The Starry Night
34 Picture Pieces for Piano
Composer: Hideki Chihara
Instrumentation: Piano solo and duet
Level: Intermediate
Format: Book only
Pages: 80
Page size: 227 x 303 mm
ISBN: 978-4-11-178710-4
ISMN: M-2233-2857-9
Price: JPY 1,800
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In this charming album, beautiful harmonies blend East and West, and heartwarming melodies compel you to hum along. You can find a uniqueness in each piece, just like when you look through a book of paintings.
Contents and Sample Audio
- 1. Humoresque Prelude
- 2. Nostalgic Valzerino
- 3. Valzetto Azure
- 4. Reflecting on My Way Home
- 5. When Darkness Takes Over at Dusk
- 6. Dance of the Foxfires
- 7. Spring Dreams
- 8. Improvisation I
- 9. Somewhere on This Endless Path
- 10. Melancholic Bagatelle
- 11. Galloping Tarantella
- 12. Petit Toccata “My Old Toy Piano”
- 13. Arietta of the Ages
- 14. Starry Night in a Koto Player’s Dream
- 15. Happy Halloween Night
- 16. Nanban Church Fantasia
- 17. Temari
- 18. The Path You've Forgotten
- 19. All the Night Through
- 20. Crystal Rondoletto
- 21. Romanze of Celebration
- 22. Changing World
- 23. Improvisation II
- 24. Sing to the Starry Sky
- 25. Tell Me More
- 26. Waiting for You
- 27. You and Me, Face to Face
- 28. Seaside Intermezzo
- 29. Soaring Up Higher
- 30. Cool Struttin' on the Streets of Tokyo
- 31. Picaresque Burlesque
- 32. Line Up Behind Me! (for Piano Four Hands)
- 33. Utrillo and Me, in the Rainy Town(for Piano Four Hands)
- 34. Dance of the Midsummer Night(for Piano Four Hands)
Composer

Hideki Chihara
Hideki Chihara was born in 1957. He graduated from the Department of Composition in the Music Faculty of Tokyo University of the Arts and obtained Master’s degree at the same university. He won prizes at competitions including The Music Competition of Japan, Carl Maria von Weber Competition, and Guido d’Arezzo Concorso.