Albums Suitable For Younger Students
NOTE: The following list is only a suggestion and serves as a starting point for further exploration.
Albums suitable for the younger and/or less advanced student contain selections with simpler forms and phrase structures, smaller intervallic leaps, and/or or descriptive titles/subjects that may appeal more directly to younger performers.
BACH, J.S.: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
BARTOK: For Children (earlier selections)
BEACH: Children’s Album, Op. 36
BONIS, MEL: Album pour les tout-petits, Op. 103
DIAMOND: Album for the Young
GIANNEO: Seven Children’s Pieces
GRETCHANINOV: Children’s Notebook, Op. 98
GURLITT: Albumleaves for the Young, Op. 101 (contains earlier level WALTZ, SONG WITHOUT WORDS, SCHERZO)
GURLITT: Album for the Young, Op. 140
KABALEVSKY: Children’s Pieces, Op. 39
KABALEVSKY: 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27
MOZART, L.: Notebook for Nannerl (contains variety of MINUETS, POLONAISES, and more)
NAKADA: Japanese Festival
PREVIN: Impressions for Piano
SATIE: Enfantines (1st set of 3 pieces)
SCHUMANN: Album for the Young, Op. 68 (selections)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Children’s Notebook, Op. 69
TANSMAN: Pour les Enfants (Vols. 1 and 2)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Album for the Young, Op. 39 (most selections)
WARSAW: Microcosms (earlier selections)
For the complete list of albums, please CLICK HERE.
The Pianist’s Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature by Jane Magrath is an excellent reference for difficulty level of this repertoire.
Albums suitable for the younger and/or less advanced student contain selections with simpler forms and phrase structures, smaller intervallic leaps, and/or or descriptive titles/subjects that may appeal more directly to younger performers.
BACH, J.S.: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
BARTOK: For Children (earlier selections)
BEACH: Children’s Album, Op. 36
BONIS, MEL: Album pour les tout-petits, Op. 103
DIAMOND: Album for the Young
GIANNEO: Seven Children’s Pieces
GRETCHANINOV: Children’s Notebook, Op. 98
GURLITT: Albumleaves for the Young, Op. 101 (contains earlier level WALTZ, SONG WITHOUT WORDS, SCHERZO)
GURLITT: Album for the Young, Op. 140
KABALEVSKY: Children’s Pieces, Op. 39
KABALEVSKY: 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27
MOZART, L.: Notebook for Nannerl (contains variety of MINUETS, POLONAISES, and more)
NAKADA: Japanese Festival
PREVIN: Impressions for Piano
SATIE: Enfantines (1st set of 3 pieces)
SCHUMANN: Album for the Young, Op. 68 (selections)
SHOSTAKOVICH: Children’s Notebook, Op. 69
TANSMAN: Pour les Enfants (Vols. 1 and 2)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Album for the Young, Op. 39 (most selections)
WARSAW: Microcosms (earlier selections)
For the complete list of albums, please CLICK HERE.
The Pianist’s Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature by Jane Magrath is an excellent reference for difficulty level of this repertoire.