World Music Education


WESTERN MUSIC EDUCATION

Dedicated to 

Eva Naiditch Cooper

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Young Musicians Foundation Judge, Los Angeles, California

First Place Winner, Competition of Women Pianists, Paris 1923

Pianist Laureate of France

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 Pianist and Beloved Teacher





Photos Courtesy of Suzi Finer, Mrs. Cooper's Dear Granddaughter

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Eva Naiditch Cooper kindly taught Sharifah Rosso privately on scholarship for many years. Although Mrs. Cooper's personal recordings, which were exquisitely rendered, are not available through professional distribution, we honor her by presenting some great recordings of Mrs. Cooper's Masterful Teachers.
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Teachers of Eva Naiditch Cooper

PERCY GRAINGER 
Pianist - Composer - Folk Music Collector - Music Educator

"Country Gardens"
Percy Grainger

"Country Gardens" - Percy Grainger
Stokowski - Conductor


"London Derry Air (O, Danny Boy)" - Percy Grainger

"O, Danny Boy" - Percy Grainger
Leopold Stokowski - Conductor

Percy Grainger Lecture - 1948

"Lotus Land" - Cyril Scott
Percy Grainger

"Symphonic Dances" - Cyril Scott
Percy Grainger and Cyril Scott - Chickering Duo Art, 1929

"Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op. 46
Percy Grainger - Duo Art Reproducing Piano Roll

"The Water Music from Hornpipe"
Suite No. 1 in F Major - George Frederic Handel
(probably recorded in 1924)
Percy Grainger


 "Sonata No. 2. Movements 1, 2, and 3" - Robert Schumann
Percy Grainger Recording 1927


 Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13 (1/2) - Robert Schumann
Percy Grainger

Etudes Symphoniques Op. 13 (2/2) - Robert Schumann
Percy Grainger


"Blumenwalzer" - Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Percy Grainger - Piano Roll 1924

"Heroic Polonaise, op.53" - Frederic Chopin
Percy Grainger - Acoustic Recording 1918


"Sonata No. 3 Movements 1. and 2." 1/2 - Frederick Chopin
Percy Grainger, 1925



"Sonata No. 3, Movements 3. and 4." 2/2 - Frederic Chopin
Percy Grainger, 1925


"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2." - Franz Liszt
Percy Grainger

"Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15." - Franz Liszt
Percy Grainger

"Piano Concerto, Op. 16" - Evard Grieg
Leopold Stokowski - Conductor 

Percy Grainger - Pianist
Recorded Live 1945
1. Allegro molto moderato

2. Adagio

3. Allegro moderato molto e marcato


"Percy Grainger - Excerpts from His best Works"

"Shenandoah" - Percy Grainger
Paul Robeson

"O, Danny Boy - A Londonderry Aire" - Percy Grainger


"O, Danny Boy - A Londonderry Air" - Celtic Harp and Tin Whistle
Paul Robeson
Posted in honor of my brother, Daniel King Rosso, Tenor
who sang this song often and so beautifully at our Father's request.


"A Londonderry Air" - John McCormack


"Toccata and Fugue" BWV 540 Johann Sebastian Bach
Transcribed by Percy Grainger for Six Pianos
Performed by the members of PIANO SIX
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Angela Cheng, Angela Hewitt, 
Jon Kimura Parker, Janina Fialkowska, and Andre Laplante


"Waves and Bellows" - Theodore Leschetizky
Theodore Leschetizky, Piano Roll 1906


THEODOR LESCHETIZKY

About Theodor Leschetizky

 Pianist - Composer - Music Educator
"Die beiden Lerchen" - Theodore Leschetizky
Theodore Leschetizky, Piano Roll 1906

"Scherzo Op. 47, No. 2" - Theodore Leschetizky
Gabrielle Marie Leschetizky, Piano Roll 



"Fantasia in c minor" K475 -  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 Theodore Leschetizky, Piano Roll 1906

"Nocturne No. 8 in D Flat Major -  Frederic Chopin
 Theodore Leschetizky, Piano Roll 1906


WANDA LANDOWSKA
 HARPSICHORDIST - PIANIST - AUTHOR - SCHOLAR
About Wanda Landowska


Wanda Landowska - Piano
Artur Rodzinsky, Conductor
N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra
Mozart - Piano Concert No. 13 in C Major, KV 415
First Movement - Allegro, poco Maestoso

Wanda Landowska - Harpsichord
J. S. Bach, Italian Concerto (1935-36)

Wanda Landowska - Harpsichord
J.S. Bach - Golberg Variations (1/5)

Wanda Landowska Plays Bach, 1953

J. S. Bach, Sonata No. 3, E Major, BWV, 1016, Adagio
Yehudi Menuhin, Violin,
Wanda Landowska, Harpsichord

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
COMPOSER - PIANIST
About Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff
Prelude in G minor, Opus 23

"Carnival of the Animals" - "The Swan"
Saint-Saens - Arranged by Siloti
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano

"Minuet" from "Arlesienne" - Georges Bizet
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano
Disc and Roll in Comparison


"Spinning Song" - Felix Mendelssohn 
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano
Disc and Roll in Comparison


JOSEF LHEVINNE
PIANIST
About Josef Lhevinne

 Franz Liszt - La Campanella for Piano

JOSEF HOFFMANN
Josef Hofmann, Pianist
Franz Liszt - Liebestraum #3 (1918)

Josef Hofmann, Pianist
Franz Liszt - La Campanella for Piano


Josef Hoffman - Pianist
Frederick Chopin - Fantasy-Impromptu, C # Minor, Op. 66

ALFRED CORTOT
PIANIST
About Alfred Cortot


Alfred Cortot, Pianist
Frederic Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C Sharp minor

Alfred Cortot, Pianist
Frederic Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor Lento assai

Alfred Cortot, Pianist
Frederic Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A Major


Alfred Cortot, Pianist
Frederic Chopin - Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 in B flat minor (1/2)
1. Grave: Doppio movimento 
2. Scherzo

Alfred Cortot, Pianist
Frederic Chopin - Sonata No. 2 Op. 35 in B flat minor (2/2)
3. Marche funerbre: Lento
4. Finale: Presto

Isadore Philipp, Pianist
Andre Pascal, Cellist
Saint-Saens Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Opus 75 Part 1


Isadore Philipp, Pianist
Andre Pascal, Cellist
Saint-Saens Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Opus 75
Part 2



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College Music Teachers of Sharifah Carol Rosso


Robert Cole, Conducting Teacher, Immaculate Heart College
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Cole, Conductor; Alexei Nabioulin, Piano performs Tchaikovsky/Romeo and Juliet Overature; Rachmanioff/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43; and Rimsky-Korsakov/Schedherazade Symphonic Suite for Orchestra, Op. 35 at CalPerformances, Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley


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 CAROL ROSENBERGER
Carol Rosenberger - Piano Pedagogue and Piano Master Classes
Immaculate Heart College


Chopin, Nocturne op27 No. 2

 Classical Water Music of the Impressionists
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DORRANCE STALVEY
Dorrance Stalvey - Private Music Theory and Composition Professor

Dorrance Stalvey - Point-Line-Circle Abstract for Double Bass

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LEONID HAMBRO
Leonid Hambro - Graduate Piano Mentor and Piano Master Classes
California Institute of the Arts
About Leonid Hambro

Grieg - Sonata in A minor, Opus 36
Leonard Rose - Cello
Leonid Hambro - Piano
Part 1

Grieg - Sonata in A minor, Opus 36
Leonard Rose - Cello
Leonid Hambro - Piano
Part 2

Grieg - Sonata in A minor, Opus 36
Leonard Rose - Cello
Leonid Hambro - Piano
Part 3

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LEONARD STEIN
Leonard Stein - Graduate Private Composition Professor
California Institute of the Arts
Tributes to Leonard Stein - Piano Spheres

Interview with Leonard Stein

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DAVID BEHRMAN
David Behrman, Graduate Mentor and Composition Teacher, 
Mills College Center for Contemporary Music
About David Behrman

David Behrman - Composer 

David Behrman - Composer 
On the Other Side of the Ocean (excerpt)

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TERRY RILEY
Terry Riley, Graduate Composition Classes, 
Mills College Center for Contemporary Music
Terry Riley's 70th Birthday Celebration
Terry Riley, Gyan Riley, Tracey Silverman, Zakir Hussein

Terry Riley's Persian Surgery Dervishes

Terry Riley - Zen of Water {Part 1 of 2}

Terry Riley - Zen of Water {Part 2 of 2}

Dr. Antonia Brico 
First Woman Conductor
Guest Lecturer and Master Class - Mozart Symphony
California Institute of the Arts
About Antonia Brico

Dr. Brico accompanied Paramahansa Yogananda on Harmonium while he played Tabla in the recording 

Sharifah was honored to meet Dr. Brico, attended the world premier in Westwood of the following Documentary Film about Dr. Brico's special life and career by Judy Collins, and to attend rehearsals of Dr. Brico's Master Conducting Class when she came to CalArts as a Guest Artist/Lecturer. 

DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARYFILM BY JUDY COLLINS
PART 1
  

DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JUDY COLLINS
PART 2

DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JUDY COLLINS
 PART 3

DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JUDY COLLINS
PART 4


DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARY FILM BY JUDY COLLINS
PART 5

DR. ANTONIA BRICO, FIRST WOMAN CONDUCTOR
DOCUMENTARYFILM BY JUDY COLLINS
PART 6
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NON-WESTERN MUSIC EDUCATION

Pak Djoko, Pak Wenten, Ibu Nanik Teachers at California Institute of the Arts

CalArts Gamelan Performance at UCLA
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Pok Chokro, Gamelan Music Professor, California Institute of the Arts

PAK COKRO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (2004), PART 1

PAK COKRO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (2004), PART 2

PAK COKRO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (2004), PART 3

PAK COKRO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION (2004), PART 4

GAMELAN MADU SARI IN MEMORY OF PAK COKRO
JAVANESE GAMELAN

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Alfred Ladzekpo, West African Music Professor, California Institute of the Arts
{Sharifah Rosso was privileged to be the first woman allowed to study the West African drums of the Ewe speaking people of Ghana and the Yoruba people of Nigeria}

Alfred Ladzekpo's farewell to calarts, 2011

ALFRED LADZEKPO'S FAREWELL TO CALARTS, 2011
closing
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Kobla Ladzekpo, West African Music Professor, California Institute of the Arts

Kobla LADZEKPO'S FAREWELL Concert, 2007

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Flutist T. Vishwanathan, South indian Music Professor, California Institute of the Arts

Sangeetha Kalanidhi T. Viswanathan - Amba Paradevate_Ragam-Rudrapriya

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Professor Amiya Dasgupta, North Indian Music, California Institute of the Arts

Amiya Dasgupta teaching Solkatu Class at CalArts

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Mala Ganguly  
N. Indian Virtuoso Vocalist
Beloved Music Teacher and Friend

Sharifah Rosso was honored to study North Indian Vocal Singing
 privately with Mala Ganguly from 1993 until Sharifah's Cancer Treatment began in 2010.

To read Photo Caption, please hold your cursor over Photo.

Mala Ganguly

2012

SHRI DURGA

Ustad Salamat, Ali Khan, Ustad Sharfat Ali Khan, Shafqat Ali Khan,  and Mala Ganguly
Mala Ganguly
Playback Artist
Mala Ganguly 2010 House Concert
Ustad Jindi Ji (Rajinderpal Singh), Tabla
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Teachers of Mala Ganguly 
Hemant Kumar  Music Director, Producer, Vocalist
"Beqarar karke humein yoon na...."
"Bees Saal Baad" Movie, 1962, Oscar Nomination
Hemant Kumar, Producer, Music Director, Vocalist

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Glimpses of Great Artists
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan - Sarod Pandit Ravi Shankar - Sitar
Alla Rakha - Tabla

"Concert for Bangladesh" excerpt
The Late Padmabhusan Ustad Ali Akbar Khan 
Founder of Ali Akbar College of Music
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
INTERVIEW ON THE DIVINE NATURE OF MUSIC
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
INTERVIEW - LECTURE DEMONSTRATION
SRI SWAPAN CHAUDURI, TABLA
PART 1
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
INTERVIEW - LECTURE DEMONSTRATION
SRI SWAPAN CHAUDURI, TABLA
PART 2
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
interview - lecture demonstration
Sri Swapan Chauduri, Tabla
part 3
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
INTERVIEW - LECTURE DEMONSTRATION
SRI SWAPAN CHAUDURI, TABLA
PART 4
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN
Advanced vocal class
Ali Akbar College of Music
Swampan Choudery introduces
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan leading 
Instrumental class
Ali Akbar College of Music
USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN LEADING 
advanced INSTRUMENTAL CLASS ALI AKBAR COLLEGE OF MUSIC

Pandit Ravi Shankar 
First World Music Department Chair
California Institute of the Arts  
Pandit Ravi Shankar and Alla Rakha
tabla lecture demonstration
Jhaptal - 10 beats
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND ALLA RAKHA
Raag Samant sarang, JHAPTAL - 10 BEATS
Part 1
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND ALLA RAKHA
RAAG SAMANT SARANG. JHAPTAL - 10 BEATS
PART 2
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND Yehudi Menuhin
WEST MEETS EAST 
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND YEHUDI MENUHIN
WEST MEETS EAST Volume 2 (1/2)
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND YEHUDI MENUHIN
WEST MEETS EAST Volume 2 (2/2)
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR AND YEHUDI MENUHIN
WEST MEETS EAST Album 3
Ustad Allah Rakha 
All India Radio Documentary Film

Ustad Allah Rakha and son Ustad Zakir Hussain
Tabla Duet - Teental
(16 beats)
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