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JOHN W. SCHAUM —Progressive PIANO TECHNIC Two Volumes Containing 50 DIFFERENT | STUDIES BY DIFFERENT) COMPOSERS | No. 1 to-25 Aw ONE | Bebwiny, S Mills nasa — JOHN W. SCHAUM ———— Progressive ———— PIANO TECHNIC Two Volumes Containing 50 DIFFERENT STUDIES BY 50 DIFFERENT COMPOSERS BOOK ONE No. 1 to 25 Bebwin, Mills rosin MELVILLE, N.Y. 11746 CIxrrZ SEPEEPESESE SES $FFe SESSESSSSSESSLIES TESTS SSE SES SSS S ESS ESF GSE FFF. Foreword ND inr designing these evo volumes of plano technic Mr. Schaum has compiled fifty different studies by fifty different composers. The slogan itty by fifry” describes the plan in concise language. One of the important factors in technic is equalization of the hands. In adapting and abridging these various etudes Mr. Schaum has carefully distributed the technical problems between the right and the left hands. By becoming acquainted with a wide variety of etude writers the pupil nor only acquires technic but he learns the development of the etude form, Just as it is important for pupils to be familiar with the great classic writers, Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Haydn, and others, they should also come in contact with the great stream of etude writers. Mr, Schaum has made an interesting survey regarding these technic writers. Out of the fifty composers represented, thirty-five are advocates of tuneful technic, five favor pure finger gymnastics, and ten are for a combination of the two. In the two tables of contents, an asterisk after the composer's name indicates pure gymnastics, the name in italics denotes combination, and the unaltered type indicates tuneful technic. PEPEEPEPOPEPPSPE PPS PP PPP OPP OPPDOTO POPP DPDOH| i+ SSSSSESSSSTESEFESF FEES EFTFSTEFSSE FEF EF OFISS Copyright 1949 by Belwin, Inc., New York, U.S. A. PL. 367 $$ $$$$$$$S9S434SH- CONTENTS BOOK ONE Composer Number Technical Purpose Page Behr, Franz 2 Bringing Out a Hidden Melody 32 Bertini, Henei 0 u Trill Study ae an Beyer, Ferdinand 3 Hand Rotation on 2-note Patterns 6 Biehl, Albert I Finger Legato i é 4 Concone, J. ae Finger Extension 30 Duvernoy, J.B. 6 Individual Finger Articulation — 21 Godard, Benjamin 22 Left Hand Melody 28 Guslitt, Cornelius 2 Hand Rotation on 3-note Patterns. 5 Heller, Stephen 18 Continuous Passage Playing 24 Hummel, Johann 5 Independence of Hands Ran oe 8, Kalkbrenner, F. 19 Close Finger Technic 25 Kleinmichel, Re 8 Elbow Rotation Seis Kunz, Konred 9 Polyphonic Playing B Lebert, Sigmund 14 Melody with Flowing Bass 19 Le Couppey, Felix 7 cnn Wrist Flenibility