95178 GUTS 1-68: 4/9/09 12:24 PM Page 1 WILLIS MUSIC COMPANY PIANO CATALOG Table of Contents Featured Publications...................................................................................................2 Composer Publications ...............................................................................................8 Piano Solo Sheet Music.............................................................................................69 Piano Duets and Ensembles...................................................................................102 Teacher Resource Materials ...................................................................................110 Statuettes ....................................................................................................................110 Guitar Publications ...................................................................................................110 All prices listed in US funds. Prices, contents and availability subject to change without notice. Disney characters and artwork © Disney Enterprises, Inc. Grade Level Key Grade levels are intended to provide teachers and students with a general indication of the level of difficulty. The grading system is as follows: Early Elementary Mid-Intermediate • Basic five-finger positions with minimal movement over the • Increased technical difficulty (i.e. consecutive octaves, thirds, keyboard. running sixteenths, trills, mordents). • Beginning-level single-note melodies; some basic, easy to read, • Any key signature possible. left-hand harmonies. • Rhythms are more complicated (styles such as jazz, boogie, • Basic rhythm patterns, including quarter, half and whole notes. ragtime, etc.). Mid-Elementary Later Intermediate • Slight extension of five-finger positions, with some scale patterns • Extensive movement over the keyboard, requiring fairly advanced and octave movement. reading and technical skills. • Melody and harmony; beginning to include some basic chords. • Very colorful, musically intricate. • Rhythm patterns now include eighths, dotted quarters and triplets. • Technically challenging (i.e. passages of large chords, scale • Introduction of new time signatures (i.e. 6/8, 2/4). patterns, grace notes, etc.). • Key signatures progressing up to two or three sharps or flats. Early Advanced, Advanced and Very Advanced Later Elementary • These levels include the most difficult repertoire/concert • Movement over keyboard more extensive. selections, and for effective performance, require a high level • Some simple voicing being shared between the hands. of technical proficiency and musical understanding. • More complicated rhythms introduced (i.e. syncopation). • Key signatures include two or three sharps or flats; some use of accidentals. Early Intermediate • Becoming more pianistic, with added use of dynamics and phrasing. • Concept of balancing melody and harmony introduced. • Beginning to emphasize importance of tone quality and how it is achieved. • Various key signatures. 95178 GUTS 1-68: 4/9/09 12:24 PM Page 2 2 FEATURED PUBLICATIONS JOHN THOMPSON MODERN COURSE SECOND GRADE 11 songs: The Addams Family Theme • Alley Cat • Do- JOHN THOMPSON’S Re-Mi • I Could Have Danced All Night • The EASIEST PIANO COURSE MODERN COURSE Masterpiece • Memory • My Heart Will Go On • Raiders FOR THE PIANO March • Nadia’s Theme • Sway • A Time for Us. JOHN THOMPSON’S The Modern Course series ______00416708 Book/CD ............................$10.95 EASIEST PIANO provides a clear and complete ______00416692 Book only.............................$6.95 COURSE – COMPLETE foundation in the study of the LEARN TO PLAY piano that enables the student THIRD GRADE THE EASIEST to think and feel musically. It 10 songs: Beauty and the Beast • Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo • WAY! may be preceded by the Castle on a Cloud • Climb Ev’ry Mountain • Getting to John Thompson’s Easiest Teaching Little Fingers to Know You • The Glory of Love • Goodnight, My Piano Course has been Play series. Someone • Medley from The Phantom of the Opera • preferred by more than 12 Tomorrow • Yesterday. million students since 1955. This comprehensive boxed FIRST GRADE ______00416709 Book/CD ............................$12.95 set assembles Books 1-4 of this classic method. The books ______00416505 Book/CD .............................$10.95 ______00416693 Book only.............................$7.95 feature colorful, amusing characters and illustrations, and ______00412081 Book only ............................$6.95 the four accompanying CDs contain backing tracks to ______00416528 CD only.................................$9.95 FOURTH GRADE make learning and practicing even more fun. This unique ______00416433 Book/GM Disk....................$16.95 10 all-time favorites: Chariots of Fire • Endless Love • package features a built-in storage carton! ______00416494 GM Disk only ........................$9.95 Imagine • Mission: Impossible Theme • Moon River • ______00416812 4-Book/4-CD Boxed Set ......$24.99 ______00414480 Spanish Edition – Part 1 .......$5.95 On Broadway • Seasons of Love • Somewhere Out ______00414483 Spanish Edition – Part 2 ......$5.95 There • Till There Was You • A Whole New World. JOHN ______00414532 French Edition – Book only .$6.95 ______00416710 Book/CD ............................$12.95 THOMPSON’S ______00416694 Book only.............................$7.95 EASIEST SECOND GRADE PIANO ______00416798 Book/CD ............................$10.95 FIFTH GRADE COURSE ______00412234 Book only ............................$6.95 10 songs: Be Our Guest • Cabaret • Georgia on My Mind by John Thompson ______00416501 GM Disk only ........................$9.95 • In the Mood • Let It Be • Linus and Lucy • Puttin’ On A comprehensive step- the Ritz • Under the Sea • The Way You Look Tonight • by-step course specifically designed to suit the needs of THIRD GRADE What a Wonderful World. all children beginning the piano. Includes: characters ______00416799 Book/CD ............................$11.95 ______00416711 Book/CD ............................$14.95 and illustrations • writing exercises • sight reading ______00412301 Book only.............................$7.95 ______00416695 Book only.............................$9.95 drills • review work • accompaniments • and more. Contains worksheets, reading-aloud exercises and FOURTH GRADE ______00412454 Book only.............................$7.95 accompaniments for teacher or parent. CHRISTMAS PIANO SOLOS PART 1 FIFTH GRADE Each book correlates ______00406588 Book/CD ..............................$9.99 ______00412638 Book only.............................$9.99 with a grade in John ______00414014 Book only.............................$4.99 Thompson’s Modern Course ______00416815 Spanish Edition – for the Piano, or can be used Book/CD .....................$9.99 POPULAR PIANO SOLOS as supplementary material with ______00416814 Spanish Edition – any piano method. The audio Book only ...................$4.99 POP HITS, BROADWAY, CD is playable on any CD player MOVIES AND MORE! PART 2 These supplementary songbooks and includes a practice and ______00416457 Book/CD .............................$10.99 are loaded with great songs – performance tempo for each ______00414018 Book only.............................$5.99 pop hits, Broadway and movie song. For Windows and Mac computer users, the CD is ______00406584 Book/GM Disk....................$15.95 themes and more! Each book enhanced so you can access MIDI files for each song. correlates with a grade in John PART 3 Thompson’s Modern Course FIRST GRADE ______00416458 Book/CD .............................$10.99 for the Piano, or can be used ______00414019 Book only.............................$5.99 10 songs: Blue Christmas • Caroling, Caroling • Do You as supplementary material Hear What I Hear • (There’s No Place Like) Home for PART 4 with any piano method. The audio CD is playable on any the Holidays • Jingle Bells • Jolly Old St. Nicholas • ______00416460 Book/CD .............................$10.99 CD player and includes a practice and performance Parade of the Wooden Soldiers • Rudolph the Red- ______00414112 Book only.............................$5.99 tempo for each song. For Windows and Mac computer Nosed Reindeer • Silver and Gold • Silver Bells. users, the CD is enhanced so you can access MIDI files ______00416792 Book/CD .............................$10.95 PART 5 for each song. ______00416787 Book only.............................$6.95 ______00416511 Book/CD .............................$10.99 ______00414121 Book only.............................$5.99 FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE ______00406579 GM Disk only ........................$9.95 12 songs: Edelweiss • Fly Me to the Moon • Go the 10 songs: Because It’s Christmas (For All the Children) Distance • It’s a Small World • Let’s Go Fly a Kite • • The Chipmunk Song • Christmas Is • Dance of the PART 6 Love Me Tender • Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ • The ______00414151 Book only.............................$5.99 Sugar Plum Fairy • Frosty the Snow Man • I Heard the Rainbow Connection • This Is It • What the World Bells on Christmas Day • I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Needs Now Is Love • You Are My Sunshine • You’ll Be Claus • Jingle, Jingle, Jingle • Let It Snow! Let It Snow! PART 7 in My Heart. ______00414174 Book only.............................$5.99 Let It Snow! • My Favorite Things. ______00416707 Book/CD ............................$10.95 ______00416793 Book/CD ............................$10.95 PART 8 ______00416691 Book only.............................$6.95