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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Tag: folk music

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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 30, 2018 5:49 pm
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    More on the Nutcracker party galop

    Thanks to Kathie Brobeck who commented on one of my favourite posts, about the origins of the children’s galop in “Tchaikovsky’s” Nutcracker, saying that Steamboat is a Scottish ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    September 8, 2013 10:01 am
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    Yet another source for the Nutcracker party scene tune

    It’s become something of a hobby, finding sources for the tunes in Tchaikovsky’s score for The Nutcracker. I thought I’d had all the surprises there were to be ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    March 21, 2013 8:49 am
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    Answers on a postcard – from Brahms

    On Monday I interviewed an expert on Hungarian fiddle playing, so I just loved this article on the Henle Verlag website about Michael Struck’s re-decoding of a ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 3, 2012 1:51 pm
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    Playing for ballet class tips #3: Get yourself a fiddle book

    Searching for petit allegro music “There are two parts of the class where you need more music,” the late Anatoli Grigoriev said to me after I’d ...
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    July 11, 2012 9:09 pm
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    Russian and Ukrainian folk song site

     a-pesni is a huge and wonderful site  of Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Belarusian songs of every description – old folklore, war songs, variety, revolutionary songs, army ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    May 12, 2010 12:24 pm
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    Glazunov, Raymonda and Hullàmzò Balaton

    NB: the ‘Raymonda’ bit starts at 1.59″ – I’ve coded it to start there automatically, but if it doesn’t, use the scroll bar to skip to ...
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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.

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  • May 10, 2022 2:19 pm

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

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    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

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

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