Item Detail
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Fallows-Hammond, Patricia
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Three hundred years at the keyboard : a piano source book from Bach to the moderns : historical background, composers, styles, compositions, national schools
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Book
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Berkeley, Calif.
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c1984
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Ross Books
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x, 302 p. : ill., music ; 28 cm.
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English
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0894960431; 9780894960437
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Piano music--Analysis, appreciation.
Piano music--bibliography. -
Keyboards; Keyboard Music; Pianos; Piano Music; Composers
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MT 140 .F2
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Fallows-Hammon, Patricia, comp. Three Hundred Years at the Keyboard: A Piano Sourcebook from Bach to the ModernsHistorical Background, Composers, Styles, Compositions, National Schools. Berkeley, California: Ross Books, 1984.
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A simple and convenient reference work on the last 300 years of piano activity; to teach students about the pieces they study and the historical background of the composers.
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Contains sections on major composers for the piano, beginning with Bach and continuing through Bartok. Lesser composers are given brief mention in a discussion on national schools of composition. Includes brief discussion of the evolution of piano style, pedagogy, and technique, and lists names of those prominent in teaching and performing both today and in the past. This book is not intended to be comprehensive, but to give a background of important composers and styles.
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The book is organized chronologically in 9 chapters. The first chapter From the Beginning deals with the evolution of the instruments. Other chapters are as follows: The Baroque Era; The Classical Age of Sonata Form; Romanticism; Unique Contributions (including composers of late romantic/early contemporary music), Impressionism, Modernism and Contemporary Trends, Schools (such as the Russian school, etc.) and finally an Encore chapter explaining famous performers and other miscellaneous topics. Within each section, the major composers of that time are included with a biographical sketch, discussion of their music, and large examples of their music. Lesser-known composers are discussed briefly in section listing composers associated with national schools of composition. Includes appendix with suggested 20th-century piano repertoire (about the upper intermediate level) of lesser composers.
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Good as a reference work for someone at the level of a high-school pianist or younger. May be a book that a piano teacher may want to have on hand as an introduction for younger students to the music they are playing.
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Brief treatments of the music render it inadequate for in-depth study.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3156