Arts: Music: Composition: Composers: By Region: Europe: Polish

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Completorium: Polish Early Music - Spans time from the Middle Ages through the Baroque Period with biographies, MIDI audio, essays, and source material. Presented by Adam Jarczyk and Bogusław Krawczyk.
Poland's Contribution to Music - Article by Felix Labunski reprinted in Polish Music Journal, Volume 5, Number 2, Winter 2002. Originally published in The Polish Review 4, Number 17. (May 3, 1944)

Top: Arts: Music: Composition: Composers: L: Leschetizky, Theodor (5)

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The Leschetizky Society of Japan - Official site of the society dedicated to perpetuating his memory and encouraging young classical musicians. Includes methodology, background information, and links.
Leschetizky, Theodor - Brief biography notes piano teaching and influences, plus relationships with Czerny, Rubinstein, and Paderewski. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
Our Famous Guest: Mark Twain's Stay In Vienna - History of the American author's travels to Austria with his family so his daughter Clara could take lessons from Leschetizky. Notes how another piano student, Russian pianist and orchestra conductor, became Clara's husband.
Piano Technique: Theodore Leschetizky - Outline of the methods developed by the composer and pianist including specifics of various technical aspects. Compiled by Kevin Purrone.
Theodor Leschetizky - Biography and piano teaching methods from the instructor of Paderewsky and Schnabel are included in an "interview" with a fictional music professor. Essay by concert pianist Christian Bohnenstengel.