DANCE OF THE TROLLS   HL 00296428
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 5/Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Carol Klose
A gently grotesque troll dance, not too frightening, but with enough of a macabre twist to fit the title aptly, this piano solo works its magic through short motives and alternating hand passages. Great pedagogical material throughout. Intermediate (HLSPL Level 5); 6/8 meter; quick tempo; 16ths; pedal; hand position shifts; reading range: full staff; 8va; 37 measures; Performance time: 1 minute 20 seconds.

DISNEYLAND® PRESENTS THE TWISTED SCAROLS FROM HAUNTED MANSION HOLIDAY   HL 00313252
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Series: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Disneyland visitors hear these hauntingly beautiful “scarols” as they wait to enjoy the new attraction Haunted Mansion Holiday, based on Tim Burton's spooky Nightmare Before Christmas. Ten songs feature ghoulish new Halloween lyrics sung to the melodies of traditional Christmas favorites. Includes: Elfman Medley • God Rest You Merry Grinning Ghost • Grim Grinning Ghosts • Old Mansion Tree • Over the Graveyard • Scary Bells • The 13 Days of Christmas • Up on the Housetop • We Wish You a Scary Christmas • Wreck the Halls. Great fun for all holiday lovers!

Ghost of Halloween Past   AP 5454

GOBLINS   HL 00296433
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 4/Early Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library

Author: Lee Evans
A sweeping, spooky 5-finger position piece with lots of opportunity to create a great musical picture. This piece sounds harder than it really is, and will be a sure hit with students of any age! Very vivid music imagery. Great pedagogical material by master composer, Lee Evans. Early Intermediate piano solo (HLSPL Level 4); 3/4 meter; fast tempo; G minor key signature; alternating eighth-note 5-finger patterns throughout; chromatic scale; 8va; three-note chords; 44 measures; Approximate performance time: 45 seconds

HALLOWEEN PRANKS  HL 00411675
Series: Willis
Publisher: Willis Music

HAPPY HALLOWEEN DREAM  HL 00406813
Later Elementary Level
Series: Willis
Publisher: Willis Music

Composer: Al Rita

IT'S HALLOWEEN (COLLECTION)
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Series: Expressive Art (Choral)
TEACHER ED

Composer: Gary Earl
Composer: Lois Skiera-Zucek
Arranger: Ronny Schiff
“What are you going to be on Halloween night?” This “spirited” collection of songs, choreography and ghoulish project activities presents a variety of enjoyable ways to make Halloween safe and fun in your school and community this year. Features ten original holiday songs with upbeat dance rhythms and contemporary music styles from calypso and rock to disco and rap. The collection comes complete with reproducible songsheets, activity pages and a suggested reading list for hours of fun...all under one cover!

Available: Teacher's Manual, Performance/Accompaniment CD. For grades K-6.
Halloween Rock And Roll
It's Halloween!
Jack! Jack!
Me And My Mummy
Monster Eyes
Monster Halloween
Ride The Witch's Broom
Sarcophagus Shuffle
Skeleton Bones
The Monster Lullaby

Let's Celebrate Halloween!, Pre-reading   AP 20727
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FORMAT: Sheet
LEVEL: Early Elementary
TEACHING: private; classroom
Let's Celebrate Halloween, Pre-Reading is an 8-page "mini" collection of original pre-reading piano solos written for beginning pianists. Fun theory pages correlating with the solos make this book a special treat as students get ready for Halloween.

MERLIN'S DREAM  HL 00296425
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 3/Late Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Peggy Otwell
A wistful, melancholy solo for young wizards in training. This minor key solo has a graceful, medieval sound with appealing harmonic progressions. It uses a repeated, dotted quarter – eighth pattern throughout. Late Elementary piano solo (HLSPL Level 3); 3/4 meter; Andante tempo; D minor mode (flats as accidentals throughout); 8va; remains for the most part in 5-finger position with extensions to a 6th. 41 measures; Performance time: 1 minute 05 seconds.

MICE IN THE ATTIC  HL 00296535
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 5/Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library
Medium: BOOK

Composer: Sondra Clark
“Mice in the Attic was inspired by an actual event, and the script is very close to what was really said,” explains composer Sondra Clark. This humorous musical tale can be told with or without narration. With a running time of approximately one minute, encores, even unsolicited, should be considered. Duration: 1 minute, 3 seconds.

MONSTER MARCH  HL 00296426
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 2/Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Jennifer Linn
Calling all “monster” pianists! This rollicking tune by Jennifer Linn will have you dancing in no time at all! This truly fun march in a minor mode is punctuated with “spooky” sounding accidentals. Elementary piano solo (HLSPL L2); 4/4 meter; Allegretto tempo; D minor mode; accidentals throughout; mostly 5-finger position; alternating hands, or hands together; harmonic intervals 2nds – 5ths. 46 measures. Performance time: 1 minute 27 seconds.

ONE BLACK CAT  HL 00296438
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 3/Late Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Katherine Beard
A mysterious minor mode Halloween waltz about a little black cat prowling at night on soft, silent paws. Very evocative, yet simple melody, written especially for young pianists with original lyrics by renowned composer Katherine Beard. Elementary piano solo (HLSPL L2); 3/4 meter; Andante tempo; C minor mode (flats as accidentals throughout); 5-finger position pieces, some hands together passages in mostly single note pairs. Lyrics. 24 measures. Approximate performance time: less than one minute.

PIRATES BOLD!  HL 00296437
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 2/Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Katherine Beard
Young pirates will relish performing this delightful piano solo – perhaps in full costume! This elementary-level piano solo has great, bold lyrics, and a jaunty melody that bounces along between the hands in a “brave” minor key. Elementary piano solo (HLSPL L2); 4/4 meter; Moderate tempo; F minor position (flats as accidentals throughout); simple notation – quarters with a few eighth pairs; mostly alternating hands in simple 5-finger position. Lyrics. 24 measures. Approximate performance time: 45 seconds.

SCHIRMER'S HALLOWEEN FAVORITES  HL 50481546
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Piano Solo
Series: Piano Collection
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.

Editor: Lee Evans
Composer: Various Composers
A spooky set of 8 pieces by some of the top names in educational music. Composers include David Carr Glover, Mark Nevin, Louise Garrow, Howard Kasschau, and others. Titles include: Ghosts! • Attic Ghost • Halloween High Jinks • The Four O'Clock Ghost • Mystery Story • Halloween Night • Ghost Dance • Spooks!

SPOOKY SPIRITS  HL 00296434
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 5/Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library

Author: Lee Evans
Spooky characterizes this excellent piano solo by Lee Evans quite well. It weaves a hypnotic and mysterious spell with repetitive patterns of clusters and single notes, an unusual L.H. arching melodic line, and a vivid flash of 16th-note passages; superb recital piece! Intermediate (HLSPL Level 5); 4/4 meter; allegro tempo; minor mode; 16ths; alternating hand passagework; clusters; pedal; 17 measures; Approximate performance time: less than one minute.

THE GHOST  HL 00296436
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 2/Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Katherine Beard
This little ghost won't scare anyone, because he's about as friendly as can be! Young students will enjoy this easy-to-learn elementary piano solo by renowned composer, Katherine Beard. HL is pleased to make this solo available once more to a new generation of young pianists. Elementary piano solo (HLSPL L2); 4/4 meter; Andante tempo; alternating hands, or hands together in single notes throughout; simple notation; flats as accidentals; Lyrics. 24 measures; Approximate performance time: less than 1 minute.

THE HALLOWEEN SONGBOOK  HL 00310162
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Series: Easy Piano

16 spooky tunes of the season, including:  (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)  • (It's A) Monster's Holiday  • A Hootin' Howlin' Halloween  • Casper The Friendly Ghost  • Funeral March (Piano Sonata in B flat)  • Funeral March Of A Marionette  • Halloween Song  • Moans, Groans And Skeleton Bones  • Monster Mash  • Purple People Eater  • Recipe For A Witch's Brew  • Song Of The Volga Boatman  • The Addams Family Theme  • The Munsters Theme  • The Thing  • This Is Halloween 

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN  HL 00296430
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 5/Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Sondra Clark
A convincing musical dramatization of the legendary “Headless Horseman” is presented in this stunning piano solo by Sondra Clark. The galloping hooves of the horse can be heard throughout in a ceaseless, repetitive 16th – 8th note rhythmic pattern. The A minor key signature adds to the dark and frantic scene. Sondra's original poem on the title page establishes the character and mood for students as well. 4/4 meter; A minor key signature; Fast tempo; Reading range: full staff; 16ths; 22 measures. Approximate performance time: 1 minute.

THE MOON LOOKED DOWN  HL 00296435
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solo Level 3/Late Elementary
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Katherine Beard
A hauntingly beautiful melody in open 5ths makes this piece very satisfying for a young student to play. Original lyrics by Katherine Beard enhance the mood and paint a vivid Halloween night landscape. Late Elementary (HLSPL L3); 4/4 meter; Andante tempo; minor mode (sharps as accidentals throughout); open 5ths and 6ths in parallel-motion quarter notes; accented notes; syncopated pedaling optional; Lyrics; 20 measures; Approximate performance time: 1 minute.

THE SKELETONS' BALL  HL 00296429
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Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Duet Level 4/Early Intermediate
Series: Educational Piano Library

Composer: Mike Springer
A bone-rattling, jazzy dance for two pianists at one piano makes the most of its minor-mode key signature to paint a humorous, lively scene of skeletons dancing the night away on Halloween! Early Intermediate (HLSPL Level 4), equal-partner piano duet (1P/4HDS); 4/4/ meter; Allegro; E minor mode; swing eighths and syncopation; good ensemble piece; three-note chords; Reading range: full staff; 50 measures; Performance time: 1 minute 50 seconds.