Download or read book Masters of American Piano Music written by Maurice Hinson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume surveys American piano music over the last two centuries, providing biographical information on composers as well as performance notes. Pieces are presented in their original form and have been selected for late-intermediate to advanced pianists.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists written by Richard Masters and published by . This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the lives, careers, and contributions of over one hundred American pianists, including collaborative pianists and pedagogues. In addition to household names, it also spotlights historical women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ pianists who were top-notch performers or had important careers but were soon forgotten.
Download or read book Guide to the Pianist s Repertoire written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 1215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire continues to be the go-to source for piano performers, teachers, and students. Newly updated and expanded with more than 250 new composers, this incomparable resource expertly guides readers to solo piano literature and provides answers to common questions: What did a given composer write? What interesting work have I never heard of? How difficult is it? What are its special musical features? How can I reach the publisher? New to the fourth edition are enhanced indexes identifying black composers, women composers, and compositions for piano with live or recorded electronics; a thorough listing of anthologies and collections organized by time period and nationality, now including collections from Africa and Slovakia; and expanded entries to account for new material, works, and resources that have become available since the third edition, including websites and electronic resources. The "newest Hinson" will be an indispensible guide for many years to come.
Download or read book For the Parlor and the Concert Stage written by Keith Charles Ward and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no apology in his advocacy of American-made music just as there is no reason to question the significance of revered European masters. Instead, he argues eloquently for making a place for American piano music again in the American parlor and on the American concert stage, where it once flourished. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book The Piano Handbook written by Carl Humphries and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhanced by an audio CD of selected examples and pieces, a course in playing all major styles of piano covers a history of the instrument and offers progressive instruction in all areas of technique, including posture, fingering, pedalling, scales, and exercises.
Download or read book American classic masters written by Lawrence Rosen (Arranger) and published by G Schirmer, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection of works for the piano by some of the best known composers of all time. This sister publication to the American Contemporary Masters offers over 35 songs from Barber, Cowell, Griffes, Ives and many others. Contents: Foster: The Village Bells, Old Folks at Home (Theme and Variations) * Gottschalk: The Banjo * MacDowell: From the Depths (No. 6 from Sea Pieces), Nautilus (No. 7 from Sea Pieces), Hungarian (No. 12 from Twelve Etudes) * Joplin: The Easy Winners, The Entertainer, Bethena * Ives: The Alcotts (mvt. III from Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass.), Waltz-Rondo * Carpenter: Impromptu, Danza * Griffes: The Fountain of Acqua Paola (from Roman Sketches) * "Jelly Roll" Morton: Shreveport Stomp, Black bottom Stomp * Riegger: Finale (from New Dance) * Thomson (from Portraits): Dona Flor, Brendan Lemon, Chromatic Double Harmonies * Cowell: Tiger, Floating, Seething * Roy Harris: Piano Sonata * Antheil: La Femme 100 Tetes (excerpts XIV, XL, XLIII, XLIV, XLV, Percussion Dance) * Barber: Allegro molto, Hesitation-Tango, Ballade * W. Schuman: Three-Score Set * Fine: Prelude from (from Music for Piano), L. Bernstein (from Anniversaries): For Felicia Montealegre, For Helen Coates.
Download or read book Masters Series The Classical Masters written by Gail Lew and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring authentic keyboard pieces exclusively from the Classical Period, this collection serves as an excellent introduction to classical keyboard literature for late-elementary to early-intermediate level performers. Well-placed fingerings, minimal dynamic markings, suggested realizations of ornaments in footnotes, limited articulations, and well-spaced engraving make this an ideal transitional book to introduce students to standard repertory. Outstanding literature selected for its quality and accessibility include: Allego, K.3 (Mozart) * Country Dance in D (Beethoven) * Ecossaise, WoO23 (Beethoven) * German Dance in A, WoO 42 (Beethoven) * German Dance in D (Haydn) * German Dance in E (Haydn) * Gigue (Arnold) * Little Dance and Rondo (Turk) * Melody and Sonatina Op. 168, No. 2 (Diabelli) * Menuett K.1, K. 2, and K. 6 (Mozart) * Minuet in G (Haydn) * Two Minuets (L. Mozart) * Minuetto (Hook) * Sonatina in C (Duncombe) * Sonatina in C (Haslinger).
Download or read book Music for the Piano written by James Friskin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1954.
Download or read book Guide to the Masters written by Donald Beattie and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masters of Our Day written by Lazare Saminsky and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers written by Pamela Y. Dees and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-02-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a practical reference guide for professional pianists and piano teachers, A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers, Volume I, is an annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century. The work also features biographies and extensive bibliographical information for each composer. Arranged alphabetically by composer into categories including single works, collections, and anthologies, the music is also described in terms of grade level, genre, mood, style characteristics, and technical requirements, and ranges in difficulty from late elementary to virtuoso concert repertoire. Far too many teachers, students, professional musicians, and audiences are unaware of the contributions made by women in music, and of the beauty and merit of their specific compositions. This reference work provides an invaluable addition to the current literature.
Download or read book Masters of Spanish Piano Music written by Maurice Hinson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For this volume, Hinson selected 16 piano works by Isaac Albéniz, Mateo Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, Padre Felipe Rodriguez and Padre Antonio Soler to provide an interesting representation of Spanish keyboard music from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Hinson provides information about the important influence that folk instruments, primarily the guitar, had on these imaginative composers.
Download or read book The Masters and Their Music written by W. S. B. Mathews and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Masters and their Music by W. S. B. Mathews
Download or read book American Piano Classics written by Joseph Smith and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Copland's "The Cat and the Mouse, " Gottschalk's "The Banjo," and "Indian Summer" by Victor Herbert. Additional pieces by Zez Confrey, Henry Cowell, Scott Joplin, Harry T. Burleigh, and other Americans.
Download or read book Piano Music of the Masters written by Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated and published by . This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scott Joplin at the Piano written by Scott Joplin and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2005-05-03 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding collection of classic Joplin rags includes a concise guide to ragtime history, style and interpretation, plus a reprint of Scott Joplin's definitive document entitled School of Ragtime. Titles: * The Cascades * The Chrysanthemum * The Easy Winners * The Entertainer * Heliotrope Bouquet * Maple Leaf Rag * Rag-Time Dance * Solace * The Strenuous Life * Sun Flower Slow Drag * Swipesy
Download or read book Piano lessons in the grand style written by Jeffrey Johnson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series of "Master-Lessons" features Paderewski's "Minuet in G, " Chopin's "Military Polonaise, " Grieg's "Norwegian Bridal Procession, " Mendelssohn's "Scherzo, " and Beethoven's "Pathetique Sonata, " as taught by Wilhelm Bachaus, Percy Grainger, Edwin Hughes, and Mark Hambourg. "
