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Polyphony.(Professional Resources)

American Music Teacher

| December 01, 2007 | Magrath, Jane | COPYRIGHT 2007 Music Teachers National Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Q Please provide a list of baroque music with suggested grading and difficulty levels.

A This is the music that sends us dancing! It is impossible to listen to compositions by Scarlatti, for example, for any length of time and not feel buoyant and physically involved. Where do things go wrong? The music seems to be accessible on the page--sometimes textures are not so thick, and many of the early pieces appear as two-voice pieces only. Many of the keys seem to be ones that could be easily accessible. So, the mistake often is to assign pieces that are too hard for the student. The result is that the student then struggles and, perhaps, has a bad experience. From ...

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