PianoCurio

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I'm a pianist and musicologist who tells stories from classical music history, especially about the lives and works of 19th century pianist-composers. I also...

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Are Tchaikovsky's Other Piano Concertos Really That Bad

The Most Absurd Piano Variations of the 19th Century

How piano melodies became so elaborate before Chopin

Mozart Died Writing This Score What It Reveals About His Creative Process

The Luminous Piano Music of Charles Koechlin

Why do pianists play Bach's Goldberg Variations

When Chopin Invited Liszt to his Celebrity Soirée

The Strangely Innovative Piano Music of Beethoven’s Friend, Anton Reicha

The Viral 1826 Melody That Ignited A Piano Phenomenon

When Grieg met Liszt, then challenged him to sight-read his Piano Concerto

Debussy Hated the Word Impressionism. So Why Do We Use It Anyway

How Beethoven Defeated His Rivals in Piano Duels

A Suite of Musical Pranks from 1899 Are They Still Funny

Explaining the Most Bizarre Piano Etude of the 19th Century

Czerny's La campanella – a stunning, pioneering work nobody knows

Did Kalkbrenner Influence Chopin's Final Major Masterwork

The worst piano duel in history

When popular 1820s piano music is surprisingly well-crafted

Godowsky’s Magical “Concert Version” of Albéniz’s Tango

What Happened to the Turkish March After Mozart

The most unserious piano piece

The Wanderer Decade piano sonatas from every year of the 1810s

2 pianos 8 hands Toccata from Suite gothique by Boëllmann (scrolling score)

1894 Piano Exam Men's & Women's Sight-reading Pieces, Composed by Widor

Lyadov Starter Pack – 5 Essential Preludes by a Late-Romantic Perfectionist

Playing a sonata from every year of the 1800s The first decade

Koechlin's spectral pianism – A unique voice

If only he had lived past age 36...

I found the Anti-Minute Waltz

The radiant poetry of Mel Bonis' Mélisande for piano