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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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A Year of Ballet Playing Cards

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A year of music for ballet classes, categorized like a deck of cards. This free sheet music for ballet class will not be everything you need, but it’s a like a cupboard full of staples for everyday cooking, and a drawer full of tools for particular musical problems in ballet class.

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    A year of ballet playing cards #22: A schmaltzy waltz by Kéler (9h)

      Download the waltz by Kéler in piano score (free pdf) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Elastic or expressive timing is a feature ...
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    A year of ballet playing cards #34: A triple jig medley (8c)

    Download the triple jig medley piano score (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards You may never need this playing card at all. ...
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    July 23, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #21: A gigue by Grétry (8h)

      Download the score (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards I can’t remember why I started listening to Grétry’s music after neglecting him ...
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    July 16, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #20: A luscious big waltz (Talisman coda)

    Download score of the Talisman pas de deux coda  (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards This is probably the nicest and most ...
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    July 9, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of playing cards #4: *THE* Talisman Pas de Deux

    Download score (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards After my recent anxiety that I might never find any more suitable adage-y music for ...
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    A year of playing cards #3: Talisman pas de deux (3h)

    This page is about one of the lesser known Talisman pas de deux. For the famous Talisman pas de deux, see this page. Download score (free pdf)  Read  more about my ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying 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.
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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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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying 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.
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    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 ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsPlaying 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  ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classMusicPlaying 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, ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying 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 ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying 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 ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying 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 ...
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    A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying 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 ...
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