Research Guide for Piano Pedagogy

Spiro Shetuni
Cataloging/Database Management Librarian
Dacus Library
June, 2007

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Relevant Titles in Reference and the General Collection

The Complete Pianist:  Body, Mind, Synthesis by Ruth C. Friedberg.  General Collection:  MT220 .F83 1993

Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire by Maurice Hinson.  Reference:  ML128 .P3 .H5 2000

The Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature by Jane McGrath.  Reference:  ML128 .P3 .M34 1995

Piano, the Instrument:  an Annotated Bibliography by Michiko Ishiyama Wolcott. Reference:  ML128 .P3 .W65 2001

Practical Piano Pedagogy:  The Definitive Text for Piano Teachers and Pedagogy Students by Martha Baker-Jordan. (Includes accompanying CD-ROM). General Collection:  MT220 .B165 2003 (Ask at Circulation for CD-ROM)

Teaching Piano:  A Comprehensive Guide and Reference Book for the Instructor edited by Denes Agay. 2 vols.  General Collection:  MT220 .T455 1981

Internet Resources

Theory Sites

Practice Spot:  Ideas and Resources for Great Music Lessons http://www.practicespot.com/home.php

Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net http://musictheory.net/

Piano Pedagogy Plus! http://www.pedaplus.com/

Theory on the Web:  an On-Line, Hypertext for Music Theory http://www.smu.edu/totw/

Introduction to Music Theory and Aural Skills  http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/mus109entry.htm

Sheet Music Sites

Sibelius Music http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/

Sheet Music Online  http://www.sheetmusic1.com/

The Sheet Music Archive  http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/

Music-Scores.com http://www.music-scores.com/

Easy Sheet Music  http://www.easysheetmusic.com/

The Mutopia Project http://www.mutopiaproject.org/

247 Sheetmusic.com  http://www.247.sheetmusic.com/downloads/

All Piano Sheet Music  http://www.allpianosheetmusic.com/

The Piano Music of Ernst Bacon http://www.ernstbaconpiano.com

Miscellaneous Sites

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary  http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/

Learning Zone  http://www.naxos.com/NewDesign/fglossary.files/bglossary.htm

Essentials of Music  http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

MusicPlay Piano  http://www.musicplay.com/

Piano Education and Business Sites

The Piano Education Page  http://pianoeducation.org/

A Musician's ABC, and Know Thy Piano by James Boyk  http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~boyk/abcd.htm and http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~boyk/piano.htm

Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians http://iowapublicradio.org/dictionary/

Piano Home Page of Dr. Martha Beth Lewis  http://www.serve.com/marbeth/piano.html

Music Graphics Galore  http://www.musicgraphicsgalore.net/index.html

Piano Repertoire

Pianopedia  http://www.pianopedia.com/

Database for:  20th Century Intermediate Piano Literature by Kathy Winston  http://sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/ER/detail/305180

Women in Music:  Compositions for Intermediate Level by Dr. Lora Deahl, Dr. Kay Etheridge, Beverly McGahey, and Lea Schmidt-Rogers  http://www.sandiegomtac.com/women.htm

Music History--Style, Composers, the Piano

Music History 102:  A guide to Western Composers and Their Music from the Middle Ages to the Present  http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/

Worldwide Internet Music Resources:  Composers  http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html

Ornamentation  http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory23.htm

The Classical Music Pages  http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html

The Classical Music Navigator  http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm

Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers  http://www.stevenestrella.com/composers/index.html

History of the Piano  http://www.uk-piano.org/history/history.html

The Piano Page  http://www.ptg.org/

Prevention and Treatment of Injuries Related to Piano Playing

Musicians and Injuries  http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html

Music and Health:  Piano Teaching, Anatomy/Biomechanics and Musicians' Health  http://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/default.html

Playing the Piano, Playing...With Fire? by Jonas Sen  http://eeshop.unl.edu/text/musicmed.txt