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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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Tag: Stravinsky

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  • Music
    By Jonathan Still
    May 30, 2020 10:22 pm
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    Stravinsky and the “Summer Moon” foxtrot

    Firebird as a Foxtrot? You're kidding, right? No, it happened—and there was nothing Stravinsky could do about it.
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  • MusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    April 6, 2015 9:03 am
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    The Lanner in the Stravinsky

    It’s well known that Stravinsky borrowed tunes from Lanner for the ballerina in Petrushka. I knew about the Schönbrunner waltz Op. 200 [link to score], but I was pleased ...
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  • DanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    September 7, 2011 1:21 pm
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    Petrushka shrovetide fair on the accordeon

    It’s well known that the Shrovetide Fair bit of Petrushka has many imitations of accordeon sounds and techniques in it, but this amazing performance on the ...
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    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.
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    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.
  • DanceDance LegendsPeople

    Kostrovitskaya’s career as a plasterer

    In these days when artists are insulted by the idea of having to retrain as something else, let's take a moment to remember Vera Kostrovitskaya, famous pedagogue—and plasterer, restorer of ...
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