The online home of pianist and writer Matthew Mills https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html A Pianist’s Guide to the Solo Works of Maurice Ravel Thanks for stopping by! Join today! Membership benefits The Lazarus Complex The Solo Piano Works of Georges Bizet Jensen Piano Project announced Pre-Consultation Questionnaire Quiet Power: Micro-Gestures and the Art of True Expression Articles I am now an ISM Registered Teacher! Booking Request submitted Coaching account Chord-playing: ‘shape’ and ‘position’ Ravel’s Solo Piano Music, part 1 Unleashing Velocity: A Scientific Approach to Playing Fast The Devil’s in the Details Pianist issue 146 out now! The Slow Practice Manifesto: Building an Unshakeable Foundation at the Keyboard Coaching The Faun and the Clockmaker: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and the Impressionist Label A Liszt aside Coaching ABRSM Grade 1 Theory Terms and Conditions: Voucher Codes Edvard Grieg’s ‘Little Bird’, op. 43 no. 4 New publication Problem-Solving Problems Cecile Chaminade: ‘Marine’, op. 38 Cécile Chaminade: Piano Sonata, op. 21, second movement Perfect Practice Cécile Chaminade: ‘Automne’, op. 35 no. 2 The Myth of Weak Fingers Franz Liszt: La cloche sonne Unfit for Intellectual Effort: Critical Condemnations of Salon Music in the 19th and 20th Centuries New publication Edvard Grieg: ‘Elf-Dance’, no. 5 from <em>Lyric Pieces</em>, op. 12 New Publication Featured composer: Cécile Chaminade – repertoire update Pianist Issue 139 out now! Edvard Grieg: ‘Elegy’, no. 7 from Lyric Pieces, Op. 47 Pianist Issue 141 out now! Apps Learn with me Image credits Featured composer: Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Grade 5 Theory From Scratch In Defence of ‘Salon Music’: the Legacy of a Misunderstood Genre Courses My top ten Grieg Lyric Pieces