The Joy of Piano Duets: Familiar Melodies in Easy Arrangements for One Piano Four Hands

By Denes Agay

(Yorktown). A glorious mix of fabulous pieces for two This book contains easy arrangements of favorite and familiar melodies, for Piano Duet. Contents: Adeste Fideles * Adios Muchachos (Julio Sanders) * Arioso (Bach) * Arkansas Traveler * The Banjo Rag (Charles Drumheller) * Boogie for Two (Gerald Martin) * Bourree from Violin Sonata No. 2 (Bach) * Can-Can (Offenbach) * Caprice No. 24 (Paganini) * Careless Love * The Comedians' Galop (Kabalevsky) * Duet from Don Giovanni, La ci darem la mano (Mozart) * Fascination (Marchetti) * Frolic (Bartok) * Gavotte from the Classical Symphony (Prokofiev) * Give my Regards to Broadway (Cohan) * The Harmonious Blacksmith (Handel) * Hush-a-Bye * Jamaica Farewell * Little Rhapsody on Hungarian Themes (Agay) * Lullaby from the Firebird (Stravinsky) * Melody in Waltz Time from String Quartet No. 2 (Borodin) * The Merry Boys Polka (Suppe) * Minuet from A Little Night Music (Mozart) * The Musical Snuffbox (Liadov) * O Come All Ye Faithful * Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel) * Rondino theme from Cello Concerto in D (Haydn) * The Streets of Laredo * The Metronome theme from Symphony No. 8 (Beethoven) * The Trout (Schubert) * Russian Dance from The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) * Waltzes from Fledermaus and Gypsy Baron (J Strauss II) * The Washington Post (Sousa)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0711901325
• ISBN13: 9780711901322
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Yorktown Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 9.0" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

Very interesting arrangements

In questo libro puoi trovare una bellissima raccolta di brani notissimi della musica classica arrangiati in modo esquisito per pianoforte a 4 mani.

Fun songs to play

We love Jamaican Farewell in this book, some of my students play it on the vibes while I play it on piano. The duets are easier than the ones in Piano Duets, and this book is a good partner to that one. (I bought both).

34 easy-but-fun duets - 4 hands 1 piano

These pieces are mostly quite easy to play, and so are suited to beginners, beginners at dueting, or people who just want some fun things to play with a friend that won't need too much work to get going.The pieces are quite short, only a couple are longer than a page, and cover a big range of styles - themes from classics, folk songs and jazz. Also, Agay has made the bars line up for the Primo and Secondo parts (doesn't seem like much until you play a duet without that and have to write the bar numbers on each part).Tunes include: Oh Come All Ye Faithful, The Harmonious Blacksmith, All The Pretty Little Horses, The Trout, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Fasination, and themes from classics and operas.