A truly charming collection of folksong arrangements for beginning students if the piano. The arrangers have brought to these familiar tunes intriguing musical settings that are full of solid musical ideas. The value of this collection lies in the skillful adaptation of these folksongs for the early grades and in the variety (46) of the pieces chosen. These are musically interesting studies that provide the student with exercises encompassing all of the basic techniques that must be learned in the early years. The late Irwin Freundlich, noted concert pianist and member of the faculty of the Julliard School, wrote " I find this INVITATION TO THE PIANO a most welcome and useful addition to the teaching materials now available for the early grades." For studios, schools, colleges. Very easy.

Folk Song
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
The Cuckoo
Hot Cross Buns
Lavender Blue
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
Oats, Peas, Beans
The Farmer in the Dell
The Blue Tail Fly
Merrily We Roll Along
Pease Porridge
Ten Little Indians
London Bridge
Blow the Man Down
The Old Gray Mare
Ach, Du Lieber Augustin
Sur le Point d'Agignon
Ring Around a Rosy
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Skip to My Lou
A-Hunting We Will Go
Brother John
America
Rockabye, Baby
Mary Had a Little Lamb
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
Dark Eyes
Oh, Susanna
The Band Played On
Shoo Fly
Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush
Hymn of Thanksgiving
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Au Clair de la Lune
Du, Du, Liegst Mir Im Herzen
Old Mac Donald Had a Farm
Home on the Range
Marines' Hymn
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Away in a Manger
Shenandoah
Star Spangled Banner
Jingle Bells
Baa, Baa Black Sheep