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Edwin Hughes (musician)
Edwin Hughes (August 15, 1884 — July 17, 1965) was an American pianist, music educator, music editor, and composer. In 1940 he co-founded the National Music Council. Life and career Born in Washington, D.C., Hughes studied piano with S. M. Fabian in his native city before receiving further training on that instrument with Rafael Joseffy in New York City in 1906 and 1907. From 1907 through 1910 he studied with Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna; notably working as his assistant in 1909 and 1910. Hughes became a well regarded teacher of piano, and based his own approach on the pedagogies of both Joseffy and Leschetizky. He began his teaching career in 1910 at the Ganapol School of Musical Art in Detroit, Michigan. In 1912 he returned to Europe to make his debut as a concert pianist in Vienna. He relocated to Munich where he spent the next four years teaching while simultaneously appearing throughout Germany as a concert pianist. During this time he was interviewed by musicologist Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piano
The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys (small levers) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings. It was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700. Description The word "piano" is a shortened form of ''pianoforte'', the Italian term for the early 1700s versions of the instrument, which in turn derives from ''clavicembalo col piano e forte'' (key cimbalom with quiet and loud)Pollens (1995, 238) and ''fortepiano''. The Italian musical terms ''piano'' and ''forte'' indicate "soft" and "loud" respectively, in this context referring to the variations in volume (i.e., loudness) produced in response to a pianist's touch or pressure on the keys: the grea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
