Sonatinas for the Transition Level edited by Tinka Knopf de Esteban

Sonatinas for the Transition Level

edited by Tinka Knopf de Esteban

The purpose of this edition is to present a growth pattern in the study of sonatinas which picks up where the Learners Level Sonatinas stopped and culminates in the full sonata form found in the Intermediate Level in the Piano Curriculum Chart. This collection has been subdivided into five groups of works with each group representing a step up in difficulty. Group 1 contains two review works plus two easier sonatinas: C Major Op. 36 #20 by Alezanger Gedike; C Major by Tobias Haslinger, #6 in D Major by Matthew Camidge, C Major by Theodore Latour. Group 2 contains some double note fingering and a few four note broken chords. They are in a variety of styles and utilize orchestral and operatic influences. The works are: C Major by I. J. Pleyel, G Major Op. 168 #2 by Anton Diabelli, G Major by Franz Anton Rosetti, C Major Op. 112 #1 by W. A. Muller, G Major by Beethoven. Group 3 has some new formal structures: F Major Op. 40 by Beczwarzowsky, G Major Op. 20 by Johann Dussek, G Major by Theodore Latour, G Major by Louis Kohler, F Major by Beethoven. Group 4 has more complicated finger passage work, extended scale passages, more ornamentation, and greater length. The works are: F Major Op. 36 #4 by Clementi, C Major Op. 55 #1 by Kuhlau, G Major H. XVI #11 by Haydn, G Major Op. 151 #1 by Diabelli, C Major Op. 168 #3 by Diabelli. Group 5 contains 1 Classical C Major Op. 55 #3 by Kuhlau, and one Romantic work, Sonata for the Young Op. 118a #1 by Robert Schumann.

Features

• Picks up where the Learners Level Sonatinas stopped and culminates in the full sonata form found in the Intermediate Level in the Piano Curriculum Chart

• This collection has been subdivided into five groups of works with each group representing a step up in difficulty.