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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).
Gladys Mills (née Jordan; 29 August 1918 – 24 February 1978), [1] known as Mrs. Mills, was an English pianist who was active in the 1960s and 1970s, and who released many records. Her repertoire included many sing-along and party tunes made popular in the music hall, generally in a stride piano technique, often in a tack piano style. [2]
Cliburn's mother, a piano teacher and an accomplished pianist in her own right, discovered him playing at age three, mimicking one of her students, and arranged for him to start taking lessons. [2] Cliburn developed a rich, round tone and a singing-voice-like phrasing, having been taught from the start to sing each piece. [ 2 ]
Sarah Cahill (born 1960), pianist, music writer and radio host; Angelin Chang (fl. 1990s), award-winning pianist and educator; Abbey Perkins Cheney (born 1851), pianist and educator; Gloria Cheng (fl. 2000s), contemporary music pianist and film director; Kate Sara Chittenden (1856–1949), piano teacher and music school founder
[2] [5] He took organ lessons, sang in choirs and tried the violin and trombone. [2] Around the age of 11, once he could read music, Hicks started playing the piano in church. [6] His development accelerated once his family moved to St. Louis, when Hicks was 14 and he settled on the piano. [2]
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)
The Art of Teaching Piano: The classic guide and reference book for all piano teachers. Music Sales Group. ISBN 978-0857128157. Boston Area Music Libraries (1983). The Boston Composers Project: A Bibliography of Contemporary Music. MIT Press. p. 265. ISBN 0262021986. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed ...
The Well Tempered Keyboard Teacher, Schirmer Books, New York: First edition, 1991, co-authors Marienne Uszler and Elyse Mach; Second Edition, 2000, co-authors Marienne Uszler and Scott McBride Smith. Etudes for Piano Teachers, Reflections on the Teacher’s Art, Oxford University Press , New York; Hardcover edition, 1995 paperback edition, 2001.