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May/June 2010 Teachers' Guide and Resources
May Student Pages
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Kabalevsky
Kabalevsky wrote lots of wonderful pieces for intermediate students. They are often short and fun and are an excellent introduction to piano music of the 20th century. Here is a list of the most popular selections for students:

Children's Pieces Op. 27 (Most popular in this set are No. 2: A Little Song, No. 12: Toccatina, No 13: A Little Joke, No. 18: Sonatina in A minor, and No. 25: Novelette)
24 Pieces for Children, Op. 39 (this set includes the famous Clown)
Sonatinas Op. 13 (A minor, G minor)

For late-intermediate students:
24 Preludes, Op. 38
Variations, Op. 40
Five Sets of Variations on Folk Themes, Op. 51

Available editions of Kabalevsky's piano music
Kabalevsky: 30 Piano Pieces For Young People (Alfred)
At the Piano with Kabalevsky (Alfred)
28 Piano Pieces for Children (Hal Leonard)
Short Pieces for Piano (Schirmer)
Easy Variations Op. 40 (Schirmer)
Complete Variations (Schirmer)

Recommended recordings
Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Naxos)
Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Colas Breugnon Overture; The Comedians (Chandos)
Kabalevsky: Piano Sonatas (Complete), Alexandre Dossin, piano (Naxos)
Kabalevsky: Preludes (Complete), Preludes and Fugues (complete), Alexandre Dossin, piano (Naxos)

Listening guide to The Clown pdf

Puzzle Answers for May June:
Word Search (page 13)


Quiz (page 15) 1. A  2. D  3. B  4. A  5. A  7. A