Easy Classics for Cello with Piano Accompaniment - Softcover

Peter Spitzer; Jannette Spitzer; Laura Spitzer

9780786660124: Easy Classics for Cello with Piano Accompaniment

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786660120 ISBN 13: 9780786660124

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc., 2012

Easy Classics for Cello is part of the Easy Classics Series, written to provide beginning to intermediate students with an enjoyable introduction to classical music. This book features 16 solos and duets in cello-friendly keys, with accompaniment. All of the pieces may be played as solos or duets, and the content in this book is fully compatible with Easy Classics for Violin and Easy Classics for Viola. Selections include: Ode to Joy, Sleeping Beauty Waltz, The Trout, Scheherazade, Emperor Hymn, Cancan; plus 10 more by Bach, Bizet, Brahms, Mozart, Strauss, Rossini and others.

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About the Author:

Peter Spitzer is a saxophonist and clarinetist living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received a BA (Music) from Portland State University and an MA (Music) from San Jose State University. Teachers have included Tomas Svoboda and William Bolcom, and he has studied privately with Paul Pone, Eddy Flenner, and Joe Henderson. He taught public school instrumental classes for 15 years; current teaching activities include adult jazz combos, and private instruction for students of all ages. As a performer, his interests range from jazz to classical to Brazilian music. He is co-owner of Hope Street Music Studios in Mountain View, California. His works for Mel Bay Publications include the Easy Classics series and the Jazz Theory Handbook.

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