Description: Excellent elementary pieces for the first-time Christmas pianist! Includes: Away in a Manger • Deck the Hall • The First Noel • Good King Wenceslas • Jingle Bells • Silent Night • We Three Kings • and many more! Melodies are written in single-note, five-finger position, and have been kept in a singable register for young voices. Also includes simple accompaniments for the teacher or parent, as well as quaint illustrations.
Description: Early-level Christmas duets beginners of all ages will love to play. Also makes for great sight-reading material! Includes • Away in a Manger • Deck the Hall • Good King Wenceslas • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing • Jingle Bells • Joy to the World • O Christmas Tree • and many more!
Description: 8 great holiday classics are included in this collection of elementary level recital solos by 4 exclusive Willis composers. Includes: “Deck the Hall” and “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (arr. John Thompson) • “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” and “Silent Night” (arr. William Gillock) • “Jingle Bells” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (arr. Glenda Austin) • “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” and “O Come, Little Children” (arr. Edna Mae Burnam).
Description: 9 great elementary piano solos by the legendary piano pedagogue John Thompson have been newly engraved and edited for this collection: Captain Kidd • Drowsy Moon • Dutch Dance • Forest Dawn • Humoresque • Southern Shuffle • Tiptoe • Toy Ships • Up in the Air.
Description: 12 brilliant, evocative and masterful solo pieces by the legendary pianist and composer John Thompson, newly engraved and edited for the modern pianist: Andantino (from Concerto in D Minor) • The Coquette • The Faun • The Juggler • Lagoon • Lofty Peaks • Nocturne • Rhapsody Hongroise • Scherzando in G Major • Tango Carioca • Valse Burlesque • Valse Chromatique.
Description: Titles: Liebestraum (Liszt) • Ninth Symphony Theme (Beethoven) • Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms) • In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg) • Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens) • Serenade (Schubert) • Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky) • Recollections of Johann Strauss (arr. Thompson).
Description: The object of this work is to acquaint the young piano student with the form of a concerto, even though the material used is definitely not in concerto character. Familiar tunes have been chosen so that the working out of various thematic material can be followed easily. Melodies used include Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Home on the Range, and the Yale Boola Song.
Description: An exciting concerto for the young, advancing pianist. Originally written for piano and concert band, Thompson arranged this for two pianos, four hands. Score includes a duplicate insert for the 2nd pianist.
