Three
Hundred Years at the Keyboard
by Patricia
Fallows-Hammond
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9780894960543 (Paper) 9780894960888 (Hard) 9780894960895 (eBook) TITLE: 300 Years at the Keyboard AUTHOR: Patricia Fallows-Hammond PRICE: $19.95 (Paper) $24.95 (hard) $9.99 (eBook) SIZE: 21cm x 28 cm (8.5"x11") BINDING: Paper Hard eBook PAGES: 312 COVER ILLUSTRATION: New York Metropolitan Museum of Art BOOK DESIGN: Merill Peterson OTHER: Sheet Music, Photos, tables, charts STATUS: Available Now |
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Table of Contents | |
CHAPTER 1 - From the
Beginning Evolution of the Piano Changing Styles in Piano Technique CHAPTER 2 - The Baroque Era Johann Sebastian Bach * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music George Frideric Handel * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music CHAPTER 3 - The Classical Age of
Sonata Form CHAPTER 4 -
Romanticism |
CHAPTER 5 - Unique
Contributions Cesar Franck * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music Edvard Hagerup Grieg * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music Edward Alexander MacDowell * Historical Sketch * Style * Compositions (with commentary) * Editions * Selected Works for Keyboard * Sample Sheet Music CHAPTER 6 - Impressionism CHAPTER 8 -
Schools Index |
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Author CommentsT |
This
is the first reference book to include the historical background on
all major piano composers, their individual styles, analysis of their
compositions, and listings of their major keyboard works. Essential
reading for all piano lovers, Three Hundred Years at the Keyboard will
provide readers with a continuing source of pleasure, convenience, and
motivation. Teachers invest a great deal of time and money in encouraging and training a student. There is a very critical moment in a students life that comes just after they learn how to read and play music. At that point, in order to keep the student enthusiastic about keyboard music, the student needs to be introduced to the great works that are available to them. If their interest is not developed, they will wander off to another hobby and the time and money invested in them will be lost. In short, the student needs to be presented with an overview of the great composers and the beauty of their legacy. I have found by trial and error that a book that tries to be all-inclusive does not work. A huge work of all the composers that have ever lived simply overwhelms the student. They dont know where to begin, it looks like too much work, and they quickly lose interest in what you have presented. After many years of study and experimentation, I have found the right mixture and it is Three Hundred Years at the Keyboard. This title presents sketches of seventeen of the greatest composers spanning the three centuries that the keyboard has been around. For each composer my title gives a brief historical sketch, discussion of some of his greatest works, sample sheet music, and then a list of the major works so the student can instantly find more material if they like the composer. For a new to intermediate student, this is the perfect work for getting to know the great composers and for the seasoned professional, this is a very delightful and enjoyable review of what is available. |
Author Biography |
Patricia Fallows-Hammond was born in New York
City. After moving to California, she attended Mills
College from which she holds the degrees of Bachelor of
Arts and Bachelor of Music. She also studied with the
late Albert Elkus of the music department of the
University of California, Berkeley. Upon graduation from
Mills College, she was awarded the Certificate of
Proficiency in Piano and first prize in composition.
During this time she began teaching and tutoring students
in classical piano. She later studied in France with Ennemond Trillat of the Lyons Conservatory and with Alfred Cortot in his Master Class at Ecole Normale in Paris. Further study included private lessons with Marguerite Long and Yvonne Lefebure. While residing in Honolulu, she was a teacher and founder of the well known Chamber of Music Series and performed extensively as the pianist of the Honolulu Chamber Trio. Ms. Fallows-Hammond lives, performs and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area and continues to coach with Adolph Baller, Professor of Piano at Stanford and pianist of the Alma Trio. |
Publisher Comments |
Pat
Hammond has spent over 20 years teaching students in
piano. Because the type of work she needed was not
available, she had to create what she needed. This book
wrote itself through the trial and error of working with
hundreds of students. After Three Hundred Years at the Keyboard had been out a while, we reviewed our orders and found that music teachers throughout North America agree with Ms. Hammond. Over 130 schools have adopted the title for their classes. A partial list of schools that have used the book are at the end of this page. Back to Summary Information (top of page) |
School Adoptions |
A Partial List Of
Schools That Adopted 300 Years At The Keyboard (Over 130 Schools) Academia Music, Tokyo, Japan Adrian College, Adrian, MI Alberta College Of Idaho, Caldwell, ID American Embassy School, Washington, D.C. Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Baylor University, Waco; TX Belmont College, Nashville, TN. Brigham Young University, Laie, HI Brigham Young University, Provo, UT California State Univ. At Chico, Chico, CA California Polytech State Univ., San Luis Obispo, CA Carleton College, Northfield, MN Centennial College, Scarborough; Ontario Canada Cite Universitaire; Ste-Foy, Canada G1K 7R4 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH College Of The Siskiyous, Weed, CA College Town, Monroe, LA Colorado Christian College, Lakewood, CO Concord College, Athens, WV Concordia College Campus, St Paul MN Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Dallas Baptist University, Dallas , TX Dallas County Community Colleges, Mesquite, TX Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT Eastern Wyoming College, Torrington, WY El Monte Union High School, El Monte, CA Emory University, Atlanta, GA Florida Atlantic University, Baco Raton, FL Follet College, Lafayette, CA Georgetown University, Washington D.C. Georgia State Univ. , Atlanta GA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Hiram College, Hiram, OH Hobart/William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY Holy Redeemer College, Waterford, WI Indiana University, Bloomington IN Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN Interamerican Univ. Of P.R., San German, PR James E. Sperry High School, Henrietta, NY Johns Hopkins University Bookstore, Baltimore, MD Julia Morgan, Dept. Of Music, Auburn, AL Kennesaw State College, Kennesaw GA Kent State University, Kent, OH Kenyon College, Gambier, OH Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA Malone College, Canton, OH Mercer Univ. Atlanta , Atlanta, GA Miami University, Oxford, OH Moorhead University , Moorhead, MN Mount Union College, Alliance OH Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY North Central Sr. High School, Spokane, WA North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA O.S.U., Corvallis, OR Oakwood College, Huntsville AL Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Oklahoma University, School Of Music, Norman, OK Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA Pacific Union College , Angwin, CA Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA Pennsbury High School, Fairless Hills, PA Point Loma Nazarene College, San Diego, CA Polyteknick, Lyngby, Denmark Potsdam College of Arts and Sciences, Potsdam, NY Princeton University Store, Princeton; NJ Pt Loma Nazarene College Bookstore, San Diego, CA Rockmont College, Denver, CO Rocky Mountain College , Billings MT Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Barbara, CA Seattle Pacific Univ. , Seattle, WA Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA Shenandoah, Winchester, VA Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park; CA Spelman College, Atlanta, GA Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor, MI St Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN ST. Joseph's College, Mountain View, CA St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA St. Xavier College, Chicago, IL Stanford , Stanford, CA State University College, Potsdam, NY Student Union Building, College Park, MD Syracuse Univ. Bkstr. Receiving, Syracuse, NY Tarrant County Jr. College, Hurst, TX Texas A & M , College Station, TX The Brown University , Providence, RI Troy State University, Troy, AL Tulane University, New Orleans, LA U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CA UC Davis, West Sacramento, CA University Texas A&M, College Station, TX University Center , Binghamton, NY University Illinois/Chicago, Chicago IL University Of Washington, Bellevue, WA University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL University Of Arizona, Tucson, AZ University Of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA University Of California At Berkeley, Berkeley, CA University Of Delaware, Newark, DE University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark University of Florida, Gainesville, FL University Of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI University Of Idaho , Twin Falls, ID University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IA University Of Kansas, Lawrence KS University Of Maine At Orono, Orono, ME University of Maine, Orono, ME University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO University Of Montana, Missoula, MT University Of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND University Of Oregon , Eugene, OR University Of Oregon, Eugene, OR University Of Penn. , Philadelphia, PA University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA University of Southwest Louisiana, Lafayette, LA University Of Southwestern LA, Lafayette, LA University of Washington, Seattle, WA University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Utah State University , Logan, UT Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk VA Washington Univ., St. Louis MO Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH Wichita State University, Wichita, KS Wilfred Laurier Univ., Waterloo,
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