{"id":9338,"date":"2023-06-15T14:11:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/megustaelpiano.com\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:04:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:04:06","slug":"twelve-preludes-by-timothy-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megustaelpiano.com\/en\/twelve-preludes-by-timothy-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Preludes by Timothy Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I begin this series of posts about my favorite piano books, the ones I use the most in class with my students, the ones I consider essential in my library. These are books that include pieces ranging from elementary to late intermediate level. In these posts I will not include the traditional repertoire books that most pianists have studied with, such as Burgm\u00fcller, Clementi, Schumann, Kabalevsky, and other authors. The books by these aforementioned authors are so well-known that they do not require an introduction. Besides, I believe it is crucial for any piano teacher to be familiar with pedagogical pieces from more recent authors. In last decades, countless books have been written for these early years of a pianist’s training, pieces rich in sonority, contrasts, meters, rhythms, registers, and in a variety of styles that will provide us with endless attractive resources to use in our classes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today’s post is dedicated to the book “Twelve Preludes” by Timothy Brown. These 12 preludes are written in the style of 19th-century piano music<\/strong>, making them perfect for exploring the stylistic, technical, and expressive elements that students will encounter in the great works of Romanticism they will study in later courses. These preludes clearly show influences from Chopin’s preludes, but they also remind us of those written by Heller, Bertini, and even Rachmaninoff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The preludes range from one-page pieces to the longest ones spanning three pages, and they have a difficulty level ranging from intermediate to late intermediate. Each prelude explores one or two rhythmic and melodic motifs that are repeated throughout. The pieces are rich and expressive, and both technically and musically demanding<\/strong>. Students are drawn to the impetuous and passionate preludes as well as the more melancholic or intimate ones, and all of them are perfect for performance in recitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that you can listen to some examples of the books that I am going to write about in this series of posts, I have made some recordings of the pieces that I use the most in my classes.

The piece that opens this book, prelude No. 1 in D minor<\/strong>, is written in 6\/8 time. The right hand plays eighth notes throughout the entire prelude while the left accompanies playing octaves..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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