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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 ...
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.
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.
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (/ ˈ k l aɪ b ɜːr n /; July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) [1] was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold War.
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 ...
Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" [nb 1] Hines (December 28, 1903 [nb 2] – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".
At the age of seven, Ellington began taking piano lessons from Marietta Clinkscales. [7] Daisy surrounded her son with dignified women to reinforce his manners and teach him elegance. His childhood friends noticed that his casual, offhand manner and dapper dress gave him the bearing of a young nobleman, [12] so they began calling him "Duke ...
Sam was initially opposed to young Leonard's interest in music and attempted to discourage his son's interest by refusing to pay for his piano lessons. Leonard then took to giving lessons to young people in his neighborhood. [30] One of his students, Sid Ramin, became Bernstein's orchestrator for West Side Story [31] and a lifelong beloved ...