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The Well-Tempered Accompanist. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, 1949. Cranmer, Philip. The Technique of Accompaniment. London: Dennis Dobson, 1970. Dian Baker. “A Resource Manual for the Collaborative Pianist: Twenty Class Syllabi for Teaching Collaborative Piano Skills and an Annotated Bibliography.” DMA doc., Arizona State University, 2006.
A number of classical pianists have found success as accompanists rather than soloists; arguably the best known example is Gerald Moore, well known as a Lieder accompanist. In some American schools, the term collaborative piano is used, and hence, the title "collaborative pianist" (or collaborative artist) is replacing the title accompanist ...
Martin Katz (born November 27, 1945) [1] is an American pianist, educator and conductor, primarily known for his work as an accompanist.. Katz was trained as a collaborative pianist by Gwendolyn Koldofsky at the Thornton School of Music, part of the University of Southern California; where he was a member of the USC's music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
"Charleston" rhythm, simple rhythm commonly used in comping. [1] Play example ⓘ. In jazz, comping (an abbreviation of accompaniment; [2] or possibly from the verb, to "complement") is the chords, rhythms, and countermelodies that keyboard players (piano or organ), guitar players, or drummers use to support a musician's improvised solo or melody lines.
Recording sessions were sandwiched between tour stops, and the final song was finished on September 14, 1973. Croce's last recording was a song written by Muehleisen, titled "Salon and Saloon", one of the few songs on Croce's solo albums where he was not the primary songwriter—the I Got a Name LP included two other non-Croce-written tunes.
He was a piano accompanist for ballroom dancers before becoming a musical conductor on Broadway. He went to Hollywood in 1932 along with his protégée Ethel Merman, writing and arranging material for her films at Paramount. In 1935 he joined MGM as a musical supervisor and occasional composer and arranger, notably of music for Judy Garland.
Dennis wrote prolifically, with 14 of his songs recorded by the Dorsey band in one year alone, including "Everything Happens to Me", an early hit for Frank Sinatra. [ 1 ] After four years in the United States Air Force in World War II , Dennis returned to music writing and arranging, getting a boost from his old friend Dick Haymes, who hired ...
This is a list of notable performers who appeared as piano duos in classical music. Most of these pianists performed works for piano four-hands (two pianists at one piano; also known as piano duet) as well as works for two pianos, often with orchestras or chamber ensembles. Some of these teams focussed exclusively or predominantly on this ...