Essential Keyboard Repertoire: Vol. 1: 100 Early Intermediate Selections in Their Original Form Baroque to Modern

by Lynn Freeman Olson (Editor)

This exciting edition contains 100 early intermediate selections in their original form, spanning the Baroque period to present day. The repertoire, which includes several minuets, folk dances, character pieces and much more, has been carefully graded and selected for student appeal by editor Lynn Freeman Olson. The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.

Genres: Music

144 pages, Plastic Comb

First published October 31, 1993

Reviews

[Harald Borgenvik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is awesome for sight reading practice and music enjoyment. It contains pieces from baroque to modern times. It has an index page that makes the book easy to navigate. Sheet music is clear and easy to read. Comb binding makes it easy to turn through pages.

[C.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book for sight reading and really enjoyed the level of difficulty (I've been practicing sight reading for about a year at this point, so I am a bit if a novice). There is a good mix of easier pieces and more challenging ones, especially further on, with the more Modern pieces. I read this book in daily rotation with some actual sight reading books and I found that reading these 'actual pieces' (rather than exercises) increased my excitement to practice and reinforced what I learned in my sight reading exercise books. I appreciated the exploration of styles, from Baroque to more Modern composers. I was also glad to see that the collection wasn't overrun with overplayed pieces (at least, to my knowledge), which makes it great for sight reading practice. My only issue with this book is that I disagreed with some of the finger markings since every once in a while they were wildly awkward, but that was on the rarer side, and comfortable finger placement always varies from person to person. Overall, I'm really glad I chose to incorporate this into my sight reading routine!