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By Jonathan Still
April 30, 2021 9:12 pm
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New podcast series on folk tunes and Englishness

As I’m slightly obsessed with fiddlers’ tune books, ever since I found that this is where I should have been looking all the time for all ...

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Music

By Jonathan Still
March 8, 2021 12:01 am
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Poldowski’s Bloomsbury Waltz

Nicely timed for International Women’s Day, I have become completely obsessed by a single work by a composer I had never heard of until the other ...

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Music

By Jonathan Still
March 4, 2021 8:37 pm
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A belated world book day post: 10 things to love about Zotero

If you like books, you'll love Zotero. And it's free. Here's a post about how I like using it most.

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A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Music Playing for ballet class

By Jonathan Still
February 28, 2021 3:31 pm
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A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music

For those long, slow, school-y tendus for which no music seems suitable, here's some suitable music.

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A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

By Jonathan Still
February 17, 2021 4:01 pm
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A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know.

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Dance Music

By Jonathan Still
February 7, 2021 8:20 pm
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The wonderful Library of Dance

The Library of Dance is an enormous collection of historical dance sources, including hundreds of vintage dance manuals that include tunes.

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A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Music Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #52 (DK): Slow tendu music

For those long, slow, school-y tendus for which no music seems suitable, here's some suitable music.
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #51 (DQ): A coda medley

What is a coda in ballet? Here are 10 pages of codas, and links to seven famous ballet codas you have to know.
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #39 (KC): “Spanish waltz” medley

What is a Spanish waltz? Is there such a thing? No, but here is one all the same, in case you're asked.
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #54 (Red Joker): Odalisques from Le Corsaire

Download Odalisques piano score (free PDF) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards It’s that time of year again, ballet summer schools season, when teachers are supposed to tell ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #38 (QC): Prague Waltzes: Soft, strong and very long.

Download piano sheet music for Prague Waltzes by Dvořak (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards When is a waltz not “a waltz”? Most of the time ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Music Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #37: A grand polonaise by Nápravník

Download the Polonaise by Nápravník (free pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You’d think that if ballet teachers have a mental model of how a polonaise goes, ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of playing cards #23: A fruity waltz by Tcherepnin / Cherepnin (10h)

Download Grande valse by Cherepnin—free pdf Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards What a difference an e makes: the difference between a grand waltz and a grande valse ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of playing cards #5: An operatic adage by Dvořák

Download the score of “Song to the Moon” (pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The curse of the operatic adage I think I only have about three ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #36: A triple meter ballad by Tárrega

Download the free piano score of this Tárrega piece (pdf) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards A Tárrega ballad, the perfect plié music? When I say “perfect” what ...
A Year of Ballet Playing Cards Free sheet music for ballet class Playing for ballet class

A year of ballet playing cards #50: A chameleon-like march by Granados (DJ)

Download the score of the Military March by Granados (pdf, free) Read more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards The march that isn’t a march: one of the perennial problems of music ...