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Counterpoint, by Walter Piston, 1947-02 Harmony: Fifth Edition by Walter Piston, 1987-03-17 Orchestration by Walter Piston, 1955-03-17 Harmony Third Edition by Walter Piston, 1969 Walter Piston (Studies in musicology) by Howard Pollack, 1982 Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliot Carter to Frederic Rzewski by Howard Pollack, 1992-09-01 Principles of Harmonic Analysis by Walter Piston, 1983-01-01 Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon (1926) (Miniature score) by Walter Piston, 1963-01-01 Harvard Composers: Walter Piston and His Students, from Elliott Carter to Frederic Rzewski.: An article from: Notes by Bill F. Faucett, 1994-03-01 Harmony by Walter Piston, WALTER PISTON AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Walter Piston, 1964 Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Walter Piston Symphony No.3 - Vinyl LP by Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, 1955 Walter Piston by No Author Listed, 1964-01-01

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1. Walter Piston - Biography
   Home Composers Walter piston walter Piston. updated 4 May 1999. Walter Piston Photo Associated Music Publishers, Inc. Born  
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   Extractions: Photo: Associated Music Publishers, Inc. Born 20 January 1894 in Rockland, Maine, Walter Piston was recognized in his lifetime as the ultimate musical craftsman, producing a body of orchestral and chamber work distinguished by its quintessential neo-classic qualities of clarity and proportion. Also a noted educator, Piston taught at Harvard from 1926 to 1960 and wrote three significant music textbooks: Harmony Counterpoint (1947), and Orchestration (1955). Among Piston's many noted students were Elliott Carter , Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Berger. Following graduation from Harvard in 1924, Piston traveled to Paris for studies with Nadia Boulanger and Paul Dukas. There he became enamored of French neo-classicism and the later works of Faure and Roussel. A musical climate celebrating a revival of Bach and the discovery of jazz infiltrated his work. Returning to the United States, Piston developed a sophisticated and witty compositional style, capturing with precise accuracy the many cultural and philosophic trappings of his native New England. His Symphonies Nos. 3

2. Walter Piston
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3. Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Piston
   Walter Piston. (1894 1976). Walter Piston, the grandson of an Italian seaman (the original family name was Pistone), was born in Maine in 1894.  
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   Extractions: Walter Piston Walter Piston, the grandson of an Italian seaman (the original family name was Pistone), was born in Maine in 1894. The family settled in Boston in 1904, and Walter was educated there at the Mechanic Arts High School. He worked as a draftsman for the Boston Elevated Railway, eventually entering the Massachusetts Normal School of Art; meanwhile he had learned enough piano and violin to play pickup engagements. In 1916 he enlisted and spent three years in the Navy, assigned to play the saxophone in a Navy band. He entered Harvard in 1920 as a full-time music student, and was graduated summa cum laude in 1924. As the winner of the John Knowles Paine Fellowship, Piston traveled to Paris for a few lessons with Paul Dukas and, primarily, two years of study with the legendary Nadia Boulanger. Piston returned to America in 1926 and was appointed to the faculty of Harvard, where he remained until 1960, composing, teaching, and writing. He was an excellent teacher; his students included such American luminaries as Elliott Carter, Irving Fine, Harold Shapero, and Leonard Bernstein. Among his numerous honors, awards, and commissions were a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1934, two Pulitzer prizes for his third (1948) and seventh (1960 ) symphonies, and in 1951 he became the first recipient of the Walter W. Naumberg Chair of Music. He attained full professorship in 1944, and was named professor emeritus in 1960. Piston's music is beautifully crafted and technically assured, qualities which, combined with his reputation as a pedagogue, have occasionally given the mistaken impression (as is also true of Hindemith) that he is little more than a conservative, dry, academic composer. As Gerard Schwarz says of him

4. Piston,Walter
   The Database Home Page. To the Index. Pitfield Thomas piston walter (18941976) Sex. Male. Comments nbsp. Concerto. Written. 1967. Duration. Comments. Commissioned by Mario di Bonaventura. A harsh, atonal work that is of limited appeal.  
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5. Walter Piston
   Music overview, life, and links from the Classical Composers Database.  
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6. PBS - Leroy Anderson - Walter Piston
   Walter Piston, Harvard Professor. Leroy Anderson recounted in a 1953 interview for the Boston Sunday Post how Piston taught him to  
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   Extractions: "The general tendency of a composer is to fall in love with what he does. Piston always advised us to listen to our compositions as though someone else had written them. My biggest disappointment came the day he handed me back one of my pieces with the comment that it sounded like improvisation. I was crushed...But he was right. Every church organist improvises and that was my trouble. I had been playing the organ at the East Congregational Church in Milton for $10 a Sunday and sure enough, I had fallen into the habit of improvising to fill the gaps that always occurred. Piston's advice was good and I've never forgotten it." Bernstein said of Piston "Everything he taught me has stuck - especially the example of his highly refined ear, and his non-pedantic approach to such academic subjects as fugue...I love his own music (and still do) although I cannot say that I was particularly influenced by it stylistically (as I was by Copland) - except in the matter of the highest standards of craftsmanship and clarity of sonic intention".

7. Piston Walter Textbooks Textbooks & Books Price Comparison - Direct Textbook
   piston walter Textbooks. Souvenir Paperback Show all editions Walter Piston, 01 July, 1991 Associated List Price $6.95 ISBN 0793509548 Compare Prices on .  
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8. 3 Pieces Piston Walter Textbooks & Books Price Comparison - Direct Textbook
   Direct Textbook, Compare Prices on New Used College Textbooks. Search by ISBN, Title, Author, Keyword, or Advanced. 3 Pieces piston walter.  
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   Your search for piston+walter yielded 4 results using author Displaying results 1 to 4. 1. Harmony Piston, Walter Ordered upon  
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10. Walter Piston - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    Walter Piston. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The composer Walter Hamor Piston Jr. In 1905, Walter Piston Sr. and his family moved to Boston. Walter Jr.  
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11. Piston Walter: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 6 - Seattle Symphony, Walter Piston, Gerald S
    wykonawca Seattle Symphony kompozytor Walter Piston dyrygent Gerald Schwarz Tytul piston walter Symphonies Nos. 2 6 Nosnik  
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12. Walter Piston
    Walter Piston. The composer Walter Hamor Piston Jr. was born on January 20, 1894, in Rockland, Maine. In 1905, Walter Piston Sr. and his family moved to Boston.  
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    Extractions: Main Page See live article Alphabetical index The composer Walter Hamor Piston Jr. was born on January 20 , in Rockland Maine . His father's father, the sailor Antonio Pistone changed his name to Anthony Piston when he came to America from Genoa Italy . In 1905, Walter Piston Sr. and his family moved to Boston. Walter Jr. trained as an engineer at the Mechanical Arts High School in Boston, but he was artistically inclined and upon graduating from there in 1912, proceeded to the Massachusetts Normal Arts School, majoring in painting, also studying architectural drawing and American history. There he met Kathryn Nason, and married her at an Unitarian church. With his brother Edward, Walter Piston Jr. took piano lessons from Harris Shaw (who was Virgil Thomson 's organ teacher). During the 1910s Walter Piston made a living playing piano and violin in dance bands, and later on in the decade played violin in orchestras led by Georges Longy. With help from Shaw, Walter Piston was admitted to Harvard in 1920, where he studied counterpoint with Archibald Davison, canon and fugue with Clifford Heilman, advanced harmony with Edward Ballantine, composition and music history with Edward Burlingame Hill. Piston often worked as an assistant to the various music professors there, and conducted the student orchestra.

13. Walter Piston - Encyclopedia Article About Walter Piston. Free Access, No Regist
    encyclopedia article about Walter Piston. Walter Piston in Free online English dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia. Walter Piston.  
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    Extractions: Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The composer Walter Hamor Piston Jr. was born on January 20 January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 345 days remaining (346 in leap years). In astrology, it is the cusp day, between Aquarius and Capricorn.

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15. Walter Piston
    Walter Piston. by Charles Ives, Carl Sprague Ruggles, Walter Piston, Michael Tilson Thomas, Boston Symphony Orchestra 08 May, 2001.  
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16. WALTER PISTON - Meaning And Definition Of The Word
    Search Dictionary WALTER PISTON Dictionary Entry and Meaning. WordNet Dictionary. Definition  
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17. Walter Piston
    Walter Piston (18941976). Walter Piston on Guild Music. GMCD 7230 British Fantasies American Dreams - Sonata. Page created 21.08.2001.  
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18. First Edition Music: Walter Piston
    Walter Piston (1894–1976) FECD0010 The Louisville Orchestra Robert Whitney, Jorge Mester, conductors. The Essential Walter Piston Symphonic Collection.  
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19. Sound Judgment - Walter Piston
    Walter Piston Chamber Music. Various players (Naxos). Walter Piston (18941976) had a profound impact on American music in his  
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    Extractions: Walter Piston (1894-1976) had a profound impact on American music in his long tenure at Harvard and through influential texts he authored on harmony and counterpoint. But his muscular music neo-classic in form and full of wily harmony, melodic breadth and buoyant rhythms should be heard more often. His orchestral music gets more attention than his chamber music, so this survey is particularly welcome, even if some scores reveal more perspiration than inspiration. The music includes a neo-Brahmsian Piano Quintet (1949), a cleverly scored Quintet for Flute and String Quartet (1942), and, from 1964, a glassy Piano Quartet and a String Sextet of great density. By Mark Stryker Free Press music critic BACK INDEX NEXT

20. Piston, Walter
    encyclopediaEncyclopedia piston, walter. piston, walter, 1894–1976, American composer and teacher, b. Rockland, Maine. piston studied  
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    Extractions: Piston, Walter Piston, Walter, , American composer and teacher, b. Rockland, Maine. Piston studied at Harvard and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris; he joined the faculty of Harvard in 1926. He became a Guggenheim Fellow in 1934. Piston was a neoclassicist composer, using traditional forms with sure technique and intellectual style. His works often incorporate masterful counterpoint and employ complex jazz rhythms. Piston's compositions include symphonies, suites for orchestra, a concertino for piano and orchestra, a violin concerto, a viola concerto, a toccata and a concerto for orchestra, a ballet, and string quartets and other chamber music. He is the author of Principles of Harmonic Analysis Harmony (1941, rev. ed. 1962), Counterpoint (1947), and Orchestration The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,

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