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300 Years at the Keyboard
by Patricia Fallows-Hammond

 

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
Franz Joseph Haydn
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Wolfgang Amadeo Mozart
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Ludwig van Beethoven
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music

CHAPTER 4 - Romanticism
Franz Peter Schubert
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Robert Schumann
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Frederic Francois Chopin
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Franz Lizt
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music
Johannes Brahms
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music

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
Achille-Claude Debussy
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music

CHAPTER 7 - Modernism and Contemporary Trends
Bela Bartok
* Historical Sketch
* Style
* Compositions (with commentary)
* Editions
* Selected Works for Keyboard
* Sample Sheet Music

CHAPTER 8 - Schools
Austro-German School
French School
Italian School
English School
American School
Russian School
Spanish School
Japanese School
Other Schools

CHAPTER 9 - Encore
Composers, Teachers, Virtuosos: A Brief Encounter
Modern International Exchange

Appendices
Suggested 20th Century Piano Repertoire
A Partial List of 20th Century Harpsichord Music
Suggested Editions
Bibliography

Index