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Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) [1] was an American jazz pianist and composer.A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, [2] Powell's application of complex phrasing to the piano influenced both his contemporaries and later pianists including Walter Davis Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Barry Harris.
Other solo piano recordings that Tristano made in 1961 were not released until the 1970s. [71] Tristano and his wife formally divorced in 1962. [72] Their son, Steve, who was born in 1952, met his father only once after their initial 1956 separation. [72] Tristano married again in the early 1960s. [73]
Gordon Charles Watson was born in Parkes, New South Wales in 1921. He served with the Australian Imperial Force for four years in World War II. [1]He studied piano under Laurence Godfrey Smith in Sydney, and later had advanced studies at Mills College, Oakland, California with Egon Petri (piano), [2] [3] [4] and Darius Milhaud (composition).
The modern form of the piano, which emerged in the late 19th century, is a very different instrument from the pianos for which earlier classical piano literature was originally composed. The modern piano has a heavy metal frame, thick strings made of top-grade steel, and a sturdy action with a substantial touch weight.
Alphonse Duvernoy (Professor of Piano) Rolande Falcinelli (Professor of Organ, 1954–1986) Louise Farrenc (Professor of Piano, 1842–1873) César Franck (Professor of Organ, 1872–1890) Eugene Gigout (Professor of Organ, 1911–1925) Alexandre Guilmant (Professor of Organ, 1896–1911) Antoine Marmontel (piano) Yves Nat (pianist, 1890–1956)
Arthur Benjamin . Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893 in Sydney – 10 April 1960 in London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.He is best known as the composer of Jamaican Rumba (1938) and of the Storm Clouds Cantata, featured in both versions of the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man who Knew Too Much, in 1934 and 1956.
During the same time period, Lewis held various other positions as well, including head of faculty for the summer sessions held at the Lenox School of Jazz in Lenox, Massachusetts from 1957 to 1960, [4] director of the annual Monterey Jazz Festival in California from 1958 to 1983, [10] and its musical consultant, [28] and "he formed the ...
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, 1917–1920) Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919) Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926) Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932) Romantic, Impressionist: Emile-Robert Blanchet: 1877: 1943: Swiss: Sergei Bortkiewicz: 1877: 1952: Ukrainian: York Bowen: 1884: 1961: English: Romantic: Frank Bridge: 1912: 1941: English: Late ...