From compilersThis collection is intended for the students of the middle forms of Music Schools. It is the pedagogical work's result during many years, including the pieces, effective for performance. Their impressive imaginative sphere is to arouse and support young pianist's interest, which makes for prompt and confident musical development.The studying process includes mastering practical performing skills combined with extended theoretic knowledges. The complex method will help to attain the efficacious studying process, which means the following:a) Do piece's analysis, accessible for a pupil, consisting of the following operations: to define tonality, to reveal harmonic scheme, according which the piece is built to, make chordal model of this subsequence;b) Transform some elements of the pieces: registeral, dynamical, rhythmical, facture, tonal etc; Compose the other piece according to the given piece model. Compose introduction and the final part. Compose some variation on the theme;c) Transpose the whole piece or its part (it concerns mainly the polyphonic facture).Ensemble playing is the unseparable part of the pedagogical process. Here ensembles areinserted to the collection among the solo pieces, but not isolated to some special part.The whole material in this collection is disposed according to the principle of the growing complication. However the pedagogue may use these pieces, taking into consideration the student's abilities.CONTENTSB. Dvarionas. Variations J. Vitol. Legend E. Grieg. I Knew a Litte GirlL. Couperin. Chaconne S. Carvalho. Toccata J. Haydn. Rondo in Hungarian Style. Arranged by A. Ruthardt W. A. Mozart. Fragment from the opera "The Magic Flute"*. Arranged by C. G. Neefe* W. A. Mozart. Two pieces. From ballet music from pantomime "Small Trinkets". Arranged by M. Frey.1. Pantomime 2. Gavotte C. M. Weber. Two Waltzes F. Schubert. Heroic March, op. 27, No. 1 F. Mendelssohn. Song of Gondolier P. Tchaikovsky. Lullaby-song in Storm, op. 54, No. 10. Transcription by I. Rabinovich N. Paganini. Variations. Arranged by N. Vygodsky J. Field. Nocturne A. Alyabyev. Nightingale. Arranged by J. Brahms* J. Strauss. Singer's Joy. Polka (French)* G. Schmidt. Etude E. MacDowell. Moonlight. From the cycle "Orientalias" C. Nielsen. Mignon J. Sibelius. Souvenir P. Sancan. Princess-dream H. Villa Lobos. Hatchet. From "Practical Manual" (volume 2) * The compositions, marked by asterisk are intended for four hands playing.