Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course: CD for Lesson Book, Level A: Piano CD
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Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course: CD for Lesson Book, Level A: Piano CD
For the Young Beginner
By Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco
Level: A
Item: 00-17159
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For both listening and playing along, these accompaniments add a new dimension to the student's practice and performance enjoyment and also provide an invaluable tool for teaching rhythms and tempos. Each song is presented once at performance speed. Use with Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course, Lesson Book A.
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Dr. Willard Palmer stands as an internationally respected musician, scholar, and educator whose prolific career spanned multiple instruments and musical genres. A child prodigy who performed piano on radio at age thirteen, he built his foundation through study with Mae Vardeman, whose emphasis on correct technique and improvisation proved formative. His early years saw him performing accordion and piano across radio broadcasts and campus ensembles while attending Whitworth College and Millsaps College in Mississippi.
Palmer's compositional output encompasses 789 published works, ranging from accordion and piano methods to guitar instruction books, Hammond Chord Organ materials, and numerous solo and choral pieces. Many of these publications have reached audiences worldwide through translations into German, Japanese, French, Dutch, and Spanish. At the University of Houston, where he joined the music faculty following graduate studies at the Conservatory of Leipzig on scholarship, Palmer taught the first successful college-level accordion courses for eighteen years.
His later scholarly pursuits established him as a global authority on Baroque music ornamentation and Classical music research. This expertise directly informed the highly acclaimed Alfred Masterworks series. Palmer received the Doctor of Humanities degree in 1971 and the Doctor of Music degree in 1983 in recognition of his musicological contributions. Beyond his academic work, he served as choir director at Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston and held leadership positions including director of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, along with memberships in the American Federation of Musicians, American Accordionists' Association, and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Palmer's compositional output encompasses 789 published works, ranging from accordion and piano methods to guitar instruction books, Hammond Chord Organ materials, and numerous solo and choral pieces. Many of these publications have reached audiences worldwide through translations into German, Japanese, French, Dutch, and Spanish. At the University of Houston, where he joined the music faculty following graduate studies at the Conservatory of Leipzig on scholarship, Palmer taught the first successful college-level accordion courses for eighteen years.
His later scholarly pursuits established him as a global authority on Baroque music ornamentation and Classical music research. This expertise directly informed the highly acclaimed Alfred Masterworks series. Palmer received the Doctor of Humanities degree in 1971 and the Doctor of Music degree in 1983 in recognition of his musicological contributions. Beyond his academic work, he served as choir director at Memorial Lutheran Church in Houston and held leadership positions including director of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute, along with memberships in the American Federation of Musicians, American Accordionists' Association, and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
Morton Manus served as president of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. for over six decades, beginning in the early 1950s. He inherited the company from his father, Sam Manus, who had founded it in 1922 as Manus Music in New York City's Tin Pan Alley before merging with Alfred & Company in 1930. A trained clarinetist and pianist with a business degree from City College of New York, Morty joined the family enterprise in the late 1940s.
Under Manus's leadership, Alfred Music transformed from a popular sheet music publisher into a comprehensive music education company. He spearheaded the development of instructional series for accordion, guitar, piano, and recorder, establishing the company as a leader in educational materials. The company's expansion was substantial; by the mid 1970s, it had outgrown its New York headquarters and relocated its main office to Los Angeles while establishing a distribution center upstate.
Manus's sons, Ron and Steve, continued the company's growth trajectory, joining in 1988 and 1992 respectively. Together they expanded Alfred Music's global reach by opening offices in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the UK. A significant milestone came in 2005 when the company acquired Warner Bros. Publications, bringing the EMI Catalogue Partnership into the Alfred Music portfolio and initiating a long-term relationship with Warner/Chappell Music.
Under Manus's leadership, Alfred Music transformed from a popular sheet music publisher into a comprehensive music education company. He spearheaded the development of instructional series for accordion, guitar, piano, and recorder, establishing the company as a leader in educational materials. The company's expansion was substantial; by the mid 1970s, it had outgrown its New York headquarters and relocated its main office to Los Angeles while establishing a distribution center upstate.
Manus's sons, Ron and Steve, continued the company's growth trajectory, joining in 1988 and 1992 respectively. Together they expanded Alfred Music's global reach by opening offices in Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the UK. A significant milestone came in 2005 when the company acquired Warner Bros. Publications, bringing the EMI Catalogue Partnership into the Alfred Music portfolio and initiating a long-term relationship with Warner/Chappell Music.
Dr. Amanda Vick Lethco is best known for co-authoring Alfred's Basic Piano Library, one of the world's most influential piano methods, alongside Dr. Willard Palmer and Morton Manus. A seasoned educator, she held the position of Professor Emeritus of Piano Pedagogy at the University of Texas at Austin and maintained a private teaching practice across New York City, San Antonio, Austin, and Houston.
Her training came from some of the finest institutions and teachers available. She earned both a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education from Northwestern University, along with a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the same school. Her studies also included work with distinguished musicians such as James Friskin at Juilliard, Rudolph Ganz at Chicago Musical College, Douglas Moore at Columbia University, and Ruth Barr in Houston. Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi honored her with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.
Beyond her work in piano pedagogy, Dr. Lethco was an accomplished performer and clinician. She gave recitals throughout the United States and presented at numerous college and university campuses. Her international reach extended to workshops and clinics across Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia. She also collaborated with Dr. Palmer on Creating Music at the Piano and earned recognition in the International Who's Who of Musicians and World Who's Who of Women.
Her training came from some of the finest institutions and teachers available. She earned both a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education from Northwestern University, along with a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the same school. Her studies also included work with distinguished musicians such as James Friskin at Juilliard, Rudolph Ganz at Chicago Musical College, Douglas Moore at Columbia University, and Ruth Barr in Houston. Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi honored her with an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree.
Beyond her work in piano pedagogy, Dr. Lethco was an accomplished performer and clinician. She gave recitals throughout the United States and presented at numerous college and university campuses. Her international reach extended to workshops and clinics across Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, and Indonesia. She also collaborated with Dr. Palmer on Creating Music at the Piano and earned recognition in the International Who's Who of Musicians and World Who's Who of Women.