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Instrument Guide: Resources for the Study of Collaborative Piano

A guide for piano students researching or performing in collaborative ensembles.

Web Resources

History of the Piano (Piano Technicians Guild)
Chamber Music
Western Michigan University
A Comparative History and the Importance of Chamber Music
California State University, Monterey Bay

Core Music Research Databases

Music Index (1979-) This link opens in a new window
Provides subject and author indexing to music periodical literature. Covers over 500 journals.
JSTOR (1838-) This link opens in a new window
Provides full text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, and other fields of the humanities and social sciences.

Find Additional Books

To find additional books on the history of the piano, try a subject search in Scholar on "Piano Ensembles," "Piano with instrumental ensemble," or "Piano with instrumental ensemble -- Bibliography."

Multimedia

The Piano: King of Instruments
Video about the history and development of the piano.

Knowing the Score by with Malcolm Bilson
Call Number: FMBUR DVD 00522 - 3rd Floor Multimedia
Publication Date: 2005
Performing the Score by with Malcolm Bilson and Elizabeth Field
Call Number: FMBUR DVD 02117 - 3rd Floor Multimedia
Publication Date: 2011

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Classical music, jazz, contemporary, world, and folk music in a comprehensive database. Over 85,000 selections plus accompanying notes and biographical information on composers and artists.

Reference Sources

Grove Music Online
In-depth history of the pianoforte.
Oxford Dictionary of Music
Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Piano

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Michael Schwartz Library

Instrument Guide: Resources for the Study of Collaborative Piano

Web Resources

Core Music Research Databases

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Multimedia

Reference Sources