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Familiar song form: classical-pop crossover in the piano bar
Familiar song form: classical-pop crossover in the piano bar The cliché of the egocentric composer who hangs isolated in a quiet chamber over his sheet music and is kissed by the muse
Favourite pieces from classical and neoclassical music
Favourite pieces from classical and neo-classical music There are these classical melodies that you encounter everywhere: in the café, as background music for a commercial, in waiting loops, as a ringtone. Catchy
Piano literature for beginners and advanced students
Piano literature for beginners and advanced time play & pieces from the notebook for A. M. Bach Those who follow one or the other publication of me
Live Music Corona Update
Live Music Corona Update It's not just the incidences that are very low in Cologne at the moment. I am happy to announce that I have been vaccinated twice and have passed the
Béla Bartók's Microcosm
Valuable piano schools for beginners: Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos & Playing the piano - my most beautiful hobby Béla Bartók's Mikrokosmos In addition to my work as a composer and bar pianist I teach
Ragtime by Scott Joplin and a Blues in a Minor Key: Precursors of Jazz
Ragtime by Scott Joplin & a Blues in a Minor Predecessor of Jazz After a series of releases of classical music recordings at the turn of the year, this time we go back to
From Cabezón to Frescobaldi to William Byrd
Uplifting, that's how I want the year to end after the challenges of 2020.
Encounters in the Piano Bar
10 years Excelsior Hotel Ernst: Stories from the Piano Bar including info and video of the anniversary composition E-H-E.
The German national anthem - former imperial song
The German National Anthem - former Kaiserlied In this blog post you can expect: ▪ the history of the origin of the German National Anthem ▪ further links and a video to an-