Search results for "Pianist" - New World Encyclopedia
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- ) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian pianist ... He began to tour again as a pianist in the late 1850s, before settling ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson (November 24, 1912 – July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist from the swing era. His sophisticated ...6 KB (859 words) - 04:40, 27 February 2023
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own ...9 KB (1,339 words) - 07:55, 9 March 2023
- Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an African-American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and entertainer. Fats Waller is one ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 21:09, 30 April 2023
- strong musical personality of its leader, pianist John Lewis, the extraordinary ... with swing and creativity. Whiteman’s pianist Frank Signorelli and violinist ...8 KB (1,251 words) - 19:25, 9 November 2022
- John Field (July 26, 1782 – January 23, 1837) was an Irish composer and pianist. The Classical era at the time of John Field highlighted the ...5 KB (734 words) - 06:35, 8 April 2024
- Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916) was an extremely prolific German composer, organist, pianist, and teacher ...5 KB (798 words) - 00:58, 9 November 2022
- | Occupation = Pianist | Years_active = | Label = Blue ... of bebop, and his virtuosity as a pianist led many to call him "the ...14 KB (2,220 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- his Italian–German mother was a pianist, his Italian father, a clarinetist ... 1891 to 1894 where he also toured as a virtuoso pianist. ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 17:28, 26 March 2024
- A gifted concert pianist, Adams chose a career in photography after ... He originally trained himself as a pianist, but Yosemite and the camera ...9 KB (1,266 words) - 05:14, 31 July 2023
- and flowing melody in the fifth finger of the pianist's right hand, over a background of rapid pedaled arpeggios. One of Sergei Lyapunov's ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843 – September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the Romantic period. He is best ...11 KB (1,752 words) - 18:19, 12 February 2024
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an American virtuoso jazz pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ...15 KB (2,337 words) - 18:02, 2 April 2024
- Arthur Tatum Jr. (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an outstanding African-American jazz pianist. Art Tatum is known to the world of ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 12:07, 7 November 2021
- for his elegance, was a major African American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, who played a decisive role in the development of big band ...14 KB (2,137 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- Hampton was also an unconventional pianist and a singer. ... he was equally amazing as a two-fingered pianist. The bars on the vibraphone ...10 KB (1,597 words) - 04:19, 29 October 2022
- William "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was a prominent American jazz pianist and band leader. Like his contemporary ...17 KB (2,747 words) - 08:28, 10 January 2024
- April 27, 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. Scriabin began composing ... only one year old, his mother, a concert pianist, died of tuberculosis. Scriabin ...13 KB (1,980 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- in life, Rachmaninoff's skill as pianist was well-known and highly ... in silence, but Zverev saw him only as a pianist and severed his links with ...19 KB (2,901 words) - 10:00, 26 January 2023
- baton technician, but as a composer and pianist, he was known for his preparedness ... He began his formal music training as a pianist, studying with Richard Robert ...18 KB (2,787 words) - 21:10, 18 October 2022
- Percy Aldridge Grainger (July 8, 1882 – February 20, 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer and champion of the saxophone and the Concert ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- greatest conductors. Growing up as a pianist and then working in operatic ... making his first public appearance as a pianist when he was nine. However ...16 KB (2,368 words) - 04:44, 22 November 2023
- | Occupation = Pianist | Years_active = 1920-1989 ... 5 November 1989) was an American classical pianist of Ukrainian birth. In his ...22 KB (3,176 words) - 20:45, 3 May 2023
- George Otis Winston III (February 11, 1949 – June 4, 2023) was an American pianist who was a popular contemporary instrumental performer. Best ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- Francis Poulenc was born in Paris. His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life. An outstanding ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. He is known for his unique improvisational style ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 17:54, 30 April 2023
- by such an internationally renowned pianist. Barber composed three ... The Piano Concerto was composed for and premiered by pianist John ...10 KB (1,559 words) - 02:18, 23 December 2022
- early age by his father, an amateur jazz pianist. Michael and his brother ... After Dreams, Brecker played with his brother in pianist and band ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 16:53, 9 November 2022
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (November 14, 1778 – October 17, 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin from ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Britten was also an accomplished pianist, and sometimes performed ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 09:18, 27 September 2023
- Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle ...14 KB (2,253 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- provided some musical influence. He was a pianist, dancer, and singer on the ... developing style. In 1937, Parker joined pianist Jay McShann's territory ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter. ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 22:46, 29 January 2023
- Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period ...26 KB (3,891 words) - 09:36, 11 April 2024
- April 22, 1983), was an African-American jazz pianist. Earl Hines is one of jazz music’s most legendary pianists and one of the greatest. His ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 17:33, 12 February 2024
- his own. A notable influence was concert pianist Salvatore Sullo, from whom ... his second wife Gayle Moran, vocalist/pianist who was a member of John ...29 KB (4,117 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist. He was also known for his ... staying true to its roots. When joined by pianist Jaki Byard, they were dubbed ...23 KB (3,414 words) - 22:22, 4 December 2023
- Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a legendary jazz cornet player, as well as a very gifted pianist. ...14 KB (2,109 words) - 18:01, 31 October 2023
- in front of the keyboard, so that all the pianist's power came from the ... performers. He was probably the first pianist to publicly perform a cycle ...18 KB (2,898 words) - 18:57, 25 November 2023
- Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), born Nathaniel Adams Coles, was a popular American jazz singer-songwriter and pianist. ...30 KB (4,453 words) - 01:27, 11 November 2022
- he moved in 1894. There he worked as a pianist in the Maple Leaf and Black ... Ragtime is also recognized as a precursor to jazz, with such as pianist ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 17:29, 25 January 2023
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was the foremost American jazz composer, pianist, and band leader ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- Robert Schumann (June 8, 1810 – July 29, 1856), a German composer and pianist, was one of the most important Romantic composers of the first ...26 KB (4,179 words) - 02:15, 16 December 2022
- Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a twentieth-century French composer and pianist, known especially for the subtlety ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 00:46, 9 November 2022
- Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 - April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- the piano with his mother, a talented pianist. He started the cello at ... *"Mstislav Rostropovich: Conductor, Pianist and Outstanding Cellist ...17 KB (2,362 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- Category:Image wanted Bebop or bop is a style of jazz that evolved in the 1940s and is notable for its extremely quick tempo and improvisation ...8 KB (1,171 words) - 17:08, 18 August 2020
- Still married Verna Arvey, a journalist and concert pianist, in 1939. They remained together until he died of heart failure in Los Angeles, California ...8 KB (1,154 words) - 12:14, 8 May 2023
- lessons from Teresa Carreño, a Venezuelan pianist. His family moved to Paris ... shifted his focus from composer to concert pianist. He was appointed the first ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- David Warren "Dave" Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one ...37 KB (5,167 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
