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Piano - SMP Level 10 (Advanced) SKU: HL.48002627 Composed by Aaron Copland. BH Piano. 20th Century. Collection. With standard notation, fingerings and introductory text (does not include words to the songs). 16 pages. Boosey & Hawkes #M051281794. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48002627). ISBN 9781540046734. UPC: 073999887259. 9x12 inches.Copland's first major piece caused a stir from the time the composer gave the premiere performance at the artist's colony Yaddo, where he had started a festival of contemporary American music. He wrote that the Piano Variations "was the first work where i felt very sure of myself." Critic Paul Rosenfeld prophesied: "One felt its author the composer of coming decades." The work has continued to draw attention and has been described as strong, spare, and granitic. While Copland adapted the twelve tone method for the piece the tewenty variations and coda flow naturally in a style that is recognizably Copland's own. About SMP Level 10 (Advanced) Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.