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Continuing in the tradition of the great pianists and teachers who write etudes for their students, Dianne Rahbee adds to the genre with Pictures and Beyond, Book 2. The spotlight is on the different musical elements in each piece such as: intervals, rhythmic patterns, unusual scale patterns, and emotional expression. Includes a trio, a quartet (one hand for each player) a tarantella, and an Armenian folk tune.

This composition is the first of its kind for The FJH Music Contemporary Keyboard Editions. Written for piano and orchestra, it provides a perfect showpiece for a student pianist who has an opportunity to play with an orchestra. The orchestral part has been arranged for a second piano and also comes with an optional percussion part. It is a possible modern alternative to the often performed Haydn Concerto in D Major.

This two-volume collection of preludes contains short character pieces with a wide range of emotional expression and a wide range of technical demands from intermediate to advanced. The performer may decide to program these preludes as single pieces or in groupings in any order. While written in part as pedagogical exercises, these preludes are beautifully constructed miniatures that take an honored place among the preludes of Chopin, Bach, an...

This two-volume collection of preludes contains short character pieces with a wide range of emotional expression and a wide range of technical demands from intermediate to advanced. The performer may decide to program these preludes as single pieces or in groupings in any order. While written in part as pedagogical exercises, these preludes are beautifully constructed miniatures that take an honored place among the preludes of Chopin, Bach, an...

Premiered at Carnegie Hall in 2004, this adventurous one-movement work provides a variety of contrasting experiences for both the performer and their audience. Subtitled Odyssey, " this piece presents a full range of moods and emotions that will challenge and inspire any pianist.

Rahbee's Piano Sonata No. 2 is an appealing piece in the contemporary genre. Its wide-ranging expressive array is filled with fervor. The sonata's untraditional tonalities allow the advanced student to experience a broader sense of musical expression. The first movement is rhapsodic in nature, the second is a playful scherzando, the third is warm and emotionally expressive, and the last movement is exciting.

The natural musicality present in this collection demands the same kind of careful attention that we expect from the standard canon of repertoire. These teaching pieces follow in the modern tradition of pedagogical works by Bartók, Kabalevsky, and others, they are written to challenge a student's mind, fingers, imagination, and soul.

This engaging and accessible contemporary sonata has a broad emotional range and is full of intensity. Each of its four movements makes a strong statement with relatively few notes. I have used the 12-tone language in my own unique way." - Rahbee. The fourth movement, "Toccata, " is often performed as a solo, the arm clusters are often a special subject of conversation among pianists and audiences.

This artistic collection of over 30 piano miniatures are contrasting in nature - some are energetic, others lyrical - some are sad, others humorous. With variations on familiar melodies (Twinkle Winkle, Jack and Jill, Hickory Dickory Dock, and more) included among Rahbee's original teaching pieces, these miniatures serve to help expand the student's grasp of sound and texture, along with rhythmic and harmonic concepts. Use your imagination to ...

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This collection gives students a taste of the avante-garde musical language of our time. Of the 25 pieces, most are two pages while some are 8-10 measures long. Spotlighting a variety of musical elements encourages students to explore their imagination. Modern techniques such as silently press L.H. notes and keep them down the entire piece" from Whispering Harmonics, or "tap the rim of the fallboard" in Pecking and Tapping, "choose your own ...

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The Phantasie Variations, Op. 12 were commissioned by Phyllis Alpert Lehrer for her Merkin Hall Debut Concert near Lincoln Center in 1980. The piece uses two 12-tone rows, opening with the first row in retrograde, as if regressing back into a subconscious dream state. The rows go through many transformations stylistically in a variety of expressive modes. At the end, the row reappears in its natural state, reverting back to conscious reality.

Extremely positive in nature has been said to describe the character of Piano Sonata No. 4 Op. 128.. The energy of this four-movement sonata is derived from its maestoso first movement---executed with feelings of happiness-and proceeded by its molto energico e presto second movement---performed with joy and excitement. The third movement, expressive and packed with emotion and rubato, guides the student into the fourth movement, titled Toccata...

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