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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    February 11, 2016 10:15 am
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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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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    July 16, 2015 7:06 am
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    Ballet classes and dance calling

    I’ve had two conversations with people who play for ceilidhs which have made me think that there’s much more in common between dance calling and teaching ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 25, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of playing cards #19: A medley of (double) jigs (6h)

    Download the score of the double jig medley  (free pdf) (free pdf) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards I’m a few weeks behind, not least ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    June 4, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #18: Another 6/8 allegro – by Auber (5h)

    Download music for allegro in six eight (6/8) by Auber  (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards This music for allegro in six ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    April 9, 2015 9:06 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #29: A Chaconne and a grand dance (3c)

    Download the score (free PDF) Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards Why is the chaconne so rare in ballet class culture? I’ve no idea. ...
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  • A Year of Ballet Playing CardsFree sheet music for ballet classPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    April 2, 2015 5:20 am
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    A year of ballet playing cards #28: Fächerpolonaise Op. 525 by Ziehrer (2c)

    Download the score of Ziehrer’s polonaise (free pdf)  Read  more about my Year of Ballet Playing Cards In search of the serviceable polonaise for ballet class A ...
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  • Dance LegendsMusic

    Madge Gillings and Mrs Bagot Stack on record

    The Women's League of Health and Beauty Exercises—music from the early 1930s, and a beautiful documentary, all online.
  • DanceMusic

    Which was the first ballet to be rehearsed to piano?

    It's hard to find out when people first rehearsed ballet with piano rather than violin. An article from 1963 might have the answer.
  • IT

    OCR errors and ballet

    Optical character recognition (OCR) errors in pdfs can cause some pretty fundamental problems of understanding. Here's one from ballet.
  • Music

    Brahms, Tchaikovsky and the polysemic hairpin

    Following on from an earlier post about Tchaikovsky's hairpins, today I learned about the Brahmsian hairpin too.
  • MusicMusicologyPlaying for ballet class

    More background on the party scene song in The Nutcracker

    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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