2015-2017 EDUCATIONAL MUSIC selection CONTENTS PART 1 educational publications for beginners PIANO 2 VIOLIN 5 CELLO 7 DOUBLE BASS 8 WIND INSTRUMENTS 9 ACCORDION 10 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE 10 PART 2 educational publications for advanced students PIANO – ADVANCED LEVEL 12 WIND INSTRUMENTS – ADVANCED LEVEL 15 Piano — GARŚCIA JANINA — GARŚCIA JANINA Musical Pictures for the Youngest for Piano Let’s Play a Piano Duet Op. 37 Op. 21 vol. 1 pwm 11 664 pwm 11 467 Four Little Frogs • The Drum • The Naughty Doll • Echo • At Nursery School • Lullaby • Photographer • Kitten and Mouse • Johnny’s Dream • Tarantella A Little Dog • On a Summer’s Day • St. Florian’s Gate • The Squirrels • Snowberries • The Goldfishes • Lady Fog • — GARŚCIA JANINA Father Christmas • Christmas Tree • Let’s Play a Piano Duet Op. 37 Little Snow-bearing Clouds vol. 2 pwm 11 468 The collection of 15 pictures intended for beginners. They are tuneful, with varied texture, A Country Melody • easy to remember. Kujawiak • Our Paths Shall Never Meet • — GARŚCIA JANINA The Little Bird Has Teasers for Piano Op. 23 Flown Away • pwm 11 670 Maciek • Brigands’ Dance Young Drummer • Before the Start • Kite The collection of short pieces composed • Fountain • by Janina Garścia especially for the youngest Dance on the Ice • pianists, who have just started their adventure Old Willow • with music. These are a challenge for beginners Cross-country Race • who wish to try the difficult art of playing Seaplane • Dew-drops for four hands. • Fanfare The collection of 10 miniatures dedicated to the youngest pianists. Pieces have different degrees of difficulty and introduce students gradually, in more and more difficult configu- rations. 2 EDUCATIONAL MUSIC 2015-2017 — KOWALOWSKI ZENON — KULENTY HANNA Scraps. Three Pieces for Piano The Little Ambulance for Two Pianos pwm 11 327 pwm 11 640 Burlesque • Nocturne • Humoresque The miniatures, presented in archaic musical forms that are rarely used by contemporary — ŁUCIUK JULIUSZ music composers, can be played separately Children’s Improvisations for Piano or in the order indicated in the collection. pwm 5738 The arrangement is not accidental: Burlesque and Humoresque are fast and expressive. Changing Colours • In contrast, the Nocturne is peaceful and very A Sound-wheel • intimate. All compositions have a light and clear A Magic Clock • structure, a bit dissonant harmonics and A Moon Rocket • a considerable emotional load. An Obstinate Little Bee • The Frogs’ Band • — KOWALOWSKI ZENON A Mysterious Waterfall • Hello Reksio! for Two Pianos An Evening Party of Birds pwm 11 522 8 atonal sonoristic miniatures utilizing Hello Reksio! • Morning contemporary notation. The treatment Mood • Short and Sweet • of the instrument goes beyond the stereotypes, A Moment of Rest • inviting the student to participate in composing The Dancing Clock • by giving the pieces their final shape – these are Backyard Griefs • suggestions for remarkably talented children A Pipe of Peace • March • with creative fantasy. Joyful notes • Lullaby Hello Reksio! for two pianos is a collection of short music pieces for young performers. A few titles included in it refer to the themes from the well-known TV series for children, created by Lechosław Marszałek. The main hero is a very popular character in Poland: a nice dog Reksio who, together with his friends, has accompanied the successive generations, entertaining and educating them. The collec- tion also comprises pieces that do not directly refer to the series. www.pwm.com.pl 3 — RYBICKI FELIKS — RYBICKI FELIKS I Am Already Playing for Piano Op. 21 I Can Play Everything for Piano Op. 22 pwm 11 665 pwm 11 671 At Twilight • On the An Orphan’s Song • Pond • Kujawiak At the Spinning-wheel (Dance) • A Walk • • The Marchioness • Reverie • Prelude • A Frolicsome Polka • A Dream • Golden A Cradle-song Waltz • Dwarfs’ for Little Eve • Parade • Recollection • The Pussy-cats Give Ballade • Girl with the Giggles • Krakowiak a Ball • Russian Dance • Grand-dad’s Polonaise • (Dance) • A Breeze • Chatter-boxes • Young Sparrows • Mazurka • Kujawiak (Dance) • The Owlglass • Romance • Playing Tag Song • Courtly Dance • A Stroll A successive – as regards the degree of difficul- A third collection of Rybicki’s pieces of great ty – collection of 18 pieces, in which the compo- didactic value, intended for more advanced ser combines in a skilful way the problems pupils. It contains popular dances characteri- of technique and rhythm with an attractive zed by original formal structure and traditional melodic and expressive aspect, through which accompaniment. The showpiece nature of the the difficulties become easy to overcome and works qualifies them for public performance. the pieces are pleasant to play and listen to. — RYBICKI FELIKS — RYBICKI FELIKS Concerto for Small Hands I Begin to Play for Piano Op. 20 for Piano and Orchestra Op. 53 pwm 5630 piano reduction pwm 4930 First Steps • A Quarrel • A Stroll • Despite the words On a Swing • Tittle- ‘for small hands’ used in -Tattle • The Bagpiper • the title of the Concerto, The Stork • Skipping- it is not an easy piece -rope • In a Boat • aimed at children. Water Nymphs • The work requires high The Little Orphan • manual agility, as well Mountaineers’ Tune • Sorrow • Little Soldiers • as imagination and virtu- Cradle-song • The Mischief-maker • A Sleepy osity at times. Once the Doll • Sad Autumn • The Stream • In a Meadow • performer of this concert Longing • The Shepherdess • The Grasshopper • has overcome the hardships of comprehending Gypsy Dance • A Wish •Merry-go-round and mastering parts I and II, there awaits an award - part III: uncomplicated text, pure joy, This cycle of 26 short miniatures is arranged life, temperament, wit, cheek. The piece ends according to the degree of difficulty. The book with the krakowiak in fff dynamics. is intended for students beginning to play the piano. The illustrative nature of motifs stimu- lates imagination, facilitates remembering and encourages exercising. 4 EDUCATIONAL MUSIC 2015-2017 Violin — BACEWICZ GRAŻYNA — DOLEŻAL WANDA Easy Pieces for Violin and Piano Singing Violin. vol. 1 Popular Pieces for Violin and Piano pwm 6559 vol. 2 pwm 5894 Prelude • Melody • March • Lullaby • Johann Sebastian Bach/ Scherzino Charles Gounod – Ave Maria • Christoph Wil- This cycle of easy works libald Gluck – Melody • intended for violin with Franz Schubert – A Little piano accompaniment Bee • Alfons Czibulka was composed in 1945. – Stephanie-Gavotte • Perfectly written, excel- Piotr Czajkowski lently sounding, suitable – Chanson Triste • for music schools, teacher training colleges, Zdeněk Fibich – Poem • domestic music-making, community centers Izaac Albeniz – Tango • and popular concerts. Witold Friemann Charles – Highland Dance — DOLEŻAL WANDA — IWAN EWA Singing Violin. I Play Violin Nicely Popular Pieces for Violin and Piano pwm 10 399 vol. 1 (pwm 10 400 – piano accompaniment) pwm 5311 Henryk Wieniawski – Kujawiak • Johannes Brahms – Waltz • Luigi Boccherini – Minuet • Enrico Toselli – Serenade • Antonin Dvořák – Humoresque • Nikołaj Rimski-Korsakow – Indian Song • Vittorio Monti – Csárdás www.pwm.com.pl 5 — KRZANOWSKA GRAŻYNA The Moose Called Patataj • Variations on Lech Miklaszewski’s Song Nowhere’s Better than at Mum’s • ‘Uczeń pierwszej klasy’ (‘First year pupil’) The Last but One Stage-coach • for Violin and Piano Slovenly Little Fly (ragtime) • pwm 12 093 The Little Polar Rocking Horse • The Loathsome Alarrrm Clock • The piece was created Gadabout Cat (ragtime) • in 1985 and contains some Pinocchio basic problems of playing violin, but it also intro- These pieces are based on situations and duces new performance characters close to a child’s perception of the activities. Variations were world. Designed for use during the initial years performed by many young of study, these works could supplement the violinists and pianists. existing repertory, the more so as they touch on the full range of technical problems (including the less popular ones in elementary — KULENTY HANNA education, such as syncopation, compound The Little Ambulance for Violin and Piano metre etc.). pwm 11 002 A miniature dedicated — POGORILEC ALEKSANDER to the students of primary Selected Pieces for Two Violins and Piano music schools. This story pwm 11 559 about the adventures of the little ambulan- Habanera • Nocturne • ce contributes to the Sentimental March • development of young in- Express strumentalists’ musicality and skills. The collection was written for students from music primary school, adjusting — OBIJALSKA DOROTA, the level of difficulty to WAWRUK MARCIN their level of education. Fiddling Notes for Violin and Piano The composers’ goal was + CD broadening the repertoire for two violins with pwm 10 037 piano accompaniment. The works included in this publication are very popular and are wil- Kajtuś on a Pony • lingly played by young violinists at competitions Dancing Snow-flakes • and concerts. Autumn in Beijing • Delightful Laying Hens • A Little Bark Boat • A Fast Old-fashioned Train • Running Downhill • Little House on the Prairie • Ouchchch!!! (I don’t like injections) • Hodge Patters Along • 6 EDUCATIONAL MUSIC 2015-2017 — POGORILEC ALEKSANDER Suite in G minor in an Old Style for Four Violins or String Quartet Cello pwm 11 694 Suite in G minor in an Old — TWARDOWSKI ROMUALD Style was written for stu- Singing Cellos. Easy Pieces for Two Cellos dents so that they could pwm 11 569 jointly play and develop their skills. This publica- Gavotte • Barcarole • tion will help to expand