Collaborative piano
Collaborative piano is a discipline of music that combines piano performance, accompaniment, and music pedagogy (and often, vocal coaching).[1]
Genres[]
Instrumental literature[]
One responsibility of the collaborative pianist is to perform the piano part of the instrumental sonata literature. These are duo chamber works, and the role of the pianist in this genre is that of equal partner with the instrumentalist.[2] This includes a large number of works such as but not limited to the following important works from the string repertoire:
- Wolfgang A. Mozart, Sonatas for Piano and Violin
- Ludwig van Beethoven, 10 Sonatas for Piano and Violin, 5 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
- Franz Schubert, 3 Sonatinas for Violin and Piano, et al.
- Robert Schumann, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano
- Cesar Franck, Sonata for Violin and Piano
- Johannes Brahms, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Clarinet (or Viola) and Piano
- Edvard Grieg, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano
- Gabriel Fauré, 2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
- Claude Debussy, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata
- Richard Strauss, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata
- George Enescu, 3 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, 2 Sonatas for Cello and Piano
- Sergei Prokofiev, 2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Sonata for Cello and Piano
In addition to sonatas, the instrumental collaborative piano literature includes short pieces, often of a virtuoso nature. In this genre, the original work is often for a soloist with orchestral accompaniment; but in order to enable the work to be performed under wider circumstances, composers often also write piano reductions of the orchestral score.
Another important responsibility of the collaborative pianist is to perform the accompaniment of other, multi-movement non-chamber works such as concertos. In this role, the collaborative pianist is often serving as a rehearsal partner for the study of this extensive repertoire as preparation for the instrumentalist's subsequent performance with orchestral accompaniment.
Notable artists[]
- Gerald Moore
- Malcolm Martineau
- Martin Katz
- Warren Jones[3]
- Roger Vignoles[4]
List of schools[]
- Andrews University
- Appalachian State University (MM only)
- Arizona State University
- Azusa Pacific University
- Ball State University
- Bard College Conservatory of Music
- Baylor University
- Benjamin T. Rome School of Music
- Binghamton University
- Boston Conservatory
- Boston University
- Bowling Green State University
- Brandon University
- California State University
- Carnegie Mellon School of Music
- Chapman University
- Cleveland Institute of Music
- Cleveland State University
- East Texas Baptist University
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Eastern Washington University
- Eastman School of Music
- Florida State University
- Furman University
- Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music
- Hunter College
- Illinois State University (MM only)
- Indiana University
- Ithaca College
- James Madison University
- Juilliard School
- Lawrence University
- Longy School of Music of Bard College
- Lynn University
- Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
- Mercer University
- Michigan State University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Montclair State University
- New England Conservatory of Music
- New York University
- North Dakota State University
- Northwestern University
- Ohio University
- Peabody Institute
- Radford University
- Rider University
- Rutgers University
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- State University of New York
- Temple University
- Texas State University
- Texas Tech University
- University of Akron
- University of Arkansas
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Central Oklahoma
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Georgia
- University of Hartford
- University of Houston
- University of Idaho
- University of Maryland
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Memphis
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Nevada, Reno
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MM, DMA)
- University of North Texas College of Music
- University of Northern Colorado
- University of Oregon
- University of South Alabama
- University of South Dakota
- University of Southern California
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Wayland Baptist University
- Weber State University
- West Virginia University
- Yale University
Sources on collaborative piano and accompanying[]
Algernon Lindo. The Art of Accompanying. New York: G. Schirmer, 1916.
Coenraad V. Bos and Ashley Pettis. The Well-Tempered Accompanist. Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, 1949.
Cranmer, Philip. The Technique of Accompaniment. London: Dennis Dobson, 1970.
Dian Baker. “A Resource Manual for the Collaborative Pianist: Twenty Class Syllabi for Teaching Collaborative Piano Skills and an Annotated Bibliography.” DMA doc., Arizona State University, 2006.
Elana Estrin. “It Takes Two,” The Strad 121, no. 1439 (March 2010): 56-62.
Gerald Moore. Farewell Recital: Further Memoirs. New York: Taplinger, 1978.
Gerald Moore. Furthermore: Interludes in an Accompanist’s Life. London: Hamilton, 1983.
Gerald Moore. Singer and Accompanist: The Performance of Fifty Songs. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, [1973].
Gerald Moore. The Unashamed Accompanist. Rev. ed. London: Methuen, 1959.
Guilherme Montenegro. "Besides playing, we have to teach": pedagogical dimensions in the actuation of the collaborative pianist. Scotland, Glasgow: Proceedings of the 32nd ISME World Conference, 2016.
___________________. "The collaborative pianist and his modes of being and acting: an interview study with professionals in a Brazilian music school". Porto Alegre, Brazil: Proceedings of the 31st ISME World Conference, 2015.
Kurt Adler. The Art of Accompanying and Coaching. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 1965.
Martin Katz, The Complete Collaborator: The Pianist as Partner. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Robert Spillman. The Art of Accompanying: Master Lessons from the Repertoire. New York: Schirmer Books, 1985.
Ruthann Boles McTyre. Library Resources for Singers, Coaches, and Accompanists: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1997. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Music festivals[]
- Aspen Music Festival and School
- Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
- Brevard Music Center
- Hot Springs Music Festival
- Interlochen Center for the Arts
- Music Academy of the West
References[]
- ^ "Collaborative Piano Studies". NYU Steinhardt. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ Adler, Kurt (1965). The Art of Accompanying and Coaching. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0816660742.
- ^ Jepson, Barbara (April 16, 1989). "Who's That Man With Marilyn Horne?". The New York Times. p. 6006033. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
- ^ Elliott, Noelle (January 9, 2017). "Three of the World's Leading Collaborative Pianists to Teach and Perform at Notre Dame". Department of Music. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
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