Clementi: Six Sonatinas for the Piano, Op. 36 (Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics, Vol. 811)

I was thrilled to find this as a replacement for the one I had since childhood. Since mine had hanwritten comments from my teacher, I am sentimental about it and it was starting to tatter. Love Shirmer library music. You get what you want without it having been "rearranged" multiple times. Great collection of Sonatinas that are not only gorgeous but keep the hanfs well-tuned.

Perfect book!

Recently we inherited the piano my wife learned to play on as a child. This book was one of the first things her piano teacher taught her. After buying a new copy for Amazon, we found the old tattered one she used as a child. Such is life.

a classic for beginners - good print - easy to read.

These Sonatinas are excellent for the advanced beginner. I say this because a lot of beginner literature keeps the hands farly close to “home”, or at most, one hand does a lot of moving on the keyboard while the other doesn’t go very far. The Clementi Sonatinas give both hands a lot of movement up and down the keyboard, and at first are a massive challenge, at least for this elderly piano student who has been playing for about four years. Another great feature: these are not boring, rote pieces. They have plenty of musical value on their own.

The Schirmer book of the 6 Clementi Sonatinas is the same as the Schirmer edition that I've used for many years. This particular edition includes only the 6 sonatinas. Fingering and dynamics are included. Teaching points must be supplied by the teacher. Other editions of this set of 6 sonatinas have explanations and teaching points and colorful covers. This particular edition of the 6 sonatinas is bare bones, but it is excellent nevertheless.

I played the first movement of this as a kid and loved it. Now I have in this, the whole piece. And it is a challenge. The six Sonatinas will challenge you, but...With perseverence and slow progress, even if only one measure at a time, you will come to appreciate the literacy of the Classical composers, how they understood harmony and melody so well, almost intuitively so, that they could compose such great works.Not for the faint of heart, this collection will put the intermediate player's skills to the test. But when you get it under your belt, you will truly have made quite an accomplishment.

Received product as promised. Satisfied.

No es la mejor calidad, pero para mi no importa mucho por el momento, solo lo quiero para estudiar. Igual estoy muy satisfecho, la partirura es correcta y se entiende, además si trae una propuesta de digitación.

Adding first page photo for those who would like to version check.

bon comme prévu

Splendid. Highly recommended if you have not played Clementine before.

Just what I needed for relaxing at my piano!