Expanding the Repertoire: Piano Music of Latin American Composers – Book 1

Elementary to Upper Elementary Level

Editor: Desireé Gonzalez-Miller

The Expanding the Repertoire series intends to bring previously unsung piano literature to students and teachers for memorable discoveries. This elementary to upper elementary level volume features music of Latin American composers in progressive order, and includes pedagogical notes and composer biographies by Desireé González-Miller in both English and Spanish.

EDUARDO CÁCERES: La pulga (The Flea) from Fantasías rítmicas

OSCAR LORENZO FERNÁNDEZ: Despertar (Awakening) • Lamento (Lament)

BLAS GALINDO DIMAS: El gato Mimas (Mimas the Cat) from Piezas infantiles para piano

DESIREÉ GONZÁLEZ-MILLER: Cempasúchil (Aztec Marigold) • La piñata (The Piñata) • Pan dulce (Sweet Bread)

ALFREDO NICOLÁS OTERO: Arroyo cristalino de Mendoza (Crystalline Stream of Mendoza) • Trote, trote, caballito (Trot, Trot, Little Horse)

MANUEL MARIÁ PONCE: Danza de los Tecuanes (Dance of the Tigers) • Cielito lindo (Beautiful Darling) • Los Xtoles (Mayan Song)

MARIO RUIZ ARMENGOL: GINA • Sextas Alegres (Happy Sixths)