Intermediate to Early Advanced Works by 31 Composers.

This 212-page collection focuses on the varied styles and ethnic influences found in American piano music over the last two and a quarter centuries. Historical and biographical background, performance notes, and suggested realizations of ornaments are provided by Dr. Hinson. TItles: 12th Street Rag (Bowman) • All That Meat and No Potatoes (Waller) • Barcarolle, Op. 28, No. 1 (Beach) • Battle of Manassas (Wiggins) • Bethena (A Concert Waltz) (Joplin) • Blue Moon (Rodgers) • Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck) • Boogie Woogie Etude (Gould) • The Cat and the Mouse ("Scherzo Humoristique") (Copland) • Columbia (Caprice Americaine on "My Old Kentucky Home") (Gottschalk) • Dizzy Fingers (Confrey) • Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me (Ellington) • Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Ellington) • The Duke and the Count (Williams) • Eager Beaver (Kenton) • Euphonic Sounds (A Syncopated Two Step) (Joplin) • Fiddle-Faddle (Anderson) • In a Mist (Beiderbecke) • Jazz Pizzicato (Anderson) • The Jitterbug Waltz (Waller) • Juba (Dett) • Kitten on the Keys (Confrey) • The Lake at Evening, Op. 5, No. 1 (Griffes) • Laura (Mercer/Raksin) • Love Song (Barber) • The Man I Love (Gershwin) • March Wind, Op. 46, No. 10 (MacDowell) • Medley - Campfire on the Ice (Finney) • Narcissus, Op. 14, No. 4 (Nevin) • Nola (Arndt) • Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) (Foster) • On Bended Knees (Burleigh) • Over the Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg) • Pavanne (Gould) • Prelude (Novelette in Fourths) (Gershwin) • Prelude II (Blue Lullaby) (Gershwin) • Sleigh Ride (Anderson) • Swanee (Gershwin) • The Syncopated Clock (Anderson) • Tiger Rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band) • Variations on Adeste Fideles (Taylor) • Yankee Doodle (Arranged as a Rondo) (Carr). The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.