Developing Intermediate-Level Piano Performance with Romantic Style Repertoire: Foundational Concepts and Skills

An innovative, systematic approach to piano pedagogy that focuses on the mastery of foundational musical and technical skills through representative Romantic style repertoire. Oftentimes, intermediate-level piano repertoire resources list countless pieces from all historical style periods but only provide limited, general information about individual pieces or skills.Lori Ellen Rhoden provides a detailed exploration of key musical elements - including melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, technique, articulation, fingering, pedaling, and musical expression - found in intermediate-level Romantic style piano repertoire.For each element, Rhoden identifies concepts and skills that influence important technical, musical, and interpretive aspects of a piece.By emphasizing the mastery of concepts and skills in manageable settings and using the repertoire as a vehicle to achieve that goal, this book explores many aspects of technique and musicianship that are often only covered in more advanced pi