Suzuki Piano School (Suzuki Piano School Series: Vol 5)

Titles: Für Elise, Wo O59 (L. van Beethoven) \* Arabesque from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100, No. 2 (F. Burgmüller) \* By the Limpid Stream from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100, No. 7 (F. Burgmüller) \* Sonatina in F Major from Zwei Leichte Sonaten No. 2, Kinsky-Halm, Anh. 5 (Allegro assai, Rondo: Allegro) (L. van Beethoven) \* Old French Song from Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 16 (P. I. Tchaikovsky) \* Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. I, BWV 846 (J. S. Bach) \* Invention No. 1 from Two-Part Inventions (J. S. Bach) \* Sonata No. 48, Hob. XVI/35 (Allegro con brio, Adagio, Finale: Allegro) (J. Haydn) \* Siciliano from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 11 (R. Schumann) \* First Loss from Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 16 (R. Schumann).

The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 5, includes French, German and Spanish translations as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately.

The contents have changed to include Romantic pieces: Schumann's About Foreign Lands and People and Chopin's Waltz in A Minor. Daquin's The Cuckoo has been moved here from Book 6. Schumann's First Loss and Siciliana as well as J. S. Bach's Prelude in C have been permanently removed.

Titles: Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven)
• Old French Song, from the Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 16 (Tchaikovsky)
• Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772, from 15 Two-Part Inventions (J. S. Bach)
• Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 2 (Beethoven)
• About Foreign Lands and People, from Scenes from Childhood (Schumann)
• Sonata in C Major (Allegro con brio; Adagio; Allegro), Hob. XVI/35 (Haydn)
• Waltz in A Minor, Op. posthumous (Chopin)
• The Cuckoo (Daquin).

Through the experience I have gained by conducting experiments in teaching young children for over thirty years, I have come to the definite conclusion that musical ability is not an inborn talent but an ability which can be developed.