Canadian Piano Music Listing from

Debra Wanless Music

2017

Current piano titles have been catalogued in chart form for this document.

Listings include:

title source level

composer/arranger key

metre style

theme pedagogical/technical comments

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Index

Stylistic Category Baroque style 1 Classical style 3 Contrapuntal/Imitative style 120 Etude style 119 Impressionistic style 15 Jazz style 58 Ballads: Pop/Jazz 58 Blues 71 Boogie-woogie 78 Jazz Etude/Prelude 82 Rag-time 83 Swing 87 Jazz Waltz 96 Other (Jazz) 97 Latin style 109 One hand 115 Right Hand 115 Left Hand 117 Polyrhythms 120 Rock style 102 Romantic style 6 Theme & Variations 21 Toccata style 130 20th & 21st c. style 22 12-Tone 22

Aleatoric 22 Atonal 23 Bi-/Poly tonal 30 Changing metre 31 Clusters 45 Irregular metre 52 Metreless 55 Prepared piano 56 Quartal Chords 57 Sympathetic vibration 57 Themes Animals 134 Amphibians/Fish/Reptiles 134 Bears 136 Birds 136 Cats 140 Cows/Bulls/Camels 142 Dinosaurs/Mythological 143 Dogs 143 Goats 145 Horses/Donkeys/Zebras 145 Imaginary Animals 147

Insects/Bugs 147 Mice/Rats/Bats/Hamsters 149 Pigs 150 Rabbits/Bunnies 150 Sheep/Lambs 151 Wild Animals 151 General 151

Around the World 153 Bells/Chimes/Clocks 156 Canada 157 Christmas 167 Colours 171 Dances/Marches 176 Days of the Week 187 Detectives/Spies 188 Dreams 188 Feelings 189 Fire 194 Folk/Children/Spiritual 195 Food/Drink 204 Halloween 206 Lullabies 210 Modes 214 Aeolian 214 Ionian 215 Dorian 215 Phrygian 218 Lydian 219 Mixolydian 220 Locrian 224 Morning 225 Musical Instruments 226 Night 228 Outdoors/Weather 233 People/Characters 240 Places 252 Prelude 263 Processional 265 Questions 265 Sacred 266 School 269 Seasons 270 Spring 270 Summer 271 Fall/Autumn 272 Winter 274 Sound Imitations 276 Sports/Activities 278 Sun/Moon/Planets/Space/Stars 292 Things 297 Trains 310 Vehicles/Traffic 314 Water 316 Works including Improvisation 324

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