gretel, op. 65 (Casa Rustica, 2001/2003) [I]
 
Benedict, Robert (1947-    )
Watercolours (Waterloo) [Grade 4]

Ben-Haim, Paul
Album for the Young [9 pieces] (Negen, 1948)

Bennett, Richard Rodney
Diversions for Piano Solo (Universal Edition, 1965)
Diversion No. 5 (ABRSM)
Over the Hills and Far Away, for piano 4-hands [8 pieces] (Novello, 1996)
Partridge Pie [12 pieces on the 12 Days of Christmas] (Novello, 1991)
Seven Days a Week [7 pieces] (Mills Music, 1963)
Suite for Skip and Sadie, for piano 4-hands (Novello, 1991)
A Week of Birthdays: 7 short piano pieces (Mills Music, 1961)
 
Benjamin, Arthur
3 Little Pieces (B&H, 1956)
Haunted House (B&H, 1945)
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Benson, Warren
3 Macedonian Miniatures (1951) (Presser)
If I Could Be (Four Daydreams for Piano) (1963) (Presser)
Recipe for a Little Girl (1963)
Humorous Not Without Merit (1985)
 
Bentley, Berenice
Rondolettes: 24 sketches in major and minor keys (Summy, 1942)
Summertime Sketches: imaginative pcs for the development of technic and style (Summy, 1945)
 
Berger, Jean
Country Sketches (Kjos West, 1982) [I]
Diversions [6 pieces] (General Words and Music/Kjos, 1980) [I]
More Diversions [5 pieces] (General Words and Music/Kjos, 1980) [I]
Sonatina (Ditson, 1952; Presser)
 
Bergerac, Nicole
The Delicious Book: a menu of 10 recital miniatures (Schroeder & Gunther, 1967)
 
Bergsma, William
3 Fantasies (Hargail Music, 1945) [A]
 
Berkowitz, Sol
4 Blues for Lefty (Presser, 1976)
12 Easy Blues for Piano (Boston Music, 1974)
 
Berlinski, Herman
Little Suite for Piano [4 pieces] (Associated Music, 1957)
 
Bernofsky, Lauren
Arctic Moon (self-published) [E]
Australia Suite (FJH) [LI]
Ettena and Mot (self-published) [E]
Piano Sonata (self-published) [EI]
Rainstorm (self-published) [EI]

Bernstein, Leonard
7 Anniversaries (1943)
4 Anniversaries (1948) (For Felicia Montealegre)
5 Anniversaries (1949-51) (For Elizabeth Rudolf; For Susanna Kyle)
13 Anniversaries (1990)
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Bernstein, Seymour
Belinda The Chipmunk (Manduca Music) [LE/EI]
Birds (Manduca Music) [I]
Birds 2 (Manduca Music) [I]
Dragons (Earth Music Series, Book V) (Manduca Music) [E/EI]
Early Birds (Earth Music Series, Book III) (Manduca Music) [E/EI]
Emotions: 8 Untitled Pieces (Manduca Music) [I]
Fantasy on a Theme by Francisco (Manduca Music) [A]
Köchel and Sheila (Manduca Music) [LE/EI]
Insects, Bks I & II (Manduca Music) [EI]
Lullaby for Carrieann (Manduca Music) [LI]
Moonscapes (Manduca Music) [I]
New Pictures at an Exhibition (Manduca Music) [A]
Out of the Nest (Earth Music Series, Book II) (Manduca Music) [E/EI]
The Pedals (Earth Music Series, Book IV) (Manduca Music) [E/EI]
Raccoons, Bks I & II (Manduca Music) [LE]
Trees: Five Hymns and Poems to the Miracle of Nature (Manduca Music) [EI]
Warbles and Flutters (Earth Music Series, Book I) (Manduca Music) [E/EI]
 
Berr, Bruce
At the Seashore, 2 vols (FJH) [LE/EI; EI]
Celebrations in Style (Hal Leonard)
Explorations in Style (9 pieces) (Hal Leonard) [EI]
Imaginations in Style (7 pieces) (Hal Leonard) [LE]
 
Beyer, Frank Michael
Avanti: 15 Piano Pieces for Young Pianists (Schott, 1983/Hal Leonard)
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Biggs, John
Sonatina 2 (Consort Press, 1975)
 
Binder, Abraham
To a Lily of Sharon [3 pieces] (Leeds Music, 1954)
 
Binge, Ronald
The Music of Ronald Binge [5 pieces] (Josef Weinberger) [I]
 
Binkerd, Gordon
Concert Set for Piano (B&H) [I]
Entertainments for Piano (B&H)
Piano Miscellany (B&H)
The Young Pianist (B&H, 1969)
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Bissell, Keith (1912-1992)
3 Preludes for Young Pianists (Harmuse, 1973)
Rondo [I]
Variations on a Folk Song [Grade 10]
                                                                                                      
Bittner, Frances
The Creatures Speak (Carl Fischer) [EE-EI]
 
Blake, Howard
The Snowman (Faber, 1986)
 
Blet, Stephane
For Children [13 pieces] (Combre, 2003)
Melodie ottomane, op. 19 (Leduc, 2002) [E]
 
Bloch, Augustyn
Filigrees (PWM, 1979)
 
Bloch, Ernest
Enfantines (1923) (Carl Fischer, 1924)
Ex-Voto [A]
Joyous March (Carl Fisher, 1924)
Poems of the Sea [A]
Five Sketches in Sepia [A]
 
Blok, Vladimir
Souvenirs for Piano: 12 Pieces in Folk Mode (FHM) [LE/EI]
Vignettes (FHM)
 
Bober, Melody
FJH Music House Composer
Best of Melody Bober, Bks 1, 2 (FJH)
Cyclone (FJH) [I]
Dance of the Autumn Leaves (FJH) [LI]
From the Emerald Isle (FJH) [I]
Jazzy Rags (FJH) [I/LI]
Just for Fun, Bks 1, 2 (FJH) [LE/EI]
Romantic Rhapsodies, Bks 1, 2 (FJH) [I/LI]
Standing Ovations (FJH) [I]
Tunes in Transit (FJH) [LI]
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Bolcom, William
Complete Rags for Piano (Hal Leonard) [LI/EA]
3 Ghost Rags (Hal Leonard) [I-EA]
Seabiscuits Rag
Graceful Ghost Rag
Monsterpieces: (and others) for older children [10 pieces] (E.B. Marks, 1981)
 
Bond, Victoria (1945-    )
Sandburg Suite (1980) (Seesaw Music) [LI/EA]
 
Boykan, Martin (1931-    )
Pastorale [Age 10-11 or older]
 
Bottenberg, Wolfgang (1930-    )
Moods of the Modes (1967) (Waterloo) [I]
 
Bottje, Will Gay
Duos for One: 7 easy piano pieces with prepared tape (Amer. Comp. Alliance, 1969)
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Bouchard, Remi (1936-    )
5 Variations on an Icelandic Folksong (1982) (Neepawa) [I]
La Belle Prairie (CMC) [EA]
Consolations & Noctunes [I-A]
Golden Boy [LI]
Heritage: Six Folksong for Piano [I-EA]
Nostalgia: Memoriam to Chester Duncan [A]
Piano Get a Checkup [I]
Sounds Delicious [EI]
Souvenirs [EI]
Ten Tiny Tots [E]
 
Bourgeois, Derek
Bits and Bytes (Fentone) [must be ordered directly http//www.fentone.com/] [I-EA]
 
Bowen, York
Air and Dance (Josef Weinberger) [E]
Minuet and Gavotte (Josef Weinberger) [LE]
 
Bowles, Paul
Folk Preludes (Presser)
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Boyle, Rory
In Times Past (ABRSM/Easier Piano Pieces no. 82)
 
Bright, Houston
4 for Piano: A Short Suite (1957) (Associated Music)
 
Brings, Allen (1934-    )
Four Graded Pieces for Younger Pianists (Mira Music, 1969) [E-A]
Vision fugitive [A]
 
Brouwer, Margaret (1940-    )
Dancing On Hot Coals (1998) (Carl Fischer) [I]
 
Brown, Timothy
FJH Music House Composer
Best of Timothy Brown, Bks 1, 2 (FJH)
Can You Imagine, Bks 1, 2 (FJH) [EI/I]
From Far Away Places (FJH) [EI/I]
Lyric Expressions (FJH) [EI - I]
Serenade (FJH) [EA]
Silhouettes, vol. 1 (FJH) [I/LI]
Suite Espanola (FJH) [I/LI]
Toccatina (FJH) [LI]
 
Brubeck, Dave
Themes from Eurasia [7 pieces] (Derry Music/Shawnee Press, 1960)
Reminiscences of the Cattle Country [A]
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Bruce, Robert
24 Easy Pieces [E-EI]
Cities: A Musical Caricature [LI]
Miniatures for Piano, 3 Bks (3 pieces each) (BLC)
Picture Studies (6 pieces) [EI]
 
Brussels, Iris
7 Piano Pieces (Southern Music, 1969)
 
Bruk, Fridrich
Kevat (Spring): Suite for Young Pianists (B&H)
Kultasyksy (Golden Autumn): Suite for Young Pianists (B&H)
Winter: Suite for Young Pianists (B&H)
 
Bucchi, Valentino
Le petite prince [5 pieces] (Ricordi, 1972)
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Buczynski, Walter
3 Piano Pieces (FHM, 1970) [I]
8 Epigrams for Young Pianists (B&H, 1969)
10 Piano Pieces for Children (CMC)
Aria and Toccata (CMC) [A]
The August Collection (CMC) [A]
 
Burgess, Marjorie (1915-2005)
Animal Gourmets (Willis/Hal Leonard) [E]
Burning Leaves (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Cloud Palace (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Mountain Laurel (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LI]
Nocturne (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Prisms [11 pieces] (Boston Music, 1979)
 
Burkhard, Willy
Acht (8) leichte Klavierstucke (Barenreiter, 1948)
 
Burkholder, Reed
Best Liked Solos (FJH) [LE/EI]
 
Burton, Canary
Sometime After One [I]
Shri Rama [E]
Folksong for My Mother [EI]
Gaia-Noon [I]
On the Rag: rag for jazz piano [E]
Victoria's Harp [I]
Turkey Too for jazz piano [I]
 
Butting, Max
Kinderspiel: so order so (Verlag Neue Musik, 1973)
Kinderspiel II (Verlag Neue Musik, 1973)
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Cacavas, John
Faraway Places: descripitive early grade pieces in the modern manner (Summy, 1956)
Picnic for Piano (Elkan-Vogel, 1957)
 
Cage, John
Chess Pieces (Peters)
 
Calabro, Louis
Young People’s Sonatine (Sonatine No. 2) (Elkan-Vogel, 1957)
 
Camilleri, Charles
4 Pieces for Young Pianists (B&H)
Petite Suite (B&H, 1978)
 
Campbell, Carolyn Jones
7 Preludes for Keyboard (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
The Big Sky for piano 4-hands (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EA]
Café Cancun (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LI]
Cindy Goes Folk (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
City Scenes (in a contemporary jazz idom) (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Country Rock (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
From the Land of Clover (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LE]
Hootenanny (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Jazz Train (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LE]
Magic Garden (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Moonlight (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Native Son (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Nocturne (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
On the Beach at Manzanillo for piano 4-hands (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EA]
Prelude (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Romance (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Seashell (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Shades of Blue (5 jazz and blues stylings) (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EA]
Shortin’ Bread Blues (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Soft Lights (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LI]
Softly Raining (Willis/Hal Leonard) [I]
Taco Tico (Willis/Hal Leonard) [LE]
Tiny Toothy Termites (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Toccata (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Umbrellas in the Rain (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Variations on a Baroque Bass (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
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Caramia, Tony
6 Sketches (Alfred) [I]
Adventures in Jazz Piano, Vol. 1 (11 pieces) (Barenreiter) [an intro to jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and ragtime]
Adventures in Jazz Piano, Vol. 2 (9 pieces) (Barenreiter) [an intro to jazz, blues, boogie-woogie, and ragtime]
Folksongs Revisited (New School for Music, 1983)
Jazz Sampler: Seven Titles, Seven Styles (Alfred) [LI]
Sounds of Jazz, 2 Bks (9 pieces each) (New School for Music, 1983; Alfred) [Level 2; Level 3]
 
Carvajal, Armando
3 Pieces for Children (New Music, 1939)
(4) Cuatro piezas para ninos (1936)
 
Casadesus, Robert
6 enfantines, op. 48 (Durand, 1955)
 
Casey, Jerry
By Request (7 pieces) [E-I]
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Casella, Alfredo
11 pezzi infantili (pieces for children), op. 35 (1920) (Universal Edition, 1921)

Castro, Jose Maria
Casi Polka (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
Pequena marcha (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1946)
Vals miniatura (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
 
Castro, Washington
Campanitas de fiesta (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
 
Cazden, Norman
6 Children’s Pieces, op. 22 (Mercury Music, 1945)
10 Progressions, op. 5 (1941)
First Steps for Piano, op. 80 (Composers Facsimile Edition, 1964)
More Steps, op. 77 [10 pieces] (Composers Facsimile Edition, 1962)
New Pieces (Cazden, 1960)
A Second Diatonic Reader, op. 75 (Andrews Music House, 1962)
 
Cerha, Friedrich
Piano Pieces for Children, and those who aspire to that status (Universal Edition, 1989)
 
Chagy, John
Alfred and Willis Music Publishers
3 Bagatelles (Willis, 1980)
Israeli Sketches [8 pieces] (Willis, 1980) [I]
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Chatman, Stephen
Amusements, 3 Bks (FHM, 1989) [E; E-I; E]
Bells Over Deep Cove [I]
Escapades, 2 Bks [I]
Etudes for Piano (FHM)    
Fantasies (FHM) [I]
Sports [E]
 
Chen, Yi
2 Chinese Bagatelles (Presser, 2000)
 
Cherney, Brian
6 Miniatures (1965) (Oxford)
Horizons, contributor
Pieces for Young Pianists, 3 vols. (1968) (Jaymar Music, 1971-72)
Studies in 20th Century Idioms (Waterloo)
 
Clark, Mary Elizabeth
Contempos in Crimson: 20th Century sounds for the beginning pianist (Alfred, 1972) [E-EI]
Contempos in Jade: 20th Century sounds for the beginning pianist (Alfred, 1972) [E-EI]
Contempos in Orchid: 20th Century sounds for the beginning pianist (Alfred, 1973) [E-EI]
Contempos in Sapphire: 20th Century sounds for the beginning pianist (Alfred, 1973) [E-EI]
Contempo Series, 2 Bks (Alfred) [LE-I]
 
Clark, Sondra
10 Modern Miniatures [LE-LI] (see Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Website)
Headless Horseman (Hal Leonard) [I]
Island Delights (4 pieces) (Hal Leonard) [I]
 
Clarke, Lucia
Jazz and All That! (Myklas Press, 1976)
 
Cooper, Paul (1926-1996)
Cycles (12 pieces) (Chester Novello) [I] [employs clusters, aleatoric writing, graphical notation, etc.]
 
Cooper, Ted
Odyssey (Carl Fischer) [LE]
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Copland, Aaron
3 Moods (1920-1921) (B&H)
4 Piano Blues (1926) (B&H) [nos. 1 and 4 in "Piano Album" (B&H)]
The Cat and the Mouse (1920) (Alfred; Masters Music)
Down a Country Lane (1962) (B&H) [also  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
In Evening Air (1966) (B&H) [also in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Midday Thoughts (1944) [in "Two Piano Pieces" (B&H)]
Midsummer Nocturne (1947) (B&H) [also in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Night Thoughts (B&H)
Our Town: 3 Pf Excerpts (Story of O.T.; Conversation at Soda Fountain; Resting Place) (B&H)
Petite Portait [in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Proclamation (1973) [in "Two Piano Pieces" (B&H)]
The Resting Place on the Hill [in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Saturday Night Waltz [in "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Scherzo Humoristique (Durand)
Sentimental Melody (1926) [in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
Sunday Afternoon Music (1935) [in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]
The Young Pioneers (1935) [in  "Piano Album" (B&H)]

Corea, Chick
Children's Songs: 20 pieces for keyboard (Schott, 1984)
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Costley, Kevin
Be Cool! - Play Jazz (FJH) [EI]
Romantic Portaits (FJH) [I]
Snapshots (FJH) [EI]
Symphony of Spring (FJH) [EA]
 
Coulthard, Jean
4 Etudes for Piano (BMI Canada, 1952) [A]
4 Piano Pieces [EI/Grade 4]; (BMI Canada, 1955; Clark & Cruickshank; Berandol)
12 Preludes for Piano (BER) [A]
Daredevil (BMI Canada, 1965)
Early Pieces for Piano [9 pieces] (ALK. 1999)
Easy Pieces for Piano (CMC)
Music of Our Time Series, contributor (Waterloo)
Noon Siesta (BMI Canada, 1965)
On the March (BMI Canada, 1965)
Pieces for the Present (Waterloo, 1974) [E/I] [written in an impressionistic style]
Preludes for Piano [3 pieces] (BMI Canada, 1959; Associated Music; Berandol) [A]
A Quiet Afternoon (BMI Canada, 1965)
 
Couppey, Felic
The Alphabet; 25 very easy studies for piano, op. 17 (Kalmus, 200-?)

Covello, Stephen
Echoes and Images (Schroeder & Gunthter, 1980) [E?]
Focus on Fun (Hal Leonard) [LE]
The Little Avant Garde (Schroeder & Gunther, 1971; Schirmer)
The Little Avant Garde II (Schroeder & Gunther, 1974; Schirmer)
Winning Solos (Schirmer) [LE-EI]
Winning Solos  (Schirmer) [I-LI]
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Cowell, Henry
Album of Piano Music (Schirmer/AMP)
Aeolian Harp (1923) [strummed like a harp on the inside of the piano]
Amerind Suite [composed about American Indians]
The Banshee [played with a ghost-like sound on the strings of a piano]
Bounce Dance (Merion Music, 1956)
The Irishman Dances (Carl Fischer, 1936)
The Snows of Fuji-Yama
Sway Dance (Merion Music, 1958)
The Tides of Manaunaun
Two Woofs [bitonal pieces]
 
Crawford (Seeger), Ruth
4 Preludes (Merion/Presser) [A]
19 American Folk Songs (Schirmer, 1995)
 
Crawley, Clifford
4 Uneasy Pieces for piano duet (FHM) [I-LI]
Exchanges [12 pieces] (FHM) [E-I]
 
Craxton, Harold
2 Studies (Josef Weinberger) [E]
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Creston, Paul
5 Little Dances, op. 24 (1946) (Schirmer) (Rustic Dance; Languid Dance) [I/A]
6 Preludes, op. 38 (MCA)
Prelude and Dance No. 1, op. 29 (Presser)
The Red Book (Schirmer)
Rhythmicon (F. Colombo, 1964)
 
Crosby, Anne
In My Dreams (FHM) [LE]
 
Crumb, George
A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (Peters)
 
Cuellar, Martin
FJH Music House Composer
Nocturne (Nightfall in Tossa del Mar) (FJH) [LI]
Toccata (FJH) [LI]
Vals Romantico (FJH) [LI]
 
Czovek, Erna
Piano Miniatures for Children (EMB/B&H, 1973)
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Dahl, Ingolf
First march (Alla marcia moderato) from Sonatina alla marcia (Presser, 1957)
Second march (Alla marcia funebre) from Sonatina alla marcia (Presser, 1957)
Third march (Alla marcia allegro) from Sonatina alla marcia (Presser, 1957)
Sonatina alla marcia
 
Davies, Peter Maxwell
6 Secret Songs (Chester, 1996)
Stevie’s Ferry to Hoy [3 pieces] (B&H, 1978)
 
Davis, Jean Reynolds
Doors into Music: a creative approach through the piano (Boston Music, 1966) (with C. McGraw)
Doors into Technic: technical proficiency (Boston Music, 1966) (with C. McGraw)
 
Debussy, Claude
Leichte Klavierstucke (Easy Piano Pieces) (Schott, 2001)
 
De Pue, Wallace
For the Good Folk [LE]
Kaelen's March [E]
Mary's Proffer [E]
Meditation
Musical Remembrances [LE]
A Portrait of a White Butterfly [EI]
Prelude (from "The Wonderful Witch of Oz") [E]
Prelude [LE]
Waltz, Chorale and March
 
Del Aguila, Miguel
Toccata (Peer-Southern/Presser) [I-EA]
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Dello Joio, Norman
5 Images, for piano 4-hands (1967) (Marks Music, 1967; Belwin Mills)
Capriccio on the Interval of a Second (1968)
Christmas Music, for piano 4-hands (1968)
Diversions [5 pieces] (1975) (Belwin Mills/Marks)
Family Album, for piano 4-hands (E.B. Marks, 1962)
Lyric Pieces for the Young [6 pieces] (Marks Music, 1971/Belwin Mills)
Nocturne in E (1946)
Nocturne in F-sharp Minor (1946) (CF)
Prelude: To a Young Dancer (1943) (Schirmer)
Prelude: To a Young Musician (1943) (Schirmer)
Salute to Scarlatti (1979) (Schirmer)
Short Intervallic Etudes (1988) (Schirmer) [1/3’s]
Simple Sketches (2001)
Stage Parodies [4 pieces], for piano 4-hands (Associated Musi, 1975)
Suite for Piano (1940) (Schirmer) [I/A]
Suite for the Young [10 pieces] (E.B. Marks, 1964; Schirmer) - Mountain Melody; Small Fry
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Deassau, Paul
(7) Easy Piano Pieces (Schott/Hal Leonard)
 
Delius, Frederick
The Young Pianist’s Delius [10 pieces] (Bardic Edition, 1992)
 
Demierre, Francois
Pages enfantines [10 pieces] (Salabert, 192-?)
 
Denisov, Edisson
Detskie p’esy (Soviet kompozitor, 1989)
 
Desenclos, Alfred
Suite breve (Presser, 1970)

Diamond, David
8 Piano Pieces for Children (Editions de la vipere, 1935; Schirmer, 1940)
Album for the Young (Elkan Vogel, 1947)
Alone at the Piano: pieces for beginners, 3 Bks (Southern Music, 1968)
A Private World [13 pieces] (Southern Music, 1962)
Then and Now: 11 pieces for very young pianists (Southern, 1966)
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Diemer, Emma Lou
4 Teaching Pieces (B&H, 1962)
Adventures in Sound (1987) (Birch Tree/Summy/Warner, 1989) [E - EA]
Reaching Out (18 pieces) (FJH) [EI/I]
Sound Pictures (1971) (B&H) [E - EA; children or young people]
Space Suite: 12 short pieces using 20th cent. idioms (1987) (Plymouth Music, 1989) [E - EA]
Three Pieces for Piano (1991) (Plymouth Music) [LI; young people]
Time Pictures (1961) (B&H) [LE; children or young people]
 
Dietzer
First Impressions, 6 vols. (Alfred)
 
Diller, Angela Quaile, E. (ed.)
First Pedal Studies for the Piano (Schirmer, 1942)
Folk Song and Dances Arranged for Piano (Willis, 1920)
Tunes from Many Lands (Willis, 1920)
When the World Was Young: Folk Tunes Arranged for Piano (Willis, 1921)
 
Distler, Hugo
Elf kleine Klavierstuckefur die Jugend (Barenreiter, 1974)
 
Dolin, Samuel
Sonatina (BMI Canada, 1960)
 
Drew, James M.
Petite Messe pour une Mouche Commune Defunte (Small Mass for a Deceased House Fly)(GreyWolf Press)
    [I; elementary to high school]
Six Solo Pieces (Grey Wolf Press) [I]
 
Dring, Madeleine
3 for 2, for piano 4-hands (Josef Weinberger, 1970)
3 Pieces (Josef Weinberger) [E]
Spring Morning & Little Minuet (Josef Weinberger) [E]
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Dubois, Pierre Max
Deux degrees au dessus de zero: pieces progressives, 3 vols (G. Billaudot, 1986)
Voulez-vous jouer? Au cirque (G. Billaudot, 1984)
 
Duke, David
Magical Years of the Chinese [E-I]
Music of Our Time, contributor (Waterloo)
Piano Sonatina [A]
Special Days [E-I]
 
Durko, Zsolt
Gyermekzene (Children’s Music) (EMB, 1979)
 
Duro, Stephen
Finger Jogging Boogie [17 pieces] (ABRSM, 1995)
 
Dutkiewicz, Andrzej
The Puppet Suite (Kjos) [LE]
Toccatina & Suite (Kjos) [LI/EA]
 
Dutilleux, Henri
Bergerie   (H. Lemoine, 1963)
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Eastman, Donna Kelly
Vacation Magic (4 pieces) [LE]
 
Eckstein, Maxwell
Keyboard Kaleidoscope (Carl Fischer, 1968)
Let’s Have Music for Piano, 2 vols. (Carl Fischer, 1940)
Piano Pieces for Children [over 100 pieces] (AMSCO, 1962)
 
Eespere, Rene (1953-    )
Ritrnelle und Osinati (Eres Edition)
 
Eisler, Hans
Petits morceaux pour les enfants [25 pieces], 2 vols/op. 31 & 32 (Heugel, 1934)
 
Ekier, Jan
Melodies in Colour (Kolorowe melodie) [9 pieces] (PWM, 1949)
 
Epstein, Marti
American Etudes (1991-2005) [LE-EA]
 
Espla, Oscar
Impressiones musicales [5 pieces] (Masters Music, 2000?)
 
Etheridge, Jean
Sunday Morning (BMI Canada, 1966)
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Faber, Nancy
FJH Music House Composer
American Frontiers (FJH) [LI]
Classic Sonata in G (FJH) [EI]
Danse Brillante (FJH) [LI]
Egyptian Rhapsody (FJH) [LI]
Etude Drammatico (FJH) [EI]
The Ghost in Our Piano (FJH) [LI]
Halloween Sonatine (FJH) [I]
Nocturne (FJH) [I]
Once Upon a Rainbow, Bks 1, 2, 3 (FJH) [EE; E/LE; I/LI]
Pachelbel Canon (FJH) [A]
Shimmering Waterfalls (FJH) [I]
Whispers of the Wind (FJH) [EI]
Willow Tree Waltz (FJH) [EI]
Would You Go In? (FJH) [EI]
 
Faith, Richard
4 Cameos (Shawnee, 1971)
Finger Paintings (Shawnee, 1968; Alfred) [I]
Recollections [9 pieces] (Shawnee, 1974)
 
Falik, (Yuri?)
10 Pieces (Associated Music, 1976)
 
Farkas, Ferenc
Correspondances: 8 Pieces for Piano (EMB/Hal Leonard)
Regi nota, regi tanc (Alte Weise, alter Tanz) (EMB/Hal Leonard)
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Feinberg, David
Shorties (Boston Music) [I-EA]
 
Ferguson, Howard
5 Bagatelles (B&H) [I]
 
Fernandez, Oscar L.
2 Miniatures (Peer)
Bazar: suite infantil, piano 4-hands (I.Vitale, 1945; Peer)
Bonecas (Dolls): serie infantile sobre as 5 notas (I.Vitale, 1945; Peer)
Bonecas yaya (Yaya the Doll) [3 pieces] (I. Vitale, 1946; Peer)
Brazilian Suites Nos. 1, 2, 3 (Peer)
Minhas ferias (A. Napoleao, 1958)
Sonata breve (Peer)
Suite on 5 Notes [8 pieces] (Peer, 1944)
Visoes infantis (Children Visions), op. 22 (I. Vitales, 1942-44)
 
Fiala, George
10 Postludes for Young Students (Waterloo, 1969) [I]
Australian Suite, op. 2 [I]
Children’s Suite (Waterloo) [EA]
Dance, for piano duet (BMI Canada, 1958)
Horizons, contributor (Waterloo)
Lullaby (Associated Music, 1958)
Miniature Suite (BMI Canada, 1960)
Prelude (BMI Canada, 1960)
Sonatina, op. 1 [I]
Toccata (GVT)
 
Ficher, Jacobo
Cancion triste (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
 
Fine, Irving
Lullaby for a Baby Panda (Merion, 1958)
Victory March of the Elephants (Presser, 1958)
 
Finke-Siegmund, I.
Fur Junge Pianisten (VEB Deutcher Verlag fur Musik, 1973)
 
Finlayson, Walter A.
Piano Pictures [14 pieces] (B&H, 1957)
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Finney, Ross Lee
32 Piano Games (Peters, 1969) [to introduce contemporary notation, sonority, and articulation]
Inventions: 24 children’s pieces (1956) (Peters, 1971)
Medley (Campfire on the Ice) (in Masters of American Piano Music/Alfred)
Youth’s Companion [5 pieces] (1980) (Peters, 1981)

Finnissy, Michael
Wee Saw Footprints [9 pieces] (Oxford, 1993)
 
Flagello, Nicolas
2 Waltzes (1953) (Maelos) [I]
3 Dances (1945) (Boston)
3 Episodes (1957) (Boston) [E-I]
Petits Pastels (1966) (Boston) [E]
 
Fleites, Virginia
Pequena Suite [4 pieces] (Ed. Coop. Interamer. De Comp., 1946)
 
Fleming, Robert
3 Piano Pieces (FHM, 1970)
Lilting (G.V. Thompson, 1967)
Sonatina (Oxford) [A]
 
Fletcher, Stanley
Street Scenes [14 pieces] (Summy, 1963)
Technic Knacks: 20 little exercises in pianism on familiar tunes (Peer, 1949)
 
Floyd, Carlisle
Episodes (13 pieces) (B&H)               
 
Frackenpohl, Arthur
Circus Parade [13 pieces] (Oxford, 1960) [Grade 2-3]
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Francaix, Jean
3 esquisses sur les touches blanches (1983) (Schott, 1999)
10 Stucke fur Kinder zum Spielen und Traumen [10 pieces] (Schott, 1976)
15 portraits d’enfants d’Auguste Renoir (Editions musicales transatlantiques, 1971)
The Francaix Collection: 17 Piano Works (Schott, 1993)
 
Franco, Johan
3 Piano Sketches (Presser, 1954)
 
Freed, Isadore
A Lake Song (Carl Fischer, 1941) [w/Lazare Saminsky???]
Sonatina No. 1 (Southern Music, 1954)
 
Friboulet, Georges
Nous [5 pieces] (H. Lemoine, 1977)
Le troglodyte [7 pieces] (Gerard Billaudot, 1976)
Wolves’ Meadow [5 pieces] (H. Lemoine, 1975)
 
Frid, Grigori
Album of Children’s Pieces, Op. 25 & Op. 39 & Op. 41
A Day in the Country (FHM) [I]
Russian Tales (FHM) [EA]
Youthful Adventures (FHM) [E-EI]
 
Frost, Bernice
Two Players at the Piano: A First Grade Piano Duet Book (Boston Music, 1964)
 
Fuleihan, Anis
5 Very Short Pieces for Talented Bipeds (Southern Music, 1949)
Around the Clock: 12 Preludes for Young Pianists (Southern Music, 1964)
 
Fulton, Norman
Dance Miniatures, op. 33 (Oxford, 1965)
 
Funk, Eric
Lullabyes [LE - I]
Pieces (1973): 7 easy pieces for piano [LE - I]
Music for Piano (1971-83): a graded piano book [I - A]
 
Furze, Jessie
All Alone &  Two’s Company (Josef Weinberger) [E]
 
Füssl Karl Heinz
5 Tones, 5 Fingers, op. 1 (6 pieces) (Universal Edition, 1941)
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Gallagher, Jack
6 Pieces for Kelly (1989) (Manduca) (7’) [Ages 8-16]
3 Little Waltzes and Pastorale (1984) (Editions Bim) (7’) [Ages 11-16]
6 Bagatelles (1978) (Editions Bim) (12’) [Ages 15-18]
Evening Music (1998) (5’) (Editions Bim)
Nocturne (1976/2003) (9’)
Sonatina (1973/2003) (12’)
 
Ganz, Rudolph
4 Modernistic Pieces (Composers Press, 1938)
Animal Pictures [20 pieces] (Carl Fischer, 1932)
Sports and Games Suite [5 pieces] (McKinley, 1945)
Tiny Suite [8 pieces] (McKinley, 1945)
 
Garcia, W.T. Skye
Allegro Furioso (FJH) [I]
Images of Spain (FJH) [I]
On A Summer’s Night (FJH) [LI]
 
Garcia Abril, Anton
Cuadernos para Adriana, 3 Bks [42 pieces] (Bolamar, 1988)
 
Garscia, Janina
Bagatelles, op. 40 (PWM, 1978)
Miniatures for Piano, op. 5 (PWM, 1971)
Very Easy Piano Pieces for Children, op. 3 (PWM, 1980)
Winter Fun, op. 25 (1961) (PWM, 1976)
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Genzmer, Harald
Capriccio (Sonatina No. 2) (Schott)
Kleines Klavierbuch (Little Piano Book) (Schott)
Movementi musicali: Album fur junge klavierspieler (1995) (Peters, 2000)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (Schott)
Piano Sonatina No. 1 (Schott)
Piano Sonatina No. 3 (Schott)
Suite in C (Schott)
 
George, Jon
2 at One Piano (Summy, 1969)
A Day in the Jungle (Summy, 1968; Alfred) [E-LE]
A Day in the Forest (Summy, 1973)
Kaleidoscope Duets, 5 Bks (Alfred, 1973-74)
Kaleidoscope Solos, 5 Bks (Alfred, 1973-74)
Mediaeval Pageant [8 pieces] (Oxford, 1972)
Modern Suites (Alfred) [I]
 
Gerou, Tom
Alfred Publishing House Composer
An Australian Journal (3 piece recital "suite") (Alfred) [I]
The Boundless Land (3 pieces) (Alfred) [LI]
California Coastline (3 piece recital "suite") (Alfred) [LI]
 
Gerschefski, Edwin
Song of the Mountains (Merion, 1957/Presser)

Gershwin, George
3 Preludes. Warner) [LI/EA]
 
Gianneo, Luis
7 piezas infantiles (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
 
Gideon, Miriam
Piano Suite for Children (American Composers Alliance, 1957)
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Gillock, William
3 Jazz Preludes (Willis) [I]
Accent on Analytical Sonatinas (Willis, 1964)
Accent on Rhythm and Style (7 pieces) (Willis, 1962) [EI]
Accent on the Black Keys (Willis, 1964)
Accent on Gillock, 8 vols. (Willis) [E-LI]
Accent on Majors and Minors (Willis, 1963)
Accent on Solos, 3 Bks (Willis, 1969) [E-I]
Fountain in the Rain (Willis) [I]
(Collected Short) Lyric Pieces (11 pieces) (Willis/Hal Leonard) [EI]
Lyric Preludes (24) in Romantic Style (in all keys) (Alfred)
New Orleans Jazz Styles  (Willis) [LI]
Miniatures (Willis) [LE]
More New Orleans Jazz Styles (Willis) [I]
Piano All the Way (Willis, 1969)
Still More New Orleans Jazz Styles (Willis) [LI]
Sonatina in C (Willis) [I]
Sonatine (Willis) [I]
Solo Repertoire for the Young Pianist (Willis, 1966)
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Ginastera, Alberto
12 American Preludes, op. 12 (C. Fischer): Sadness [Grd 3]
Children’s Pieces [3 pieces: Anton Pirulero; Chacarerita; Arroz con leche] (Schirmer, 1942)
Danzas Argentinas (Durand) [LI/EA]
Malambo
Milonga
Rondo on Argentine Children’s Folk Tunes, op. 19 (B&H)
Suite de Danzas Criollas (B&H) [A]
 
Glass, Philip
Metamorphosis I (1988) (Schirmer)
Metamorphosis III (1989) (Schirmer)
 
Glover, David
3 Preludes (Belwin Mills, 1969)
The Half Filled Cookie Jar: A Suite for Piano (Belwin Mills, 1973) [E]
Piano Duets, 3 Bks? (Belwin Mills, 1971)
 
Goldston, Christopher
FJH Music House Composer
Fantastic Fingers, Bks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (FJH) [EE; E; LE/EI; I; LI]
 
Goldston, Margaret
Alfred Publishing House Composer
Beachcombers (Galaxy) [I]
A Day in the Park (Galaxy Music/E.C. Schirmer) [E]
The Magic Typewriter (E.C. Schirmer) [LE]
Moods, 2 Bks (Alfred) [EI-LI]
Romances, 3 Bks (Alfred) [LE-EI; EI-I; I-LI]
Seasons (7 pieces) (Alfred) [I]
Sonatina in Blues (Alfred) [EI]
Star Quest, 2 Bks (E.C. Schirmer) [LE]
The Virtuosic Performer, Bk 1 (9 pieces) (Alfred) [LE-EI]
The Virtuosic Performer, Bk 2 (8 pieces) (Alfred) [I-LI]
Windows [9 pieces] (Galaxy, 1984) [I]
 
Gottschalk, Arthur
5 Easy Modern Pieces (Subito) [Ages 6-12]
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Gould, Morton
10 for Deborah (G&C Music, 1965/Chappell; Schirmer)
Abby Variations: Theme and 12 Variations for Piano (G&C Music, 1964/Chappell; Schirmer)
At the Piano (G&C Music, 1964/Chappell) [with Joseph Prostakoff]
Slumber Song (G&C Music, 1964/Chappell)
 
Grainger, Percy
Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away) (1918)
The Young Pianist’s Grainger (ed. Ronald Stevenson) (Schott, 1967)
 
Graetzer, Guillermo
Rondo para piano (Ed. Argentina de Musica, 1947)
 
Greaves, Terence
Swinging Rhymes (ABRSM/Easier Piano Pieces no. 81)
More Swinging Rhymes (ABRSM/Easier Piano Pieces no. 85)
 
Green, Ray
Pieces for Children and Grownups to Take Note of [4 pieces] (American Music, 1951)
 
Greene, Arthur
7 Wild Mushrooms and a Waltz (E.C. Schirmer) [I] [for prepared piano]
 
Greenleaf, Elizabeth
FJH Music House Composer
The Fountain (FJH) [I]
Little Prelude (FJH) [EI]
New Orleans Nocturne (FJH) [I]
Raindrops in the Garden Pool (FJH) [EI]
Sonatina for the Wiregrass (FJH) [EI]