Resources

Here is a compilation of books, websites, YouTube channels, and more, for musicians interested of all kinds. You'll find everything from practice guides to rare composers. There are also resources for pianists interested in bettering their technique at the instrument, with a special focus on healthy technique.

Piano Playing (Technique and Art)

Books

  • The Taubman Approach to Piano Technique by Edna Golandsky
  • What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body by Thomas Mark
  • The Complete Pianist by Penelope Roskell
  • The Art of Piano Fingering: A New Approach to Scales and Arpeggios by Penelope Roskell
  • Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing by Abby Whiteside
  • The Art of Piano Playing by Heinrich Neuhaus
  • The Visible and the Invisible in Piano Playing by Tobias Matthay

Websites & YouTube Channels

Piano Teaching Resources
  • Cadenza Studios
  • The Art of Teaching Piano edited by Denes Agay
  • How to Teach Piano Effectively by James Bastien
  • The Well-Tempered Piano Teacher by Uszler/Gordon/Smith

Efficient Practice & Memorization
  • By Heart: The Art of Memorizing Music by Paul Cieniwa

Aural Skills
  • Becoming Talented by Isador Miller

Music Theory
Nikolai Medtner

For Accompanists (Collaborative Pianists)
  • The Art of Accompanying and Coaching by Kurt Adler
  • The Art of Accompanying by Algernon H. Lindo
  • The Well-Tempered Accompanist by Coenraad V. Bos

For Singers
Rare Music
  • medtner.org.uk: a wealth of information on the great Russian composer Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951).
  • clementisociety.com: dedicated to the music of Muzio Clementi (1752-1832).
  • klengel.resampled.de: Steffan Fahl's renditions of August Alexander Klengel's (1783-1852) wonderful Canons and Fugues, modelled after Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.
  • alkansociety.org: promotes the work of Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888).

Sheet Music

August Alexander Klengel

  • IMSLP: The best known website for obtaining free sheet music. Here you can find thousands of scores by hundreds of diverse composers.
  • Pianophilia: An excellent for obtaining public domain scores, especially by rare composers. An account (free) is required to download scores. You may find intriguing conversations about composers and their work on this site.
  • Alfor's Rarities: A huge collection of rare music scores.
  • Walter Cosand: Has piano music by a great number of composers, though the amount of scores for each composer varies.

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