Reinventing the inventions - piano music education

American Music Teacher, August-Sept, 2003 by Amy Stanley, James Douthit

NOTES

(1.) J. S. Bach, Two And Three Part Inventions. Edited by Hans Bischoff and translated by Alexander Lipsky (New York: Kalmus Publishing, 1943): Preface.

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Amy Stanley is assistant professor of music and coordinator of keyboard studies at the State University of New York at Geneseo. She holds B.M. and M.M. degrees in piano performance from Texas Christian University and a D.M.A. degree j%m the Eastman School of Music.

James Douthit is assistant professor of music at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, teaching keyboard and theory. He holds piano performance degrees from Mars Hill College, Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music. Active as a solo and collaborative performer, Douthit also is a frequent adjudicator and lecturer.