Romantic Rhapsodies features lyrical melodies supported by flowing left hand lines. Titles: * Celebration * Daybreak in Dublin * First Romance * Remember Autumn * Stargazer * Treasured Times

Intermediate pianists will enjoy these expressive romantic themes, many of which would be suitable as pre-ceremony music at weddings. Titles: * Autumn Skies * December Waltz * A Magical Night * A Moment in Time * Moonlit Garden * Morning Dove * The Sweetest of Dreams

Grand Solos for Piano is Melody Bober’s first complete series of solo collections since she became an exclusive Alfred author. The music in this six-book series is written in a variety of keys, styles, meters and tempos to appeal to both children and adults. The pieces have the distinctive Bober sound and are fun to play, in addition to helping pianists progress technically and musically. Whether performed on a concert grand, a digital piano or the family upright, these solos will truly sound "grand." Book 1 contains 10 pieces for early elementary pianists with optional duet accompaniments for a teacher, parent or other family member to share in the fun. Titles: * Black Cat Waltz * Blarney Stone Jig * College Hill Cheer * A Frightful Night * Magic Maracas * Sea Song * Sneakin' Around * Snowboard Boogie * Summer Afternoon * Tiptoe in the Dark

Grand Solos for Piano is Melody Bobers first complete series of solo collections since she became an exclusive Alfred author. The music in this six-book series is written in a variety of keys, styles, meters and tempos to appeal to both children and adults. The pieces have the distinctive Bober sound and are fun to play, in addition to helping pianists progress technically and musically. Whether performed on a concert grand, a digital piano or the family upright, these solos will truly sound grand. Book 4 contains 10 pieces for early intermediate pianists. Titles: Antique Music Box * Boogie Shoes * El Matador * I Spy * Pine Tree Rag * Prelude in F Major * Scary Movie * Stormy Night * Whirling Tarantella * Wild Appaloosa. 24 pages.

The thrill of making music with a friend or teacher is captured in this new series of duets. Written with the beginning piano student in mind, the pieces in this collection have a limited reading and playing range. Both primo and secondo parts are equal in difficulty and usually stay in one position throughout the piece. A variety of keys, styles, meters and tempos are featured. Titles: * Back and Forth Waltz * Dance Class * Hometown Celebration * Hot Popcorn! * Listen to the Wind * A Mysterious Adventure * Race Car Boogie * Twilight Tune

This volume examines the concept of rhapsody through a broad lens. Beginning with a discussion of the meaning(s) of the term itself, it then traces the history and reception of the genre and its significance in European culture. It argues for a close relationship between the idea of rhapsody and the concept of Gypsiness by demonstrating that 'rhapsody' and 'Gypsiness' can be seen as manifestations of the same types of influence and preferences for certain aesthetic categories. The book pays special attention to the seminal role of Franz Liszt in its discussion of the instrumental rhapsody. Ultimately, it reveals the consequences of historiographical representations of the rhapsody (e.g. the ossification of the image of the European Gypsy musician as a bard/rhapsode, the fossilization of presumptions concerning the nature of so-called 'Gypsies') as well as unexpected similarities and differences between the rhapsody and the ballad as romantic genres with national implications.

"All art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one." Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn't be uncovered through rationalistic philosophy and science alone. In this wide-ranging work, Robert J. Richards shows how the Romantic conception of the world influenced (and was influenced by) both the lives of the people who held it and the development of nineteenth-century science. Integrating Romantic literature, science, and philosophy with an intimate knowledge of the individuals involved—from Goethe and the brothers Schlegel to Humboldt and Friedrich and Caroline Schelling—Richards demonstrates how their tempestuous lives shaped their ideas as profoundly as their intellectual and cultural heritage. He focuses especially on how Romantic concepts of the self, as well as aesthetic and moral considerations—all tempered by personal relationships—altered scientific representations of nature. Although historians have long considered Romanticism at best a minor tributary to scientific thought, Richards moves it to the center of the main currents of nineteenth-century biology, culminating in the conception of nature that underlies Darwin's evolutionary theory. Uniting the personal and poetic aspects of philosophy and science in a way that the German Romantics themselves would have honored, The Romantic Conception of Life alters how we look at Romanticism and nineteenth-century biology.

Grand Solos for Piano is Melody Bober’s first complete series of solo collections since she became an exclusive Alfred author. The music in this six-book series is written in a variety of keys, styles, meters and tempos to appeal to both children and adults. The pieces have the distinctive Bober sound and are fun to play, in addition to helping pianists progress technically and musically. Whether performed on a concert grand, a digital piano or the family upright, these solos will truly sound "grand." Book 6 contains 9 pieces for late intermediate pianists. Titles: * 006 Blues * Butterfly * Dragonfly * Evening Snowfall * Flying Leaves * Jazz 'n' Java * The Keepsake * Sweet Memories * Valse Dramatico

Grand Solos for Piano is Melody Boberäó»s first complete series of solo collections since she became an exclusive Alfred author. The music in this six-book series is written in a variety of keys, styles, meters and tempos to appeal to both children and adults. The pieces have the distinctive Bober sound and are fun to play, in addition to helping pianists progress technically and musically. Whether performed on a concert grand, a digital piano or the family upright, these solos will truly sound "grand." Book 4 contains 10 pieces for early intermediate pianists. Titles: * Antique Music Box * Boogie Shoes * El Matador * I Spy * Pine Tree Rag * Prelude in F Major * Scary Movie * Stormy Night * Whirling Tarantella * Wild Appaloosa "El Matador" and "Stormy Night" were selected for the Federation Festivals 2011-2013