Finding Elementary and Intermediate Piano Music

Finding elementary and intermediate piano music in the Music Library can be a challenge, since it is not grouped in a single location. Some of the easy piano music is located in the M1300s, while other works are in the MTs. There are also many easier works shelved with the other piano music in the M20s.

Browsing Areas

The following are the primary call number areas outside the regular piano music
(M20-32) where elementary and intermediate piano music may be found.

M 1378	piano music for children [collections]
M 1380	piano music for children [separate pieces]
MT 243	teaching pieces
MT 245	instructive editions [multiple composers]
MT 247	instructive editions (includes etudes) [one composer]
MT 745-MT 758	piano instruction for children (includes methods)

Subject Headings

The following are subject headings which will retrieve some of the easy piano music in Mirlyn. These subject headings will not retrieve full results, as much of the easier piano music in the collection is not indicated as such.

• Piano music--juvenile
• Piano music--teaching pieces
• Piano music--instructive editions
• Piano--methods

Suggested Repertoire

The following are some of the elementary- and intermediate-level piano works held by the Music Library. For other repertoire suggestions, you may wish to consult The pianist's guide to standard teaching and performance literature (Reference Z 6814 .P6 M34 1995), which covers beginner to early-advanced repertoire and provides a brief description and suggested grade level for each entry.

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach.
M 22 .B12 N9 2001

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Two- and three-part inventions.
M 25 .B12 I6 2002

Bartok, Bela. Mikrokosmos: 153 progressive piano pieces.
MT 243 .B28 M6 1994 v.1-6

Bartok, Bela. For children.
M 1378 .B28 F7 2000 v.1-2

Bartok, Bela. Ten easy pieces.
M 25 .B28 T3 1950a

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Dances (Ländler, German dances, Écossaises, Minuets, Waltzes).
M 22 .B4 1990

Burgmüller, Johann Friedrich. 25 progressive pieces.
MT 225 .B96 E8 1990

Clementi, Muzio. Six progressive sonatinas, op. 36.
M 23 .C63 P96 2001

Copland, Aaron. Down a country lane; In evening air; Midsummer nocturne.
M 20 .C78 1981

Grieg, Edvard. Lyrical pieces for the piano, op. 12.
M 25 .G84 L9 194-

Grieg, Edvard. Lyrical pieces for the piano, op. 68.
M 25 .G84 L96 1932

Kabalevsky, Dmitri. Children's pieces, op. 27.
M 1378 .K12 C54 1993

Kabalevsky, Dmitri. Easy variations on folk themes, op. 51.
M 1380 .K13 L6 2005

Kuhlau, Friedrich. Sonatinas, op. 55.
M 23 .K955 S8 1908

MacDowell, Edward. Woodland sketches, op. 51.
M 24 .M14 W9 1980

MacDowell, Edward. Forgotten fairy tales, op. 4.
M 25 .M14 F7 1990

Mendelssohn, Felix. Kinderstücke, op. 72.
M 25 .M54 K5 197-

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. The London Notebook.
MT 247 .M94 1986

Muczynski, Robert. Fables, op. 21.
M 22 .M965 1990

Prokofiev, Sergei. Music for children, op. 65.
M 1380 .P96 D5 1995

Satie, Erik. Gymnopédies.
M 22 .S25 1974 v.1

Schumann, Robert. Album for the young (Album für die Jugend), op. 68.
M 1380 .S38 A31 1977

Schumann, Robert. Scenes from childhood (Kinderszenen), op. 15.
M 25 .S388 K5 1996

Shostakovich, Dmitri. Children's notebook for piano, op. 69.
M 1380 .S54 D5 2004

Tchaikovsky, Peter. Album for the young, op. 39.
M 1380 .T25 D4 197-

Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Guia pratico (Practical guide).
M 25 .V72 G92 1993 (book 2)
M 25 .V72 G93 1992 (book 3)
M 25 .V72 G9 1987 v.4, 5, 10

Collections

Sonatinas and easy classics: the ultimate collection. [This CD-ROM has printable scanned images of more than 1000 pages of public-domain music.]
CD-ROM M41

American essentials: easier compositions for piano.
M 21 .A495 1998

From Schoenberg to Ligeti: easy piano pieces of the 20th century.
M 21 .V94 2002

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