Craigswanson - Pianos + Players

Seven Haiku, a 1952 work for solo piano by John Cage (born 5 September 1912; died 12 August 1992); performed here by Nils Vigeland (image from a work by Lars Baumgarten)

More music by Cage here

As Slow as Possible

I hear music.

Digital Self Portraits — Shae DeTar

Manuscript pages from Frédéric Chopin’s piano works in the composer’s hand:

Notes and doodles by the composer (perhaps for his Variations on Mozart’s “La ci darem la Mano”). The doodle is apparently of Mozart and some sort of monument.

Opening measures to Etude Op. 10, No. 3. Notice the original Vivace ma non troppo tempo indication. 

Opening to the Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23.

Section from the Nocturne in Db Major, Op. 27, No. 2.

Section from Prelude in Bb Minor, Op. 28, No. 16

Final measures of Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38.

Possibly an autograph by the composer using measures from the Polonaise in Ab Major, Op. 53.

Opening to the Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58.

Page from Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64, No. 1 (“Minute Waltz”).

Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 68, No. 4 - the composer’s final composition.

Alice Ashley at a Piano (1936). Donald Chisholm Towner (British, 1903–1985). Oil on canvas. Burgh House and Hampstead Museum.

Alice Ashley was the daughter of eminent architect H. V. Ashley, who was responsible for many Hampstead buildings, including some on Frognal Gardens.