Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. — 184 p. Why does a piano sound like a piano? A similar question can be asked of virtually all musical instruments. A particular note - such as middle C - can be produced by a piano, a violin, a clarinet, and many other instruments, yet it is easy for even a musically untrained listener to distinguish between these different instruments. A...
Oxford University Press, 2008. — 321 p. Kenneth Hamilton's book engagingly and lucidly dissects the oft-invoked myth of a Great Tradition or Golden Age of Pianism. It is written both for players and for members of their audiences by a pianist who believes that scholarship and readability can go hand-in-hand. Hamilton discusses in meticulous yet lively detail the performance...
University Press of America, 2009. — 114 p. A Pianist's Dictionary is an exploration of the world of the classical pianist and piano professor. The author deconstructs the many familiar words that help describe these worlds as well as their practitioners. Based upon a lifetime of experience as an active concert artist and college professor, this book will resonate with both...
New York: Random House, 2011. — 317 p. — ISBN: 978-0-307-70142-8. Piano - history of the instrument and the development of piano music, outstanding masters. A Gathering of Traditions The Piano Is Born The First Piano Superstar Piano Fever Performers on the Road The Four Sounds The Combustibles The New Testament Still Setting Blazes The Alchemists Chemistry Shock and Awe The...
Goodmusic Publishing, 2021. — 12 p. — ISMN: 9790222289260. Three pieces for piano solo with the flavor of New York. Streets and Avenues; A Walk in the Park; Struttin’ at the Waldorf. Duration 4½ minutes.
Alfred Publishing Co., 2018. — 24 p. — ISBN-10 1470641437. Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal, inward-looking form of musical expression, on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new character pieces emulate this important art form and are carefully graded for students at the late elementary to early...
Alfred Publishing Co., 2018. — 24 p. — ISBN-10 1470641445. Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal, inward-looking form of musical expression, on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new character pieces emulate this important art form and are carefully graded for students at the late elementary to late...
Alfred Publishing Co., 2020. — 24 p. — ISBN-10 1470643650. Composers first began writing character pieces in the Romantic period as a personal, inward-looking form of musical expression, on a smaller scale than sonatas of the Classical period. These new character pieces emulate this important art form and are carefully graded for students at the late intermediate to early...
Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1931. — 130 p. Pedagogy of Piano Playing as a Science The Object of Piano Pedagogy Individual Element in Piano Pedagogy Purpose and Aim of this Book Psychology of Technique Psychical Activity in Piano Playing: Intellect, Will, Sensations, Feeling The Organic Connection between Psychical and Mechanical Activity in Piano Playing. Raif’s Experiments Conditions...
Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1931. — 130 p. Pedagogy of Piano Playing as a Science The Object of Piano Pedagogy Individual Element in Piano Pedagogy Purpose and Aim of this Book Psychology of Technique Psychical Activity in Piano Playing: Intellect, Will, Sensations, Feeling The Organic Connection between Psychical and Mechanical Activity in Piano Playing. Raif’s Experiments Conditions...
Faber Music Ltd., 2022. — 32.p- ISBN-10 0571542387. The perfect companion to The Rusty Pianist: Playable Pieces is packed with even more easy-to-learn piano solos designed to be ideal for returning players. Combining beautiful arrangements of well-known piano favorites with exciting new repertoire by best-selling composer Pam Wedgwood, pieces are presented progressively from...
Faber Music Ltd., 2021. — 44.p - ISBN-10 0571541968. Rediscover the piano with this exciting collection of easy-to-learn piano solos. The Rusty Pianist combines beautiful arrangements of well-known piano favorites with exciting pieces by best-selling composer Pam Wedgwood, sure to get all rusty pianists playing again with ease. The pieces progress from late-elementary to...
Novello and Company, 1910. — 51 p. In parts I. and II of this little volume the irrationality of the rationalist attitude to the art of musical interpretation is discussed.
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