The music in this book is appealing, sometimes truly great music which just happens to be simple. None of the pieces is merely 'educational' - almost al of them had successful lives of their own before they found their way here - and they have all been chosen for their individual, purely musical strengths. However, the book is more than just a collection of performable pieces; the pieces in it are roughly graded and very varied in their demands, so that any player who works through them will hav...

• Mueller, Johnson, Busse & Woods: The Wang Wang Blues
• F. Schubert: Bliss
• W. A. Mozart: Allegro
• M. Praetorius: Tanz des Burgermeisters
• B. Bartók: Pleasantry II (from 'For Children')
• H. Harrison: The Blue Beyond
• S. Prokofieff: Troika (from 'Lieutenant Kijé')
• The Cuckoo (English Folk Song)
• Grieg, Gavotte (from the Holberg Suite)
• L. Janácek: Three Moravian Folk Songs (Budicek, Psanicko, Stalost)
• A. Vivaldi: Larghetto
• A. Vivaldi: Allegro
• ...