Posted by admin on 06/11/08 in Arts and Entertainment
Johann Sebastian Bach was unique among the great composers in many ways.
Not only did he teach his family music and harpsichord, but several of his sons became famous composers in their own right.
Bach’s teaching method for the keyboard was valuable in that it gives us insight into a great master’s view of children at the piano.
Most of Bach great teaching pieces, the most famous of which is the Minuet in G (remember the Diana Ross version?) were written expressly for his children and appear in a volume called Anna Magdalena’s Notebook.
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Posted by admin on 05/29/08 in Arts and Entertainment
Frederic Chopin was alone among the great composers in that he made his living almost entirely from teaching piano.
During the period around the 1840’s he was the most famous piano teacher in Paris, largely because he was also one of the most famous and beloved composers in the world.
His roster of students contained many great and good pianists, among them Mikuli, who became the editor of Chopin’s printed piano music.
Chopin taught at home in a lavish, well appointed studio. It contained two pianos: one beautiful Erard grand, on which the student played, and a small cottage upright, at which the master sat and demonstrated.
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