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Over 130 schools have used this book for their students!
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300 Years at the Keyboard has received glowing reviews from the major music magazines and library reviewers. A short list is below click here to see the full reviews:
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Booklist (The American Library Association) says:
This authoritative volume will make a
solid addition to the public library music collection. After offering a brief opening chapter on the evolution of the
piano ......... This book's unique feature is its inclusion of musical
examples of each composer's work, which are meant to be played as one reads
along. .......
Clavier (A major piano magazine)
Compiled and annotated by Patricia
Fallows-Hammond. Suitable as a reference source, this handbook supplies
concise biographical and stylistic sketches of composers and annotation of
selected compositions. ......... The huge task of condensing 300 years'
worth of history calls for a consistent treatment of material.
Fallows-Hammond has a knack for setting and maintaining an appropriate level
of sophistication. Writing in a crisp, direct style, she steers the student
toward complicated subjects and gives them a palpable hold on them. .......Fallows-Hammond
does a good job of compiling accurate information on the composers she has
chosen. If the contents of the book serve your purposes, you will find this
handbook a handy reference source.
Keyboard Magazine
Patricia Fallow-Hammond’s 312 page
study embraces the proposition that historical context is an important, and
frequently neglected, element in building an understanding of classical
repertoire. This is not a new insight; what is new is Fallows-Hammond’s
abbreviated response to it. Rather then write a comprehensive
psycho-historical investigation, she has assembled a fairly basic catalogue
of keyboard works, arranged chronologically by composer, and preceded each
list with a short biography relating milestones from each composer’s life.
......... Her decision to further enlighten the reader with short samples of
their handiwork is a happy extra addition.......... By and large,
Fallows-Hammond’s view of piano repertoire and the masters who created it
follows the familiar line. Her efficiency at summarizing and packaging that
line is what makes her debut in print a success.
Choice Magazine (a major review magazine for the library market)
After an introductory section on the
history of the piano, particularly as reflected in and influenced by works
of the major composers for the instrument, this interesting and informative
book describes .... These sketches are exceptionally well written,
assuming an intelligent reader, and convey a great deal of information
concisely.... this book contains much well-organized and useful material.
For libraries serving serious amateur pianists, high school upward.