Seven Simple Pieces for Clarinet - Pilling, Dorothy

Pieces for pupils around grade 1-3 standard. Contains an excellent variety of pieces to help the student master the technical points required at this stage.

Click links to hear excerpts played by Victoria Soames Samek, via YouTube.

1. Chanson
2. Chalumeau
3. Hornpipe
4. Berceuse
5. Powder and Patches
6. Snow Scene
7. Tyrolean Dance

Pilling was a much loved figure in the Mancunian musical world, known to generations of young pianists for her imaginative piano teaching pieces. Most famous for classic 'Harmonization of Melodies at the Keyboard' series, Dorothy Pilling also composed many piano duets and solos, as well as songs and other works. According to the Voxturturis blog:

'Her music remains fresh and light; characterised by strong melodies and late romantic harmony which she improvised well and the pieces are, in the main, short.  Instantly appealing to players and audiences alike, most of her work shows a high degree of compositional craft'

ISMN	9790570502370 (M570502370)