Featuring works from 19 of the world's leading composers, Easy Contemporary Pieces reflects the tremendous variety of styles prevalent in contemporary music. These enjoyable pieces have been selected to be accessible to both the performer and the listener. The 29 contemporary works in this collection have been carefully selected for beginner and intermediate pianists. Many of the featured composers are known for their challenging works. However, the difficulty level of the pieces in this book has been carefully considered to provide the best playing experience for pianists at an intermediate level or under. Several of the works have been commissioned with this in mind, appearing here for the very first time in print. Easy Contemporary Pieces contains A Sentimental Waltz by Geoffrey Burgon, Shard, Two Years and Tiger Moth by Neil Cowley, Just a Waltz by Peter Dickinson, Dark Bank of Clouds, Questa Volta and Sarabande by Ludovico Einaudi, Familiar by Nils Frahm, Etude no. 1 and Metamorphosis One by Philip Glass, Slumber Song by Morton Gould, Three Secrets from the Abyss by John Harle, Fragments and Brooklyn by Hauschka, Monochrome No. 1 and No. 2 by Bowen Liu, Six Secret Songs 1. Andante by Peter Maxwell Davies, Chatterbox Waltz and The Exchange by Michael Nyman, Opus 28 and Opus 36 by Dustin O'Halloran, The Blue Notebooks and The Tartu Piano by Max Richter, Simone's Lullaby by Terry Riley, Zebra Music-VI. White on White by Giles Swayne, Ode to Joyce by Kevin Volans, Improvisation 1 by Sam Watts and Forgive Me by Debbie Wiseman.
