Places to go to learn more about the composers: (right click to keep the above form open)
Composer biographies & recordings on PianoSociety.com
Composer biographies on Classics for Kids
Composer biographies on MakingMusicFun.net
Suggested pieces to listen to:
You can find most of these on PianoSociety.com. I have put links in on some of these to better recordings.
Bach
any of the Preludes and Fugues from the Well-Tempered Clavier
Scarlatti
any of the Sonatas
Clementi
Sonatina in C, op. 36 no. 1
Haydn
any of the Sonatas
Mozart
any of the Sonatas (I especially love the slow middle movements)
Beethoven
any of the Sonatas (including one that I played)
Variations
Chopin
any of the Ballades
any of the Preludes
any of the Nocturnes
Mazurka op. 17 no. 4
Brahms
Ballades
Rhapsodies
Intermezzi
Schumann
Carnaval
Kinderszenen
*Arabeske in C
Davidsbündlertänze
Liszt
Concert Etudes
Transcendental Etudes
Consolations
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Liebestraume
Grieg
Piano Concerto
Lyric Pieces (especially Wedding Day at Troldhaugen)
Rachmaninoff
any of the Preludes
any of the Etudes
any of the Piano Concertos (but you especially need to hear #2 - movement 1 (part 1 and part 2 of the recording), movement 2 (part 1 and part 2 of the recording), movement 3 (part 1 and part 2 of the recording)
Debussy
Clair de Lune
any of the Preludes
Arabesque no. 1
Ravel
Jeux d'Eau
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Satie
Gymnopedies
Bartok
Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Kabalevsky
Prokofiev
any Sonatas
Cinderella Suite
Romeo and Juliet
Shostakovich
any of the Preludes and Fugues
Joplin
The Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
