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Tchaikovsky’s Großvater

August 26, 2008 6:52 am Jonathan Still

Tchaikovsky’s Großvater: two sources The source of Tchaikovsky’s Großvater (the “grandfather dance” in the party scene in Act 1 of The Nutcracker, and the tune that Schumann quotes in Carnaval…

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Mirlitons

July 18, 2008 6:23 am Jonathan Still

One conundrum I missed out from the list earlier: I was passing Paul in the King’s Road the other day, when I noticed a plate of Mirlitons in the window.…

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Free sheet music for ballet class Music Musicology

Beautiful new edition of a La Bayadère répétiteur free online

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Five books on the piano for Piano Day 2024

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Music Playing for ballet class

Ballet pianists on film (2): The accompanist (2019)

January 15, 2024 11:03 pm Jonathan Still

Confessions of an anxious ballet pianist #27: Playing “Siegfried” from Swan Lake Act 3

March 4, 2023 10:09 pm Jonathan Still