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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."

Featured Articles from Library Databases

The Genesis of the Piano Trio
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Musica
Biographical Myth and the Publication of Mozart's Piano Quartets
Journal of the Royal Musical Association
Higher Echoes of the Past in the Finale of Schumann's 1842 Piano Quartet
Journal of the American Musicological Society
Four-hand piano transcription and geographies of nineteenth-century musical reception
Journal of the American Musicological Society

Featured Items from the Library's Catalog

Piano Roles: a new history of the piano by James Parakilas
Call Number: ML650 .P37 2002 - 3rd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0300093063
Publication Date: 2002
The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide by Maurice Hinson
Call Number: ML128.C4 H5 - 3rd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 025334493X
Publication Date: 1978-06-01
." . . the answer to the dreams of all chamber keyboardists who want to explore unknown corners of the repertoire." -Contemporary Keyboard
Wind Chamber Music: winds with piano and woodwind quintets : an annotated guide by Barbera Secrist-Schmedes
Call Number: ML128.C4 S43 1996 - 3rd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0810831112
Publication Date: 1996
Chamber music: a research and information guide by John H. Baron
Call Number: ML128.C4 B37 1987 - 3rd Floor Stacks
ISBN: 0824083466
Publication Date: 1987

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