Bastien Piano Library Solo Repertoire Sheet Music

Solo Repertoire
Jane Smisor Bastien
The Bastien Piano Library


Twenty-two original solos that can be used as supplementary material for the Older Beginner. Compositions have a variety of keys and progress in order of difficulty through Levels 1 and 2 of the Older Beginner Piano Library. NOTE: The Bastien Older Beginner Piano Course was designed specifically for the requirements of students with many demands on their time.

Contents include:

* Autumn Winds
* Blue Iris
* Blue Mood
* Chinese Lanterns
* Clog Dance
* Debut
* Dutch Dance
* Faded Valentine
* Festive Dance
* Juggler, The
* March Allegro
* March In D
* Misty Green
* Modal Song
* Old Mexico
* Reflections
* Rush Hour
* Saturday Night Boogie
* Sunset
* Tarantella
* Twilight In The Desert
* Winter Memory


Book is in good condition with a some cover wear; inked and red penciled notations on some pages (see below for descriptions). Binding is tight.

Page 5: Notations, red ink "1 2 3" and "Ped"
Pages 6 and 7 : Series of numbers in red ink, some writing red ink including "crazy, must figure out", "observe rest", "one octave higher", "hold longer" "fermata hold"
Page 8: Some circled chords, red ink. "Each measure raise + lower", red ink.
Page 9: 4 circled chords, red ink. "5" red ink.
Page 20: Page number circled in pencil. "watch tie", blue ink, circled chord, red ink.
Page 21: "slow", red pencil
Page 22: circled chords, red ink. "one octave higher" and "as written", red ink.
Page 23: Some letters bottom of page, ink and smudged.
Page 26: Chord circled, black ink. Chord circled, red ink. "2" red ink, page number circled in pencil.
Page 27: some tiny ink spots, "A", blue ink, "4" red ink
Page 40: In blue ink, 2 cords are drawn. One has = R after it and the other has =L after it, blue ink. "R" written twice, blue ink.
Page 41: Bottom of page has 3 chords circled, blue ink, letters L and H, blue ink.
Page 42: Page number circled in red ink. B F 2 A in red ink.
Pages 46 and 47: "F# tie" in red pencil, a series of numbers and check marks in red pencil and ink. "slow" in red pencil.
Page 48: Some letters, difficult to make out in red and black ink. Question mark in blue ink. 2 small but heavy red ink lines.


Publisher: Neil A. Kjos Jr.
Year: 1982
Pages: 48
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 0849751721