(Spiral bound, New edition)

Contains what the new or intermediate piano player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this most popular of instruments. This book leads you from the basics to more complex techniques, covering playing with the left hand, right hand and both together, along with a basic introduction to reading music.

(Spiral bound, Revised edition)

Organized as a chord per spread, for the left and right hands, this is a handy, comprehensive reference for jazz, pop, rock and soul musicians playing the piano or keyboard at various levels. It teaches yourself the essential piano chords, and more.

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Reissue of the bestselling 2015 title.

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A distinguished New York Times editor explores the history of the pipe organ in America in a book that will intrigue and delight anyone interested in classical music and popular culture. Hear the sounds of some of the pipe organs featured in ALL THE STOPS

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Landon, himself a theatre pipe organist, has written the first history of the theatre pipe organ. He traces its development from church organ to a theatrical instrument that took the place of a piano. The book also includes a history of those companies that built theatre organs and biographical sketches of some of the leading theatre organists.

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Cavaill-Coll's Monumental Organ Project for Saint Peter's, Rome: Bigger Than Them All, by Ronald Ebrecht, tells the engrossing story of Aristide Cavaill-Coll's quest to build the largest-ever mechanical-action organ in the biggest church at the time. Cavaill-Coll is often r...

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With encouragement from Durufls editor and the foundation established in his name, Ronald Ebrecht has meticulously studied each of Durufls works and put together the first book to analyze in detail all of Durufls music.

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Following the pattern established with his pioneering works String Music of Black Composers and Woodwind Music of Black Composers, Aaron Horne now presents a comparable work for the piano and related instruments (such as accordion, harpsichord, and organ).

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A discography and bibliography of music written for the modern harpsichord, this volume features more than 800 mass-marketed recordings of some 600 compositions written after the revival of the harpsichord (ca.

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This reference work catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries. Compiler Adel Heinrich has expanded the organ and harpsichord repertoire to include choir and instruments accompanying organ and harpsichord.

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The film "Shine" tells the story of David Helfgott, a piano prodigy who is victimised by an overbearing father and suffers a crippling mental illness. But was it true In this biography his older sister, Margaret, tackles these questions to reveal the complex reality behind this story.

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Here is a book that will be enjoyed by all pianists not only for the stimulating advice it provides, but also for the style with which it is written.

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Provides data for all recordings of non-classical piano made for issue on disc and cylinder records prior to 1935. This discography includes piano solos, duets, trios and quartets, as well as selected titles where a soloist is featured within a recording by a dance band or orchestra.

(Hardback, Second Edition)

The second edition of The American Piano Concerto Compendium reveals to professional and amateur pianists forty percent more works than the first edition from 1985. It is a valuable resource not only for pianists and conductors, but also for orchestras, teachers, students, music historians and critics, collectors, and concert attendees.

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A culmination of Friedberg's years of performing and teaching, offering piano students, teachers, and performers useful advice for many stages along the path to becoming a pianist.

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Shockley provides a unique comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them.

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With The Contemporary Piano, Shockley provides a comprehensive resource for composers writing music that uses extended techniques for the piano and for pianists interested in playing repertoire that makes use of techniques and/or implements unfamiliar to them.

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The volume concludes with a bibliography of literature on the subject and music editions and with indexes of names, titles, and subjects.

The specialized focus of this account supplements the more general histories of early American music.

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