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Index
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92nd Street Y, New York
Abbey Road studios, London
abortion
Abraham
abstract art
Abstract Expressionism
acoustics
actors
and emotions
line learning
in performance
projection
and repetition
Adorno, Theodor
agogic accents
Aix en Provence
Albers, Josef
Albert, Prince
Alberti bass
Alison, James
Faith Beyond Resentment
Alkan, Charles-Valentin
Concerto for Solo Piano
All Saints’ Church, Finchley
All Saints’ Church, Tooting
Alphonsus de Ligouri, St
Preparation for Death
Alzheimer’s disease
American generosity
Ampleforth Abbey
amplification
Amsterdam
Angelico, Fra
Anglican Communion
anti-Semitism
Aquinas, St Thomas
Argentina
Arian controversy
Aristotle
arpeggios, see pianists: scales and arpeggios
art nouveau
artists’ management
Arts and Crafts movement
Ashton, Nicholas
Aspen
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
atheism
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
atonal music
emotional impact
audiences
age of
applause
bad behaviour
education and encouragement of
engagement in performance
judgement
musicianship
passivity
targeting of
auditions
Augustine, St
Auschwitz
Australia
Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Bach, Johann Sebastian
chorales
Mass in B minor (bwv 232)
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (bwv 565)
Das wohltemperierte Klavier (bwv 846–93)
see also Bach–Busoni
Bach–Busoni
Chaconne
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C (bwv 564)
Bachauer, Gina
Baines, William
Baker, Martin
Balanchine, George
ballet
Barber, Samuel
Barbican Centre, London
Barbirolli, John
Barcelona
Bardac, Emma
Bari
Baroque style
Bartók, Béla
Piano Concerto no. 2 in G (Sz. 95)
Piano Concerto no. 3 in E (Sz. 119)
Bauer, Harold
Bausch, Pina
BBC
BBC Proms
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Beatles: ‘Eleanor Rigby’
Bechstein, C. (piano manufacturer)
Bechstein Hall
see also Wigmore Hall
Bechstein pianos
Beethoven, Ludwig van
cadenzas
creative block
An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98
cello sonatas
Diabelli Variations, op. 120
Piano Concerto no. 1 in C, op. 15
Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 19
Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Piano Concerto no. 4 in G, op. 58
Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat (‘Emperor’), op. 73
piano concertos
Piano Sonata no. 7 in D, op. 10 no. 3
Piano Sonata no. 12 in A flat, op. 26
Piano Sonata no. 20 in G, op. 49 no. 2,
235
Piano Sonata no. 28 in A, op. 101
Piano Sonata no. 29 in B flat, op. 106 (Hammerklavier)
Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat, op. 110
Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111
piano sonatas
String Quartet in F minor, op. 95
symphonies
violin sonatas
bel canto
Bellini, Vincenzo
Benson, A. C.
Berg, Alban
Piano Sonata, op. 1
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Berglund, Paavo
Beringer, Oscar
Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Bernac, Pierre
Bertenson, Vasily
Bethany
Bethlehem
Bible
New Testament
see also individual books
Biegel, Jeffrey
Bizet, Georges
Blackheath Conservatoire
Blitzstein, Marc
Bloch, Joseph
Bloom, Paul: How Pleasure Works
Blossom Festival
Boer War
Bolet, Jorge
Bonn
Borok, Emmanuel
Borsuk, Anna
Bösendorfer pianos
Bostridge, Ian
A Singer’s Notebook
Boulez, Pierre
Boult, Adrian
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Bowen, Philip
Bowen, York
24 Preludes, op. 102
Ballade no. 2 in A minor, op. 87
Berceuse, op. 83
The Lament of Tasso, op. 5
Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 17
Piano Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 88
piano concertos
Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 72
piano sonatas
Romance no. 1, op. 35
Romance no. 2, op. 45
Second Suite, op. 30
Suite Mignonne, op. 39
suites
Symphony no. 1 in G, op. 4
symphonies
Toccata, op. 155
Twelve Studies, op. 46
Viola Concerto in C minor, op. 25
Bowen & McKechnie
Bowler, Thomas
Bowler, William
bowler hat
Brahms, Johannes
Ballade in B, op. 10 no. 4
cello sonatas
Clarinet Sonata in E flat, op. 120 no. 2
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, op. 120 no. 1
Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114
Four Ballades, op. 10
Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15
Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 83
Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34
Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 5
String Quartet in A minor, op. 51
violin sonatas
Brain, Aubrey
Brain, Dennis
Bravo, Carmen
Brazilian popular music
breathing
Brendel, Alfred
Britten, Benjamin
Diversions, op. 21
Sonatina Romantica (1940)
broadcasting
Bruckner, Anton
Symphony no. 7 in E (w
ab 107)
symphonies
Buckingham Palace, London
Bülow, Hans von
Beethoven editions
Burroughs, William: The Naked Lunch
Busoni, Ferruccio
see also Bach–Busoni
cadenzas
Cage, John
Caldey Island
Callow, Simon
Calvin, John
Cambridge, University of
Camus, Albert
Cana
Cannes
cantabile
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
Carnegie Hall, New York
Carter, Elliott
Caruso, Enrico
Cather, Willa
Lucy Gayheart
My Ántonia
Catholic Emancipation Act 1829
Catholicism
Assumption, Feast of
Catechism
Confession
and cremation
history of
liturgy
Mass
and modernism
priesthood
theology
Century Club, New York
Cézanne, Paul
Chadwick, Eric
Chaliapin, Feodor
Chaminade, Cécile: Automne
charisma
Cherkassky, Shura
Chesterton, G. K.
Chetham’s School, Manchester
Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chickering pianos
Chopin, Fryderyk
Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23
Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52
ballades
Étude in C, op. 10 no. 1
Étude in A minor, op. 10 no. 2
Étude in E, op. 10 no. 3
Étude in G flat, op. 10 no. 5
Étude in A flat, op. 25 no. 1
Étude in G sharp minor, op. 25 no. 6
Étude in B minor, op. 25 no. 10
Étude in A minor, op. 25 no. 11
études
mazurkas
Nocturne in D flat, op. 27 no. 2
Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21
Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35
Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58
Polonaise in A flat, op. 53
préludes
Scherzo no. 1, op. 20
scherzos
Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’, op. 2
waltzes
Christianity
celibacy
Commandments
contemplation
Creed
dancing
doubt
eternal life
faith
fasting
guilt
history
miracles
Passion of Christ
persecution
sacraments
Trinity
Christmas
carols
chromatic scale
church buildings
acoustics
for concerts
for recordings
Church of England
Choral Evensong
see also Anglican Communion
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Clapton, Eric
classical music
accessibility
affordability
as background
broadcasts
digital platforms
education
emotional impact of
healing power of
‘mood’ of
Classical style
Claudel, Paul: Cent phrases pour éventails
Cleveland Orchestra
Clinton, President Bill
Coke II, William
Cole, Teju
Collcutt, Thomas Edward
Colorado Symphony
Colorado Symphony Chorus
Columbia Records
competitions
composers and emotion
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
concerts
dress code
and informality
intervals
and laughter
length
and mobile phones
and politics
pre-concert routine
scheduling
student attendance
as theatre
concert halls
acoustics
architecture
backstage
bars and restaurants
materials
as museums
as sacred spaces
shoebox shape
Condon, Denis
conductors’ career structure
contact lenses
contemporary music
Copland, Aaron
Corigliano, John
Etude Fantasy
Corinth
Corinthians, First Epistle to the
Cortot, Alfred
Bach transcription
Chopin editions
counterpoint
Counter-Reformation
Cranmer, Thomas
criticism
in masterclasses
post-concert
critics, music
deception of
Czerny, Carl
Dahl, Dr Nikolai
Dallas
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dalton, Sylvia
Danemann pianos
Davidoff
Davis, Andrew
Dawkins, Richard
de Botton, Alain
The Art of Travel
Religion for Atheists
de Foucauld, Charles
death
Debussy, Claude
La Cathédrale engloutie
Children’s Corner
Clair de lune
Cloches à travers les feuilles
Les collines d’Anacapri
Deux Arabesques
Estampes
Golliwog’s Cakewalk
Hommage à Rameau
L’Île joyeuse
Images I
Images II
Minstrels
La Plus que lente
Poissons d’or
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Préludes
Reflets dans l’eau
Voiles
Decca
Delibes, Léo
dementia
depression
Diabelli, Anton: Waltz in C
diabolus in musica, see tritone
Dickens, Charles
Bleak House
Dignitas
disgrace
Disney Hall, Los Angeles
Doig, Peter
Dolmetsch, Carl
Dolmetsch Online
du Sautoy, Marcus
duende
Durand (music publisher)
Dvinsk, Latvia
Dvořák, Antonín
Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 33
Te Deum, op. 103
ebooks
ecclesiastical dress
Eckhard, Jason
ecology
Edinburgh
Edinburgh College of Art
education
education, musical
accessibility of
composition
harmony and counterpoint
importance of
instruments
and recordings
in schools
Edward VII, King
ego
Elder, Mark
electronic music
Elgar, Carice
Elgar, Edward
Catholicism
The Apostles
The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38
The Kingdom
Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1
Symphony no. 2 in E flat, op. 63
Violin Concerto in B minor, o
p. 61
Elgar, William
Eliot, T. S.
The Waste Land
Elizabeth I, Queen
Elizabeth II, Queen
Emmaus
Enescu, George
English Chamber Orchestra
Enlightenment
Erard pianos
Etude magazine
Evans, Bill
examiners
exoticism
Eyres, Harry
Fargue, Léon-Paul
Fauré, Gabriel
Fazioli pianos
Federer, Roger
Ferroud, Pierre-Octave
Field, John
figuration
Fischer, Annie
flamenco
Fleischmann, Ernest
Focolare movement
folk music
forgiveness
Foster, Lawrence
Fowke, Philip
Fox, Matthew
Whee!, We, Wee
Francis, Pope
Francis of Assisi, St
Franciscan Church, West 31st Street, New York
Franck, César
Cello Sonata in A
Organ Chorale no. 3
Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Franco-Prussian War
Frank, Jonathan
Friedman, Ignaz
Frühling, Carl: Clarinet Trio, op. 40
Gabrilowitsch, Ossip: Mélodie in E minor, op. 8
Gaisburg, Fred
gamelan
Garland, Judy
Gayford, Martin
Gehry, Frank
Genesis, Book of
German Girls, League of
Gershwin, George
Gibbons, Orlando: Lord of Salisbury Pavan
Gide, André
Gilels, Emil
Gitlis, Ivry
glissandos
Gobbi, Tito
Godowsky, Leopold
Studies on the Chopin Études
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Goodman, Benny
Goossens, Leon
Gosnell, Dr Kermit
Gould, Glenn
Gradova, Gitta
Graffman, Gary
Gramophone magazine
Grange de Meslay, La
Gray-Fisk, Clinton
Greco, El
Green, Dorothy
Green, Gordon
Green, Julien
Catholicism
En avant par-dessus les tombes
The Green Paradise
Moira
Green, Father Maurus
She Died, She Lives
The Vanishing Root
Greening, Anne
Greenwich Village
Gregorian chant
Grieg, Edvard
Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36
Lyric Pieces
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16