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A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist DICTIONARIES FOR THE MODERN MUSICIAN Series Editor: Jo Nardolillo Contributions to Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist lists of key terms designed to fully cover the field of study and performance for major instruments and classes of instruments, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from composing to conducting. Focusing primarily on the knowledge required by the contemporary musical student and teacher, performer, and professional, each dictionary is a must-have for any musician’s personal library! All Things Strings: An Illustrated Dictionary by Jo Nardolillo, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Singer by Matthew Hoch, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Clarinetist by Jane Ellsworth, 2014 A Dictionary for the Modern Trumpet Player by Elisa Koehler, 2015 A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor by Emily Freeman Brown, 2015 A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist by Stephen Siek, 2016 A Dictionary for the Modern Pianist Stephen Siek ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com Unit A, Whitacre Mews, 26-34 Stannary Street, London SE11 4AB Copyright © 2017 by Rowman & Littlefield All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Siek, Stephen, author. Title: A dictionary for the modern pianist / Stephen Siek. Description: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. | Series: Dictionaries for the modern musician | Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: LCCN 2016023499 (print) | LCCN 2016024438 (ebook) | ISBN 9780810888791 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780810888807 (electronic) Subjects: LCSH: Piano—Dictionaries. | Pianists—Biography—Dictionaries. Classification: LCC ML102.P5 S6 2016 (print) | LCC ML102.P5 (ebook) | DDC 786.203—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016023499 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America For Donald Hageman Contents Pitch Range Chart ix Preface xi A Brief Word about Recordings xv The Dictionary 1 Appendixes Appendix A Dictionary Entries Listed by Category 251 Appendix B A Brief Overview of the Acoustic Piano’s Action for the Performer 257 Appendix C Historical Pianos and Their Relationship to the Standard Repertoire 259 Appendix D Digital Pianos in the Modern Pianist’s World 265 Appendix E The Player Piano and the Reproducing Piano 273 Selected Bibliography 281 About the Author 285 vii Pitch Range Chart ASA (ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA) METHOD OF PITCH IDENTIFICATION All books in the Rowman & Littlefield Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series use the ASA (Acoustical Society of Amer- ica) method for pitch identification, and this is the system used in this volume. As is customary with many keyboard charts, the numeral zero is used for those pitches below C1. However, what is sometimes termed the “modified” Helmholtz system (below) is generally preferred by piano makers, technicians, and many museums for indicating keyboard compass, and that chart has been included below for easy reference and comparison. “MODIFIED” HELMHOLTZ PITCH DESIGNATION SYSTEM “Modified” Helmholtz Pitch Designation System used by the American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS), by museums in their instrument catalogs, by auction houses selling musical instruments, and often by musicians asking about the compass of a piano they are considering playing in concert. ix
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