Piano Greats
Following is a list of 10 people who did fantastic things on the keys!
Modest Mussorgsky
Frederic Chopin
Johannes Sebastian Bach
Muzio Clementi
Scott Joplin
Thelonious Monk
Bill Evans
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Franz Liszt
Claude Debussy
Modest Mussorgsky
One of The Russian 5, a.k.a. the Five or the Mighty 5.
The Russian 5 also includes:
Mily Balakirev
Alexander Borodin
Cesar Cui
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Frederic Chopin
His music is heard everywhere, not that we can name his pieces.
These Nocturnes are played by Arthur Rubenstein, an excellent composer and pianist in his own right.
Johannes Sebastian Bach
Bach is probably a name that most people know when they think “classical music”.
He’s more than just the Toccata in D minor!
These pieces are performed by Glenn Gould, who is best known for his interpretation of Bach’s works.
Muzio Clementi
If Clementi is known for anything, he’s known for being the “easy” place to start for classical piano.
But he’s pretty cool:
He competed against Mozart
He was an influence for Beethoven and Chopin
He made pianos
His full name was Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi
Scott Joplin
Because diversity is important, introducing, the King of Ragtime!
Don’t knock it til you try it. Rags are so much harder to perform than they sound!
Thelonious Monk
One of the Three (Bebop) Kings!
The other Bebop Kings are: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Just because he didn’t have great technique doesn’t give you an excuse to not practice! If you can play and compose like Monk, only then will you maybe get a free pass.
Bill Evans
Because Jazz diversity! White folks play(ed) Jazz, too!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A questionable fellow who wrote fun music.
Franz Liszt
Here’s a guy you should really Liszt-en to.
Claude Debussy
Claire de Lune is not the only thing he wrote!