LEARN TO PLAY OPERA TUNES, OVER 25 SIMPLE PIECES FOR PIANO

Caroline Hooper, Usborne 1996.

This book is a lively introduction to the world of opera. It contains more than 25 tunes selected from a wide variety of operas, specially arranged to be simple yet rewarding for young pianists to play.

Most of the tunes are very famous, but there are also some less well-known ones to discover. Detailed information about the development of opera, together with beautiful illustrations and photographs, help to set the pieces in historical context. In addition there are features on famous opera singers, past and present, and a section explaining the stories of the operas from which the tunes are taken.

Although the music in this book has been arranged for piano, it is also suitable for electronic keyboard, and most of the tunes can be played on the flute or violin. A nice item, there are pictorial cover boards rather than a dust jacket.

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