Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Lesson Book 2: Piano Book
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Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Lesson Book 2: Piano Book
By Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco
Level: 2
Item: 00-2108
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This easy step-by-step method emphasizes correct playing habits and note reading through interval recognition. Lesson Book 2 continues where Level 1B finishes. This book introduces dotted half notes and dotted quarter notes, plus intervals of 6ths, 7ths and octaves. Teaches greater movement of the hands, including crossing two over one and scalework. Students will also learn more about triads, primary chords, and blocked and broken chords. Songs Include: 18th Century Dance * Alouette * Blue Scales * Calypso Carnival * The Can-Can * Cockles and Mussels * The Galway Piper * Get Away! * Got Lotsa Rhythm * Kum-ba-yah! * Lavender's Blue * London Bridge * Lone Star Waltz * Malaguena * Nick Nack Paddy Wack * Ode to Joy * Oh! Susanna! * On the Bridge at Avignon * Our Special Waltz * Prelude * Red River Valley * Sarasponda * Square Dance * When You Grow Up * Why Am I Blue?
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Dr. Willard Palmer stands as an internationally recognized musician, scholar, and educator whose contributions span multiple instruments and genres. A child prodigy who performed piano on radio at age 13, he built his musical foundation under the tutelage of Mae Vardeman, whose emphasis on proper technique and improvisation shaped his artistic development. His early years were marked by performances on radio and in various ensembles throughout his college years at Whitworth College and Millsaps College, both of which he attended in Mississippi.
Palmer's prolific output encompasses 789 published works, including methods for accordion, piano, Hammond Chord Organ, and guitar alongside hundreds of solo pieces and choral compositions. Many of these works have been translated into German, Japanese, French, Dutch, and Spanish, demonstrating their widespread impact. His scholarly expertise in Baroque music ornamentation earned him international recognition and became the foundation for the acclaimed Alfred Masterworks series. He received a Doctor of Humanities degree in 1971 and a Doctor of Music degree in 1983 in acknowledgment of his musicological research.
Beyond his publications, Palmer taught at the University of Houston for 18 years, creating the first successful college accordion courses there. He also served as director of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute and spent many years as choir director at Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston. An advanced student at the Conservatory of Leipzig on a prestigious two-year scholarship, Palmer held memberships in the American Federation of Musicians, the American Accordionists' Association, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Palmer's prolific output encompasses 789 published works, including methods for accordion, piano, Hammond Chord Organ, and guitar alongside hundreds of solo pieces and choral compositions. Many of these works have been translated into German, Japanese, French, Dutch, and Spanish, demonstrating their widespread impact. His scholarly expertise in Baroque music ornamentation earned him international recognition and became the foundation for the acclaimed Alfred Masterworks series. He received a Doctor of Humanities degree in 1971 and a Doctor of Music degree in 1983 in acknowledgment of his musicological research.
Beyond his publications, Palmer taught at the University of Houston for 18 years, creating the first successful college accordion courses there. He also served as director of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute and spent many years as choir director at Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston. An advanced student at the Conservatory of Leipzig on a prestigious two-year scholarship, Palmer held memberships in the American Federation of Musicians, the American Accordionists' Association, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Morton Manus served as president of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. for over six decades, from 1952 to 2016. He inherited the company from his father Sam, who founded Manus Music in 1922 during New York's Tin Pan Alley era as a publisher of popular sheet music. In 1930, Sam merged his business with Alfred & Company to create Alfred Music, the name that endures today.
A clarinetist and pianist himself, Morton transformed Alfred Music during the 1950s by recognizing the demand for quality music education materials. Under his leadership, the company developed innovative instructional series beginning with accordion books, then expanding to guitar, piano, and recorder. This strategic shift positioned Alfred Music as a major educational publisher rather than simply a sheet music vendor. The company experienced substantial growth through the following decades, prompting a relocation of the main office to Los Angeles in 1975 and the establishment of a distribution center in upstate New York.
Morton's sons Ron and Steve continued the family legacy by joining the company in 1988 and 1992 respectively. Together they expanded Alfred Music's global reach by opening international offices in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom while maintaining focus on developing leading instructional methods and performance music. In 2005, Alfred Music acquired Warner Bros. Publications, securing rights to the EMI Catalogue Partnership and establishing a significant relationship with Warner/Chappell Music.
A clarinetist and pianist himself, Morton transformed Alfred Music during the 1950s by recognizing the demand for quality music education materials. Under his leadership, the company developed innovative instructional series beginning with accordion books, then expanding to guitar, piano, and recorder. This strategic shift positioned Alfred Music as a major educational publisher rather than simply a sheet music vendor. The company experienced substantial growth through the following decades, prompting a relocation of the main office to Los Angeles in 1975 and the establishment of a distribution center in upstate New York.
Morton's sons Ron and Steve continued the family legacy by joining the company in 1988 and 1992 respectively. Together they expanded Alfred Music's global reach by opening international offices in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom while maintaining focus on developing leading instructional methods and performance music. In 2005, Alfred Music acquired Warner Bros. Publications, securing rights to the EMI Catalogue Partnership and establishing a significant relationship with Warner/Chappell Music.
Dr. Amanda Vick Lethco is best known as co-author of Alfred's Basic Piano Library, the internationally acclaimed piano method she developed with Dr. Willard Palmer and Morton Manus. A graduate of Northwestern University with degrees in piano performance, music education, and a master's degree in piano performance, she also studied with distinguished musicians including James Friskin at Juilliard, Rudolph Ganz at Chicago Musical College, and Douglas Moore at Columbia University.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lethco served as Professor Emeritus of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Texas at Austin and maintained a private teaching practice in New York City, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. She received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and has been recognized in the International Who's Who of Musicians and the World Who's Who of Women.
Her influence extended globally through recitals across the United States and clinician work at numerous national conventions. Dr. Lethco conducted educational workshops throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia. She also co-authored Creating Music at the Piano with Dr. Willard Palmer.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lethco served as Professor Emeritus of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Texas at Austin and maintained a private teaching practice in New York City, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston. She received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi, and has been recognized in the International Who's Who of Musicians and the World Who's Who of Women.
Her influence extended globally through recitals across the United States and clinician work at numerous national conventions. Dr. Lethco conducted educational workshops throughout Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia. She also co-authored Creating Music at the Piano with Dr. Willard Palmer.