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The Romantic pianist - the solo pianist who plays nineteenth-century piano music - has become an attractive figure in the popular imagination, considering the innumerable artworks, literary works, and films representing this performer's seductive allure.

Discoveries from the Fortepiano uncovers eighteenth-century performance practices and philosophical beliefs, enabling modern performers to craft an authentic, historically influenced style.

Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist's Guide to Musical Interpretation demystifies the complex concepts of musical interpretation in Western tonal piano music by boiling it down to basic principles in an accessible writing style.

Discoveries from the Fortepiano uncovers eighteenth-century performance practices and philosophical beliefs, enabling modern performers to craft an authentic, historically influenced style.

Für Journalisten ist er ein Star: Alan Rusbridger, seit 20 Jahren Chefredakteur des britischen Guardian, hat seine Zeitung zum führenden kritischen englischsprachigen Blatt gemacht, auf beiden Seiten des Atlantik.

Keith Jarrett ranks among the most accomplished and influential pianists in jazz history.

Did you use to play the piano?

"e;Sight-Reading for Piano Made Easy"e; is a vintage guide to sight reading for the piano.

Classic Ragtime Music Collection constitutes an extensive library of the most well-known and universally-enjoyed works of ragtime music ever composed, reproduced from authoritative editions for the enjoyment of musicians and music students the world over.

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) was one of jazz's greatest and most enigmatic figures.

The comprehensive go-to guide for building keyboard skills Being able to play a tune on the piano can bring you a lifetime of sheer aesthetic pleasure and put you in serious demand at parties!

CO-WINNER: The Triennial Alan Walker Book Award, sponsored by the American Liszt Society 2023A new and wide-ranging collection of essays by leading international scholars, exploring the concept and practices of virtuosity in Franz Liszt and his contemporaries.

Using a replica of Beethoven's Erard piano, scholar and performer Tom Beghin launches a striking reinterpretation of a key period of Beethoven's work.

WINNER: 2019 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title AwardThe first critical study of the life and distinctive artistic vision of Heinrich Neuhaus, a legendary pianist-pedagogue widely considered one of the leading shapers of the renowned Russian piano tradition.

This collection of 30 well-loved original compositions and arrangements for piano presents a selection of pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach that will delight any pianist.

In einer Zeit, in der Frauen in der Musikwelt selten die Anerkennung erhielten, die ihnen gebührte, stach eine Ausnahmeperson hervor: Sophia Corri.

Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre.

In this collection, Shipton has drawn together conversations with some of the key jazz pianists.

Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation and agogics as an expression of fundamental principles of a common European musical language.

Ontario-born jazz pianist Lou Hooper (1894-1977) began his professional career in Detroit, accompanying blues singers such as Ma Rainey at the legendary Koppin Theatre.

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By the early 20th century the machine aesthetic was a well-established and dominant interest that fundamentally transformed musical performance and listening practices.

Women are an essential part of the history of the piano-but how many women pianists can you name?

Originally published in 1924, and authored by a renowned pianist and musicologist, this book is a comprehensive study of the history and evolution of pianoforte music from its origins in the early 18th century to modern times.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) was an extraordinarily prolific and seminal composer during the Classical era.

Kenneth Hamilton's book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oft-invoked myth of a Great Tradition, or Golden Age of Pianism.

Reproduced in high quality with wide margins, this edition is perfect for students and musicians with an interest in Chopin's seminal work.

The thirty-two Piano Sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven form one of the most important segments of piano literature.

Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges.

Providing essential tools to transform college piano students into professional piano teachers, Courtney Crappell's Teaching Piano Pedagogy helps teachers develop pedagogy course curricula, design and facilitate practicum-teaching experiences, and guide research projects in piano pedagogy.

Art Tatum defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano.

Mozart's masterpiece Oiseaux, si tous les ans was composed in 1777.

Practising studies?

Practice, practice, practice to play like Chopin or the Piano Man The piano will help you add a touch of fun to your life, impress your friends at parties, and even reduce stress.

Adalbert Gyrowetz, in Böhmen geboren und später in Wien beheimatet, war ein herausragender Komponist, der zu Lebzeiten großen Erfolg feierte, heute jedoch oft im Schatten von Größen wie Haydn, Mozart und Beethoven steht.

Presents previously unpublished memoirs (1933-77), lectures, and essays by the eminent harpsichordist and scholar Ralph Kirkpatrick.

This vintage book offers the reader a comprehensive, elementary course in learning to play the organ, specially designed for those with absolutely no previous musical training.

Reproduced in high quality with wide margins, this edition is perfect for students and musicians with an interest in Chopin's seminal work.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) was a German pianist, organist, composer, and conductor during the Romantic period.

Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland.

It's difficult to imagine Franz Liszt performing in Peoria, but his contemporary and foremost rival, Sigismund Thalberg, did just that.

The anthology La donna e mobile is the follow-up volume to the best-seller Eine kleine Nachtmusik with masterpieces of classical music (ED 20764).

Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide provides a detailed outline of resources available for research and/or training in piano pedagogy.

Schuberts späte Klaviermusik in neuer PerspektiveGemeinsam entwickelten Jürgen Uhde und Renate Wieland in dem zum Klassiker gewordenen Buch "Denken und Spielen" die Methode, aus der Struktur einer Musik die Beziehung der einzelnen Gestalten untereinander und zum Ganzen, d.