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Article: Portraits in Style (Volumes 1-4). (Keyboard).
- Article from:
- American Music Teacher
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Portraits in Style (Volumes 1-4), by Marilyn Briant and Andrew Zatman. The Piano Teacher's Press/Manduca Music Publications, (P.O. Box 10550, Portland, ME 04104), 2001. 22-26pp. each, $8 each. Intermediate to moderately difficult.
The warm nostalgia of a sweet memory, the hardy spirit of a western barn-raising, the stylized and sultry motions of the habanera, the carefree shuffle of 1920s American popular dances. These are among the many images and moods evoked by selections from the four volumes of Portraits in Style by Marilyn Briant and Andrew Zatman, pianists, teachers, composers--and spouses--residing in Rockville, Maryland. As I spent an enjoyable afternoon ...