John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: James P. Johnson
Stride pianist James P. Johnson is featured in this resource with a brief biography highlighting his career. It includes an audio clip showcasing his piano playing style.
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Web Gallery of Art: Liszt Playing the Piano
An image of "Liszt Playing the Piano", created by Jean-Pierre Dantan in 1836 (Gypsum, height 21 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of the Piano Manufcturer Konrad Graf
An image of "Portrait of the Piano-Manufcturer Konrad Graf", created by Josef Franz Danhauser in 1840 (Oil on wood, 82 x 63 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Madame Camus at the Piano
An image of "Madame Camus at the Piano", created by Edgar Degas in 1869 (Oil on canvas, 142 x 95 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mademoiselle Marie Dihau at the Piano
An image of "Mademoiselle Marie Dihau at the Piano", created by Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec in 1890 (Oil on cardboard, 68 x 49 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Girls at the Piano
An image of "Girls at the Piano", created by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1892 (Oil on canvas, 116 x 90 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Piano
An image of "The Piano", created by Edouard Vuillard in 1896 (Glue-based paint on canvas, 213 x 154 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano
An image of "Yvonne and Christine Lerolle at the Piano", created by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1897 (Oil on canvas, 73 x 92 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mademoiselle Dihau at the Piano
An image of "Mademoiselle Dihau at the Piano", created by Edgar Degas from 1869-72 (Oil on canvas, 39 x 32 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Girl at the Piano (The Tannhauser Overture)
An image of "Girl at the Piano (The Tannhauser Overture)", created by Paul Cezanne, c. 1869 (Oil on canvas, 58 x 93 cm).
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Parlor Songs: Irving Berlin and His Piano: Photograph
Photograph of Irving Berlin at his piano.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Arcady Dubensky
Visit this resource to learn about Arcady Dubensky, a Russian-born musician who went from playing piano in hotels to becoming a noted composer. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to listen to some of his work.
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What Are Historical Keyboard Instruments
Provides information about historical keyboard instruments such as the clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Organ
A concert hall organ can have as many as four keyboards, 244 keys, 32 pedals and 4,535 pipes. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear the organ alone or with the orchestra.
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Ludwig Van Beethoven German Composer
This site contains a short history on the German composer Beethoven. It also contains several links to related subjects.
PBS
Pbs: Jazz and Math: The Fibonacci Keyboard
Teach a lesson about the piano keyboard using the Fibonacci Sequence. Explore with your students the various relationships the Fibonacci Sequence has with music.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: The Ramp
Which object takes more energy to push up a ramp: a file cabinet, a refrigerator, a piano, or a sleepy dog? Find out in this ramp simulation when you change the angle of the incline, change the objects, or change the friction on the ramp.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Techno Pop
Feature series on "The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music," traced partly through the story of an Indiana company that stopped making pianos and started cutting 78 rpm records using the talents of famous jazz musicians and others.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Think Fast!
Are you a piano player or a video gamer? Then you might have a quick reaction time that can come in handy while playing sports. Find out how to measure your reaction time and compare it to your friends and family with this fun experiment.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measuring Vibrational Frequency With Light
Strike a key on the piano, and you hear the string vibrating. Just about any object vibrates when it's knocked, but how much and how fast? This project helps you find out. You'll build a simple light-sensing circuit for measuring the...
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Big Ears: The Original Online Ear Trainer
This is an excellent resource to help you identify intervals. You can choose which intervals you would like to hear and it will play them for you. You can also play intervals on the virtual piano and it will tell you what they are.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sounds Like Music
Music can loosely be defined as organized sound. The lesson objectives, understanding sound is a form of energy, understanding pitch, understanding sound traveling through a medium, and being able to separate music from sound, can...
Handbell World
Handbell World: Handbell Notation Symbols and Definitions
Handbell ringing is a unique form of music-making and uses techniques that don't apply to other instruments. Music written for handbells looks much like piano music, with the addition of symbols which indicate these unique techniques....
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New York Times: The Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago
Annotated slideshow reviews the design of an addition to the the Art Institute of Chicago designed by Renzo Piano. Exterior and interior views convey all of the essential characteristics of Piano's work.
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