Microcourse: Romantic Piano Masters
Explores the music and lives of the great 19th-century musicians and composers: Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin, and Franz Liszt.
Course Curriculum
Presents select intermediate and advanced piano pieces by Schumann, Chopin, and Liszt
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How to use this course
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Course Introduction
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Welcome Survey
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Session Contents
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Video 1 (with Transcript): "A Little Piece" with Pamela Pike, Part 1
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Video 2 (with Transcript): "A Little Piece" with Pamela Pike, Part 2
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Video 3 (with Transcript): "Knecht Ruprecht" with John Ellis, Demonstration
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Video 4: "Knecht Ruprecht" with John Ellis, Performance
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Video 5 (with Transcript): "Fantasiestücke, Op. 12" with Lara Downes
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Reading 1: "Introducing Students to the Music of Schumann" by Craig Sale, Sharon Stosur, and Elvina Pearce
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Reading 2: "Robert Schumann and the Art of Musical Composition" by R. Larry Todd
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Reflection Question
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Session Resources
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Session Contents
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Video 1 (with Transcript): "Waltz in B Minor, Op. 69, No. 2" with Susie Garcia
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Reading 1: "The Life of Chopin (and Autographed Piano)" by Michelle Do
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Reading 2: "Chopin and Pleyel" by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger; translated by Deana Shuman
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Reading 3: "Chopin's Teaching" by Jane Magrath
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Reflection Question
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Session Resources
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Session Contents
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Video 1 (with Transcript): "Funérailles, S. 173, No. 7" with Jerry Wong
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Reading 1: "A Liszt Odyssey: An Interview with Alan Walker" by Helen Smith Tarchalski
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Reading 2: "A Liszt Odyssey: An Interview with Alan Walker, Part II" by Helen Smith Tarchalski
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Reading 3: "The Neglected Consolations of Franz Liszt" by John Patrick Murphy
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Reading 4: "Franz Liszt the Teacher" by Sandra Soderlund
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Reflection Question
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Session Resources
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Exit Survey
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About this course
- $30.00
- 29 lessons
- 0 hours of video content
- Self-guided, to be completed at your own pace
Course Contributors
Jane Magrath, Lara Downes, Susie Garcia, and others
Content taken from sources including Keyboard Companion, Clavier Companion, Piano Magazine, Teaching Foundational Technique, Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, and Frances Clark Center webinars.
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