Flying Leap Links

musical links from You've Got Rhythm and/or Piano, Body and Soul

J.C. Bach

• http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/bachjc.html
• Biography and list of selected works
• Annotated list of recommended recordings, including works by Ricci, his piano method collaborator

Béla Bartók

• more Bartók midi files

John Cage

• http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/cage/
• Cage links
• http://metalab.unc.edu/mal/MO/cage/index.html
• a John Cage page
• http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~eddietwo/indeterminacy/
• indeterminancy
• http://home.flash.net/~jronsen/cagelinks.html
• An annotated list of web resources

• Carlos Chávez
• http://www.chez.com/craton/musique/chavez/english.htm
• All about Chavez, in English, Español, & Francais

• Aaron Copland
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/achtml/
• The Aaron Copland Collection from the Library of Congress
• http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/copland.html

• Henry Cowell
• http://www.kylegann.com/Cowell.html
• Excerpts from an article by Kyle Gann, the music critic of The Village Voice, originally published in "The Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium," David Nicholls, editor
• http://www.schirmer.com/composers/cowell_bio.html
• Biography with links
• http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=HenryCowell&collection=other_minds
• Listen to Cowell himself talk about his career and play his compositions, in a 1961 recording.

• George Gershwin
• http://www.gershwinfan.com/home.html
• Gershwin fan page
• http://personal3.iddeo.es/racsoft/George1.htm
• Gershwin en español
• http://www.netstrider.com/music/gershwin/
• Gershwin midi files

• Charles Ives
• http://www.charlesives.org/
• The Charles Ives society
• http://www.msu.edu/user/sullivan/CompoComposersIves.html
• many Charles Ives links
• http://stadt.heim.at/hongkong/150019/ives.htm
• Christian Soffel's little Charles Ives page

• Scott Joplin
• http://www.ddc.com/~decoy/sjop.htm
• biography and midi selections
• http://www.jeffpowell.com/Joplin_archive/
• Joplin music midi files

• Mary Jane Leach
• http://kalvos.org/leachmj.html
• Kalvos & Damion New Music Bazaar interview, pictures, and sounds of Leach: hear Green Mountain Madrigal here!
• http://www.mjleach.com/
• Mary Jane Leach's website

• Pauline Oliveros
• http://www.deeplistening.org/dlc/index.html
• Oliveros' Deep Listening site
• http://www.pofinc.org/
• Pauline Oliveros Foundation home page
• http://kalvos.org/olivero.html
• Kalvos & Damion New Music Bazaar interview, pictures, and sounds of Oliveros
• http://www.deeplistening.org/links.html
• Pauline Oliveros and Deep Listening links
• http://www.disquiet.com/oliveros.html
• article about Oliveros

• Harry Partch
• http://www.corporeal.com/cm_main.html
• An extensive site about Harry Partch
• http://www.eyeneer.com/CCM/Composers/partch/Instruments/index.html
• Harry Partch's instruments

• Vladimir Rebikov
• http://www.uc.edu/libraries_CCM/cobbe/PortDisp.asp?Port=Rebikov.gif&Name=Rebikov
• A pen and ink portrait. Let us know if you find an English-language biography online!

• Steve Reich
• http://www.stevereich.com
• The Steve Reich Website
• http://www.duke.edu/~dks3/Reich/
• A description of Steve Reich's background, musical styles and techniques, with music samples.
• http://www.newmusicbox.org/archive/firstperson/reich/
• Interview from 1998.

• Terry Riley
• http://terryriley.com/
• Terry Riley's site
• http://www.qaswa.com/rhythmos/terry.html
• Terry Riley interview
• http://www.cortical.org/Riley.html
• Terry Riley Archive Conservation project

• Carl Ruggles
• http://www.luminet.net/~rlindner/
• Dick Lindner's Carl Ruggles pages
• http://herlin.org/ruggles/
• Thomas R. Herlin's Carl Ruggles page

• Gertrude Stein
• http://www.ellensplace.net/gstein1.html
• a site about Stein
• http://www.tenderbuttons.com/
• Stein links

• Igor Stravinsky
• http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/twen/stravinsky.htm
• the Internet Public Library's Stravinsky page
• http://www.geometry.net/composers/stravinsky_igor.php
• many Stravinsky links

• Virgil Thomson
• please see links below for
• Boosey & Hawkes, Schirmer, & New Albion

* composers etc. * video clips of pianists * piano links * interesting music links * arts advocacy: support the arts! *

Video clips of pianists

• http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/scl/MULTIMED/JAZZHIST/jazzhist.html
• Jazz pianists McCoy Tyner, Marian McPartland, and Randy Weston

• http://www.classiccat.net/links-video.htm
• Links to videos of classical pianists and composers

• http://www.gospelkeyboard.com/teaser/index.php?id=3
• Register to see clips of gospel pianists

* composers etc. * video clips of pianists * piano links * interesting music links * arts advocacy: support the arts! *

Piano sites

• http://www.allpianos.com
• Piano link site
• http://www.pianoworld.com
• "It's all about pianos"
• http://www.ptg.org
• Piano Technician's Guild, for piano geeks (like Joan Harkness)
• http://pianoeducation.org
• The premier piano education site, for students (especially children) and teachers
• http://www.uk-piano.org/history/history.html
• History of the piano in text and pictures
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano
• Clear, concise description of piano history, with some wonderful photos of pianos, including what's underneath!
• http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=54tp00
• American piano music history, from the 18th century to the present, by New York improvising pianist Blue Gene Tyranny (We also highly recommend newmusicbox.org in general—a web magazine about American music from the American Music Center)
• http://www.abbywhiteside.org/
• Abby Whiteside wrote several influential books about piano technique in the early 20th century. Some of her principles of playing influenced Joan through her study with Sophia Rosoff in New York.
• http://www.musicforpeople.org/connect/rights.html
• A "bill of rights" from the Music For People organization
• http://dactyl.som.ohio-state.edu/Resources/learn.more.html
• For the intellectuals among us, a reading list on music cognition
• http://www.musicalfossils.com/index.html
• For teachers and adult students from teacher Matthew Harre of Washington D.C.
• http://www.musicfortheloveofit.com/index.htm
• Samples of the delightful newsletter for amateur musicians, Music for the Love of It
• http://www.artofpracticing.com/
• Madeline Bruser's book, The Art of Practicing, is recommended in Piano, Body and Soul. The website features photos of good and poor piano technique.
• http://coma.org/
• Contemporary Music-making for Amateurs is based in the U.K. Check out their library of easy contemporary pieces - expand your repertoire!
• http://www.musicthoughts.com/
• "A quiet place to think about music" brought to you by CD Baby
• http://www.soundfeelings.com/free/piano_myths.htm
• A fun list of piano myths, although we don't agree with all of them.
• http://www.beethovenpianos.com
• Beethoven Pianos is a full service, family-owned piano retailer specializing in piano restoration, rentals, tuning, transportation, and technical support.

* composers etc. * video clips of pianists * piano links * interesting music links * arts advocacy: support the arts! *

Other interesting music sites

• http://www.hnh.com/composer
• links to biographies and works of many composers
• http://www.artlex.com
• Artlex art dictionary—an incredible online resource for the visual arts. Lots of examples of minimalist art!
• http://www.otherminds.org/
• A website of audio and video archives of music by composers world-wide, and much more. Their annual Festival of New Music in San Francisco is March 4, 5 & 6, 2004.
• http://radiom.org/
• Online radio from Other Minds
• http://rgable.typepad.com/aworks/
• aworks: new american classical music—a weblog, interesting opinion and commentary on composers and works
• http://netnewmusic.net/
• A gateway to contemporary and avant-garde music-listening experiences, new music news, and opinion
• http://www.newmusicjukebox.org/
• hear music and view scores by contemporary American composers
• http://www.newmusicbox.org/home.html
• Online magazine from the American Music Center about composers and new music
• http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/composer/default.asp
• links to information about composers published by Boosey and Hawkes, including Bartók, Copland, Stravinsky, & Thomson
• http://www.schirmer.com/composers.html
• links to information about composers published by Schirmer, including Chávez, Ives, & Thomson
• http://www.presser.com/Composers/gallery.cfm
• links to information about composers published by Theodore Presser, including Ruggles
• http://newalbion.com/artists/
• CD's and bios of New Albion Records composers, including Cage, Copland, Oliveros, Riley, & Thomson
• http://www.lovely.com/artists/browse-a.html
• CD's and bios of New Albion Records composers, including Cage, Oliveros, & Riley
• http://www.childrens-music.org/
• The Childrens Music portal, featuring information, resources, articles, links, and music for and by artists, educators, parents and children.
• http://www.artlex.com
• Artlex art dictionary—an incredible online resource for the visual arts. Lots of examples of minimalist art!

* composers etc. * video clips of pianists * piano links * interesting music links * arts advocacy: support the arts! *

Arts Advocacy Links—Support the Arts!

• California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE)
• http://www.artsed411.org/index.htm
• Joan's favorite site for arts education information. Click on "ArtsEd Resources" for websites that can help you advocate for arts in your community. Also find research and statistics, planning arts education programs, and organizations and agencies that can support your work. Sign up for their ArtsEdMail newsletter and stay up-to-date on arts-ed related news from around the country and grant deadlines and announcements.

• The Kennedy Center, ArtsEdge
• http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/connect/
• "Connect" is one of three sites of interest to arts educators to "access ideas, tools, and people that support the role of arts in education." Check out "Explore" for interactive arts activities and "Teach" for lesson plans highlighting worldwide cultures that integrate subject teaching with the arts.

• Arts Education Partnership (AEP)
• http://aep-arts.org/
• AEP is a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations that promote arts as an essential element of childhood learning. Forums, topics, publications, and the newest in arts-ed resources make this a valuable site for administrators, artists, and teachers.

• Americans for the Arts
• http://www.artsusa.org/
• Americans for the Arts is a nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America with 45 years of service. Their core constituency is the local arts organization, and with them are dedicated to creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

• Support Music
• http://www.supportmusic.com/
• Brought to you by NAMM (the trade association of the music products industry) and MENC (National Association for Music Education), Support Music offers advice about starting an advocacy program where you live, and from which you can write to national representatives about arts education.

• Do you know of another site to recommend? Please contact us and we'll add it to the list.

* composers etc. * video clips of pianists * piano links * interesting music links * arts advocacy: support the arts! *