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Please note:  This is a privately circulated website.  You may share the address with your relatives and friends but please do not link to it from any other website.

Veuillez noter : C'est un site Web privé.  Vous pouvez partager l'adresse avec votre famille et vos amis, mais prier de n'établir pas de lien vers lui d'aucun autre site Web.

PIANO IMPROVISATIONS, unlike written musical compositions, are a one-time creation, never to be repeated in exactly the same form.  it should be remembered that any recording of them is but an attempt to capture a unique moment in the musical life of the improviser -- the expression of his feelings of that moment translated directly into sound through the piano keyboard, which is all that stands between the performer and the music itself.

Piano improvisations may be either variations on existing musical pieces or new (free) creations arising solely from the improviser's imagination.  The two sources may even be combined in a single piece.

Except for the originals on which improvised variations are based, there is nothing rehearsed or written down, either by the improviser or by anyone else.  The thoughts and feelings expressed may be conscious or (especially with pieces not based on existing works) unconscious. 

It should also be realised that most improvisations will contain what could be regarded as musical imperfections, and so need not be judged according to usual professional standards, but rather by what gives pleasure to the listener's ear.

As it has turned out, these improvisations seem to be especially appealing to children.  Several families have told JW that their children like listening to the tape over and over again.

For a combination of piano improvisation with poetry reading, please click here.
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