The Oxford piano course for class and individual instruction / by Ernest Schelling, Gil Martin Haake, Charles J. Haake [and] Osbourne McConathy.

Format Musical Score
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1927.
Description1 score (5 volumes) : illustrations ; 23-31 cm

Other author/creatorSchelling, Ernest, 1876-1939, compiler.
Other author/creatorHaake, Gail Martin, 1884- compiler.
Other author/creatorHaake, Charles J. (Charles John), 1878- compiler.
Other author/creatorMcConathy, Osbourne, 1875-1947, compiler.
Other author/creatorRousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 composer.
Other author/creatorGoodrich, Florence A. (Florence Ada), 1850-1928, composer.
Other author/creatorWright, N. Louise (Nannie Louise), 1879-1958, composer.
Other author/creatorConcone, Giuseppe, 1801-1861, composer.
Other author/creatorLoth, L. Leslie (Louis Leslie), 1888-1974, composer.
Other author/creatorBach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 composer.
Other author/creatorWood, Olive J. (Olive Joyce), composer.
Other author/creatorKuhlau, Friedrich, 1786-1832, composer.
Other author/creatorMatthay, Tobias, 1858-1945, composer.
Other author/creatorBilbro, Mathilde, composer.
Other author/creatorMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.
Other author/creatorKirchner, Theodor, 1823-1903, composer.
Other author/creatorCarter, Buenta, composer.
Other author/creatorSchumann, Robert, 1810-1856, composer.
Other author/creatorGrieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 composer.
Other author/creatorThomé, Francis, 1850-1909, composer.
Other author/creatorBehr, Franz, 1837-1898, composer.
Other author/creatorLe Couppey, Félix, 1811-1887, composer.
Other author/creatorClementi, Muzio, 1752-1832 composer.
Other author/creatorRogers, James H. (James Hotchkiss), 1857-1940, composer.
Other author/creatorLemont, Cedric W., 1879-1954, composer.
Other author/creatorScott, Beatrice MacGowan, composer.
Other author/creatorReinhold, Hugo, 1854-1935, composer.
Other author/creatorHaydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, composer.
Other author/creatorStrong, May A., 1888-1971, composer.
Other author/creatorBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 composer.
Other author/creatorGrechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956 composer.
Other author/creatorCzerny, Carl, 1791-1857, composer.
Other author/creatorKöhler, Louis, 1820-1886, composer.
Other author/creatorNash, Grace Helen, composer.
Other author/creatorGade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890, composer.
Other author/creatorHandel, George Frederic, 1685-1759, composer.
Other author/creatorBertini, Henri, 1798-1876, composer.
Other author/creatorWeidig, Adolf, 1867-1931, composer.
Other author/creatorTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 composer.
Other author/creatorChopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, composer.
Other author/creatorHeller, Stephen, 1813-1888, composer.
Other author/creatorSchubert, Franz, 1797-1828 composer.
Other author/creatorPrice, Florence, 1887-1953, composer.
Other author/creatorMendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 composer.
Other author/creatorSowerby, Leo, 1895-1968 composer.
Other author/creatorJewell, Lucina, 1874- composer.
Other author/creatorBrant, Ada, composer.
Contents First book. Soldiers' march (German folk song, arranged) -- Lightly row (old song) -- Oats and beans (English folk song) -- Winter, adieu (German folk song) -- My fiddle (old tune) -- Gentle bee (German folk song) -- Play day (Old song) -- Evening winds (French folk song) -- Cuckoo (German folk song) -- London bridge (English singing game) -- My kite and I (Russian folk song) -- Hymn / J.J. Rousseau -- Rosa (Dutch folk song) -- The pony (French folk song) -- Susie, little Susie (German folk song) -- Soft music is stealing (German folk song) -- Froggie's school -- Fairies' dance -- Basque air (Basque folk song) -- Trot, my pony (German folk song) -- Happy Rosina (French folk song) -- The tea party (French folk song) -- Spring is coming (German folk song) -- The pigeon (French folk song) -- Little sobersides / Florence A. Goodrich -- Happy playmates (Rhenish folk song) -- Snowflakes (German folk song) -- Bells at evening / Alice Phillips -- If I build you a bower (English singing game) -- The bugle / N. Louise Wright -- In the autumn (German folk song) -- Little birdie -- Polly, put the kettle on (English folk song).
Contents Second book. Part one. Scarlet poppies (folk song) -- What shall we do? (old singing game) -- Oh, bright evening star (folk song) -- Up and down / Clara Ellsfeldt Kantzler -- Some one gave me a flower (folk song) -- Children's hymn (folk song) -- Horns / N. Louise Wright -- Laughing fairy / Florence A. Goodrich -- Good morning, dear children (folk song) -- Little white lily (creative work) -- Were I a little bird (folk song) -- Fair is the summer (folk song) -- The cello / N. Lousie Wright -- Rondino / James H. Rogers -- Grasshoppers' dance / Florence A. Goodrich -- Bettie and Jimmie (folk song) -- Rolling the hoop / Buenta Carter -- Part two. The skating rink / N. Louise Wright -- The hall clock / Juan Masters -- First duetto -- A boy's song (creative work) -- A little song / James H. Rogers -- Original composition (creative work) -- Dance in a ring (folk song) -- An old fashioned dance / Frederick A. Williams -- Little bit of green leaves (folk song) -- Bob-White is calling / Mathilda Bilbro -- Hornpipe / E. Markham Lee -- In church / Carl Reinecke -- In a Chinese theatre / George A. Gartlan -- Cradle song (folk song) -- Prelude in A minor / J. Concone -- A bit of Kilkenny (from a folktune) -- Part three. Song of the bird / Buenta Carter -- Etude no. 1 ; Etude no. 2 / C. Czerny -- Little canon / Kunz -- The jolly tar / L. Leslie Loth -- Minuet / James H. Rogers -- Minuet (creative work) -- The Japanese doll / Juan Masters -- Etude / F. le Couppey -- On my bicycle / Florence A. Goodrich -- Second duetto -- The organ-grinder / Carl Reinecke -- The sailor's song / Leslie L. Loth -- Romance / Armand -- Theme no. 1 ; Theme no. 2 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Lady Betty on the way to school / Florence A. Goodrich -- Original composition (creative work) -- Helter skelter / Cedric W. Lemont -- Part four. Follow me / Juan Masters -- Little minuet / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Betty and the bird / Lilian Smith -- Etude no. 1 / Lemoine -- Theme from Scherzo, Second Symphony / Beethoven -- Etude no. 2 / Lemoine -- March / Buenta Carter -- By the brook / Beatrice Macgowan Scott -- The hurdy gurdy tune / Thomas F. Dunhill -- Prelude / Olive J. Wood -- Original composition (creative work) -- Perpetual motion / Florence A. Goodrich -- The old owl / Cedric W. Lemont -- Musette / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Original composition (creative work) -- Italian dance / James H. Rogers.
Contents Third book. Part one. Jolly polly / Florence A. Goodrich -- Prelude in F minor / Concone -- The organ man / L. Leslie Loth -- Song / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Gigue / Olive J. Wood -- Sonatina, first movement / Friederich Kuhlau -- Bells / Clara Ellsfeldt Kantzler -- Catch ball / Tobias Matthay -- The sparrow / Mathilde Bilbro -- An early composition / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Original composition (creative work) -- Etude / Theodore Kirchner -- Part two. The boy with his banjo / Buenta Carter -- Melody / Robert Schumann -- Patriotic song / Edvard Grieg -- Prelude in B flat / Concone -- Prelude and chorale / F. Wieck, L. Koehler -- Melody / F. Thome -- Polonaise / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Will-o'-the-wisp / Franz Behr -- Etude / F. le Couppey -- Slow movement from sonatina / Muzio Clementi -- Valse miniature / James H. Rogers -- Chinese tag / Cedric W. Lemont -- Menuetto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Original composition (creative work) -- Swinging / Beatrice Macgowan Scott -- Part three. War song / Reinhold -- Fantasy on an old tune / Juan Masters -- Etude / Kirchner -- A song of complaint / L. Leslie Loth -- Minuet / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Rondo, from a sonatina / Muzio Clementi -- Original composition (creative work) -- In Chinatown / L. Leslie Loth -- Prelude / Concone -- Theme, from "Capriccio" / Franz Josef [Joseph] Haydn -- Elfin play / May A. Strong -- Etude / F. le Couppey -- Dance of the marionets / Florence A. Goodrich -- Gaiety / Buenta Carter -- Part four. Mexican serenade / L. Leslie Loth -- Goblins grey / Catherine E. Jones -- Etude / H. Bertini -- Tempo di menuetto / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Autumn song / Beatrice Macgowan Scott -- Sicilian dance / Robert Schumann -- Following a butterfly / Beatrice Macgowan Scott -- Demande / Alexandre Gretchaninoff [Gretchaninov] -- Original composition (creative work) -- Etude / Hugo Reinhold -- Bouree / Jane M. Joseph -- Scaramouche / Florence A. Goodrich -- Familiar cadences in major and minor.
Contents Fourth book. Part one. Autumn joys / May A. Strong -- In the night / L. Leslie Loth -- First trill study / Carl Czerny -- Rondo / Muzio Clementi -- Whistling Hungarian boy / Anna von Wohlfarth Grille -- Original composition (creative work) -- Etude / Louis Koehler -- Canon / May A. Strong -- Second trill study / Carl Czerny -- Knight Rupert / Robert Schumann -- Prelude in C minor / J. S. Bach -- Puppet dance / Grace Helen Nash -- Part two. In the ballroom / L. Leslie Loth -- Andante from C major sonata / W. A. Mozart -- Christmas bells / Niels W. Gade -- Sarabande and variations / George Frederick Handel -- Grandmother's minuet / Edvard Grieg -- In the forest / Clara Rubey -- Bal Poudré, gavotte / Beatrice Macgowen Scott -- Etude / Carl Czerny -- Original composition (creative work) -- Watchman's song / Edvard Grieg -- The sleigh ride / May A. Strong -- Part three. Distant horns / Tobias Matthay -- Neapolitan dance / Florence A. Goodrich -- Andante grazioso / Franz Josef Haydn -- The caravan / May A. Strong -- Etude / Henri Bertini (adapted) -- Canon in the octave / Adolf Weidig -- Will o' the wisp / Francois Behr -- Song of the lark / P. I. Tschaikowski [Tchaikovsky] -- Original composition (creative work) -- The wind in the pipes / Marion Roberts -- Prelude / J. S. Bach -- Valse Boheme / Florence A. Goodrich -- Allegro / Franz Josef Haydn -- Part four. Mazurka / F. F. Chopin -- Tempo di menuetto / J. S. Bach -- Gavotte / Padre Martini (adapted) -- Bal Poudré, gavotte / Beatrice Macgowen Scott -- Original composition (creative work) -- Sonata, first movement / Ludwig van Beethoven -- On horseback / Robert Schumann -- Etude / Stephen Heller -- Prelude in B minor / J. Concone -- Kaleidoscope / Ruth Alexander.
Contents Fifth book. Part one. Valse / Alexandre Gretchaninoff -- In a cathedral / John Franklyn -- Arpeggio study / Karl Czerny [two arpeggios] -- Polonaise / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Scherzo / Franz Schubert -- Were you there when they crucified my Lord / Florence B. Price -- Night in Arcady / L. Leslie Loth -- Part two. The whistling clown / Beatrice Macgowen Scott -- Trill study / John Franklyn -- Venetian gondolier's song / Felix Mendelssohn -- Sarabande / George Frederick Handel -- Prelude / Stephen Heller -- Ain't goin' to rain / Leo Sowerby -- Fantasia in D minor / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Part three. Halloween / May A. Strong -- The fringed gentian / Lucina Jewell -- Invention in C major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Rhythmettes / Ada Brant -- Norwegian dance / Edvard Grieg -- Evening bells / N. Louise Wright -- Etude / Stephen Heller -- Au matin / Alexandre Gretchaninoff -- Choral / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Part four. The old mill / Lucina Jewell -- Gigue in B flat major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Courante / George Frederick Handel -- Prelude in E major / F. Chopin -- Basso ostinato / Leo Sowerby -- Etude / Stephen Heller -- Cotton dance / Florence B. Price -- Progressive scale practice.
Abstract What is the one great language that can be understood by all human beings--the one really universal language? It is music, and to the great mass of humanity music is a necessity. If it is, as they believe, a necessity, then it is the duty of all serious musicians to see that the instinctive desire to express oneself in music be directed in an intelligent way. A child's natural desire for music shows itself at a very early age in the form of song and rhythmic movement. When people hear mothers complaining of the difficulty of keeping their children interested in their music lessons and in their music practice, it is not the children who are at fault. Something is radically wrong with the manner in which children are being brought into contact with the beauties of music. How can the child's interest in good music best be awakened? By participation. Active participation is the first step. Mere listening to music, important as this is, is not enough. The child must make music, and in the making of music, the piano is the logical medium to turn to, because through the medium of the piano the child can find an outlet to express their feelings for rhythm, melody and harmony. Into whatever other direction the child's musical taste may ultimately lead them, a background of some pianistic attainment is of the greatest fundamental importance. The Oxford Piano Course consists of a carefully graded series of instruction books, designed to co-ordinate in a simple, rational way the various phases of the teaching of piano-playing to children, so as to make it attractive to them. The Course endeavors to follow the child's natural bent, and to lead him to gain facility in playing beautiful music well by appealing to their love for music, to their creative instinct, and to their spirit of emulation.
General noteFirst volume is 23x31 cm.