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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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  • DanceMusic

    Which was the first ballet to be rehearsed to piano?

    By Jonathan Still
    December 11, 2020 1:53 pm
    It's hard to find out when people first rehearsed ballet with piano rather than violin. An article from 1963 might have the answer.
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  • Music

    Brahms, Tchaikovsky and the polysemic hairpin

    By Jonathan Still
    November 24, 2020 6:41 pm
    Following on from an earlier post about Tchaikovsky's hairpins, today I learned about the Brahmsian hairpin too.
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  • MusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class

    More background on the party scene song in The Nutcracker

    By Jonathan Still
    November 2, 2020 7:58 pm
    Since writing about Bon Voyage Cher Dumollet nine years ago, I've found out a lot more. Here are some sources.
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  • BooksPlaying for ballet class

    Galina Bezuglaya’s second book

    By Jonathan Still
    October 7, 2020 4:48 pm
    Perhaps you have to be as old as I am to be quite as excited about a book arriving from Russia, but it’s doubly ...
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  • DanceMusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class

    Pianos and violins in the ballet class

    By Jonathan Still
    July 9, 2020 6:47 am
    When did the piano replace the violin in the ballet class in the Imperial Theatre schools? Galina Bezuglaya has some interesting answers.
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet classTop pages

    Tamara Karsavina on music

    By Jonathan Still
    July 4, 2020 9:35 pm
    In "Theatre Street," Karsavina makes several references to the soundworld of her dance training and rehearsal. Here is a collection of them.
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Welcome to my site. I mostly write about playing for ballet (I'm a pianist), but the further back you go, the stupider the posts get, so I wouldn't recommend trawling through the archives for treasure.

Timeline

  • May 10, 2022 2:19 pm

    A year of ballet playing cards #6 (S6): A barcarole for port de bras

  • March 10, 2022 5:06 pm

    Me in conversation on a podcast

  • December 11, 2021 12:02 pm

    Music, time and politics in the ballet studio

  • December 8, 2021 4:12 pm

    “On, Wisconsin!” and La Bayadère

  • June 26, 2021 8:07 pm

    Please do not post my free downloads on Scribd: here’s why

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