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Piano Academy
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- http://www.cafepress.com/buy/composers/classical+music/piano Piano-related gifts
- http://www.afn.org/~afn39483/ Masa Mizuno's extensive directory of piano competitions
- >http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgiClassical Composers Database: 2284 composers and growing, compiled by Dutch computer engineer and musician Jos Smeets. Lists dates, major works, biography. Also has a birth/death date index: just plug
in a date and you can find out what famous musicians
were born or died on that date.
- http://www.classical.net/music/ Information on
composers, recordings, articles, reviews; large
database.
- http://www.classical.net/music/links/festival.html Classical Net: festivals, concerts, offerings at specific concert venues. Worldwide listings.
- http://www.musicanet.org/en/annivgb1.htm Anniversaries of composers
- http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html List of American universities.
- http://www.practicespot.com/dictionary.phtml Dictionary of musical terms, largest on the web.
- http://datadragon.com/day/ "This Day in Music
History" with past events, composers' birthdays,
searchable index.
- http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html Online world history charts
- http://www.musi-cal.com/ Listings of concerts
worldwide
- http://www.pianorepertoire.com/ Performs queries
over classical keyboard music works using any
combination of the following: composer name, work name,
key and mode, length, date composed, 'instrumentation'
- http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/ Free public domain
editions of thousands of classical scores. Limit of 2
free downloads a day, but you can get CDs of entire
collections for $20.
- http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/ The Classical
Music Nagivator: biographical information on 444
classical composers organized alphabetically and
geographically, a basic list of their significant works,
and a Glossary of Musical Terms.
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- http://www.abrsm.org/ Site of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of
Music, the leading music examining board; they test over
600,000 students and teachers each year.
- http://www.good-ear.com/ Exercises for drilling
intervals, chords, scales, cadences, jazz chords, note
location (movable do)
- http://www.metronimo.com/uk/download.htm Free
downloadable music games (demo is free, the more
complete software program you must buy.
- http://www.ossmann.com/bigears/ Big Ears, online ear
training drills.
- http://www.pedaplus.com/games.html Drills notes and
intervals, beginning to advanced
- http://brenthugh.com/piano/ Brent Hugh's piano practice home page; lots of good
practice advice here.
- http://www.teoria.com/index.html On-line theory training,
especially interval, chord and cadence construction
- http://www.theconservatory.com/ Offers practice
suggestions to students, teaching strategies to
instructors
- http://www.wendyspianostudio.com/content/category/8/81/46 Free ear-training, rhythm and theory worksheets,
manuscript paper templates you can print out,
problem-solving worksheet, practice record, trill study,
etc.
- http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/courses/t109/theory.htm Helpful information from the T109 Theory course at I.U.
Includes syllabus, "Interval Mnemonics" (songs to
remember various intervals by), and exams. Links to
Teoria shareware (interactive exercises drilling chords,
intervals, scales) and free demo of MiBac "Fundamentals"
and "Chords and Harmony".
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- The Art of Piano(Ideale Audience, IMG, NVC Arts) - Amazing original film footage of
Paderewski, Cortot, Backhaus, Gilels, Hofmann, Horowitz,
Michelangeli, Arrau and other greats. VHS is apparently better than DVD, which is out of sync. Available at Amazon.com.
- http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/musicresourcecenter.html Biographies of great pianists past and present by Allan
Evans.
- The official page of Carnegie Hall
- Classical Piano Links : loads of information on
stylistic periods of music history (baroque, classical,
romantic, etc.) and links to dozens of websites of
currently active concert pianists.
- Women at the Piano, dedicated to women concert pianists, past and present.
Includes dates, bios for many.
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- http://www.alexandercenter.com/ Insider's guide to
Alexander Technique, with links to many related sites,
including http://www.alexandercenter.com/pa/musicjonesii.html
on Alexander Technique for musicians
- http://www.alexandertechnique.com/ Complete guide to
the Alexander Technique, who is helped by it, where to
find teachers in your area
- http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html Extensive
information on injuries of musicians (overuse syndrome,
repetitive stress, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome,
etc.) and preventative measures. Compiled by Paul
Marxhausen.
- http://www.feldenkrais-resources.com/ Feldenkrais
resources: background info., training
programs,.workshops and classes
- http://www.freeingthecagedbird.com/ Barbara
Lister-Sink: methods, intensive training sessions, how
to order the video for pianists
- http://imr.utsa.edu/CAIRSS.html Good search engine
from the Institute for Music Research, for music-related
injuries and conditions
- http://www.pianomap.com/ Discusses pianists'
injuries, movement re-training, injury prevention
- http://www.pilates-studio.com/ The Pilates method:
history of the method, locating a certified teacher in
your area, teacher certification programs
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- Andante Newsletter (online) : listings for thousands of
current musical events, extensive virtual library, hear
archival and current concerts from Concertgebouw, La
Scala, Vienna, London and Philadelphia. Concise Grove's
Dictionary; discographies.. Links to 12,000 classical
web sites.
- International Piano, a slick magazine with a
European and world focus.
- Gramophone
Magazine, one of the best music magazines.
Subscribe online.
- Electronic journals for music.
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- http://www.amazon.com Loads of CDs, DVDs, music books. Be sure to check out
"New and used" section (top right corner of pages) for
the best prices
- http://www.arioso.fr Arioso (Paris). For hard-to-find French editions,
Konemann urtexts, reasonable classical CDs (3-5 Euros)
- http://www.arsantiqua.com/3/index.shtm World's
largest online classical vinyl (used) record store
- http://www.burtnco.com Music "for pedagogy and serious performance" only. This
store carries Konemann urtext editions-wonderful scores,
and much more reasonable than Henle editions
- http://www.classicalenthusiast.com/index.html Out of
print and imported classical CDs, list of sites offering
free sheet music
- http://www.francepianos.com/livre.htm List of French
and English language books on pianos and piano playing
available from Amazon.France, check out pianos for sale
in France
- http://www.musicmanmurray.com/ Seller of 78 records,
LPs, cassettes, all musical styles.
- http://www.primamusic.com/ Prima Music Co., Grooks, GA.
Discount music house with very large inventory of
scores, piano methods, supplementary instructional aids
and educational videotapes
- http://www.sheetmusicplus.com 360,000 titles in
stock; shipping as low as $2.99
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Music Software
- http://bauer.cwru.edu/technology.html Extensive
information on music technology resources
- http://homoecumenicus.com/music_theory_musicology.htm Music theory and musicology resources, including music
research databases
- http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/gcbeethdj.htm Good prices on PC and Mac music products such as Zane
Publishing's "Great Composers" series.
- http://www.mozart.co.uk/ Mozart music notation
software. You can download a free evaluation copy that
has the basic features
- http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/index.asp Free
introductory notation software
- http://home.earthlink.net/~regina-r/pedagogy.htm Articles on technology in the studio lab, using the
Roland midi sequencer, etc.
- http://www.kellysmusicandcomputers.com/ Large
selection of music software and other music technology
items
- http://www.lentines.com/articles/article_front_page.htm Music technology software and articles
- http://lilypond.org/web/switch/advantages.html Lilypond, free music typesetting program that runs on
Windows, MacOSx, Linux or FreeBSD among other systems.
You can learn to typeset music with the online tutorial;
automated formatting, and takes ASCII input.
- http://www.pianoeducation.org/pnosoftr.html Reviews,
both brief and in-depth, of piano music and software:
shareware, teaching software, theory, music appreciation
and composition software and studio management software.
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Pianos
- http://www.fazioli-piano.com/homeen.html Interesting
info. on the sound features, technology and manufacture
of the prestigious hand-made Fazioli pianos
- http://www.frederickcollection.org/recordings.html Frederick Historic Piano Collection - see and hear
pianos from Mozart's time to Debussy's. The collection
is located at the Historical Piano Study Center,
Ashburnham MA. Seventeen period instruments are in
playing condition; many more await restoration.
- http://www.oldpianos.com/ pictures of Greg
Flannagan's personal collection of historic pianos, many
of them lesser-known makes.
- http://pianomuseum.org/pages/frontpage.shtml Site of
the new Piano Museum near Boston; site is still under
construction but already has photos of a number of their
instruments up.
- http://www.ptg.org/ The Piano Page, site of the Canadian Piano Technicians'
Guild. Heaps of information about the piano, useful
links, photos.
- http://www.rennerusa.com/ For those fascinated by
the craft of piano construction; features virtual-action
model of working parts.
- http://www.steinway.com/ Learn about instrument care
and things to take note of when selecting a piano, take
a virtual tour of the factory, check out the newest
models, buy Steinway gear.
- http://www.uk-piano.org/history/history.html British
site with loads of information on piano history,
articles on famous makes like Broadwood, virtual tour of
a piano factory, a forum where you can "ask an expert"
where to find information on your piano (free)
- http://www.ptg.org/museum/viennese.htm Historical
piano, info. and photos
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For
Piano Teacher-Performers
- http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ Overview of copyright
and fair use laws, links to key sites
- http://www.finearts.uvic.ca/sim/help_docs/audio-old/FAQ/piano_memory.html Long article on playing from memory
- http://fdncenter.org A list of foundations supporting the arts.
- http://www.pedaplus.com/index.html Articles,
reviews, free sheet music.
- http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/Keyboard/PPF/index.html Scholarly articles on piano teaching, guide to internet
resources for the piano teacher
- http://www.pianoeducation.org/ Site of the West Mesa
Music Teachers Assn., has over 700 pages of information:
audition room, composer list, FAQs, "Just for Kids" page
- http://www.mpa.org/agency/framespub.html MPA
directory of music publishers, both domestic and foreign
- http://www.pianoeducation.org/pnotstud.html Articles
on many aspects of teaching
- http://www.musicedmarket.com/ Games, books, tapes
and many other teaching supplements; also a reference
section for help in music theory/history and group piano
teaching
- http://www.mtna.org/home.htm Site of the MTNA (Music
Teachers' National Assn.)
- http://www.musicedmarket.com/MEMChart/MEMchart.htm Useful chart comparing widely used piano methods
- http://www.pianoteaching.com/cgibin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi The Piano Club, teachers' forum on the Faber and Faber
pianoteaching.com site.
- http://music.colstate.edu/resources/pno-ped-l/ The
home of the very active Pno-Ped-L teachers' forum,
moderated by Steve Clark.
- http://www.menc.org/connect/fromthetop/Fromthetop.html Lesson plans featuring young performers from the
well-known radio show.
- http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/index.html A neat jazz improvisation primer by Marc Sabatella.
- http://www.serve.com/marbeth/piano.html Many
interesting articles by Martha Beth Lewis on the
practical aspects of teaching including copyright,
business practices, pedagogy and studio humor.
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