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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.
Alfred Denis Cortot [n 1] (/ k ɔːr ˈ t oʊ / kor-TOH, French: [alfʁɛd dəni kɔʁto]; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century.
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)
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 ]
Fleisher was born on July 23, 1928, in San Francisco, the son of poor Jewish immigrants Bertha and Isidor Fleisher. His father was from Odessa and his mother from Poland. [1] [2] [3] His father's business was hat-making, while his mother's goal was to make her son a great concert pianist. [1]
Mom's house had been the center of gatherings for relatives and friends who enjoyed her Italian cooking of manicottis, chicken cutlets and baked goods and then convened around her restored 1936 ...
In 1960, the Manhattan Percussion Ensemble recorded Perry's Homunculus, C.F. for 10 percussionists. [12] The piece is scored for timpani, cymbals, snare drum, bass drum, wood blocks, xylophone, vibraphone, celesta, piano, and harp. Perry termed the work "pantonal" since is it neither in a major or minor key and it uses all available tones.
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.