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* Piano, Body and Soul composers and music * video clips of pianists * piano links * piano stores * interesting music links *
Piano, Body and Soul composer and music links
J.C.
Bach
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/bachjc.html
Biography and list of selected works
http://newolde.tripod.com/jc_bach.htm
Annotated list of recommended recordings, including works by Ricci, his
piano method collaborator
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
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.
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.
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
Bel
Canto
http://mama.essortment.com/belcantotechni_rgwg.htm
All about bel canto
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
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.
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.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!
