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<p><p><table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_c"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/499/000086241/"><font size=-1>Muhal Richard Abrams</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Sep-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Levels and Degrees of Light</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000196341/"><font size=-1>Claudio Arrau</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Feb-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jun-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chilean virtuoso pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000196346/"><font size=-1>Vladimir Ashkenazy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director, NHK Symphony Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000023231/"><font size=-1>Burt Bacharach</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Incomparable composer of lounge music</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000179640/"><font size=-1>Daniel Barenboim</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Nov-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Director, Berlin State Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000024762/"><font size=-1>Count Basie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Aug-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Big band pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000119674/"><font size=-1>Ran Blake</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Third Stream composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000044181/"><font size=-1>Carla Bley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/656/000206038/"><font size=-1>William Bolcom</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Songs of Innocence and of Experience</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000022646/"><font size=-1>Victor Borge</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Comedic pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/885/000116537/"><font size=-1>Ferruccio Busoni</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Apr-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Fantasia Contrappuntistica</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000206132/"><font size=-1>Robert Casadesus</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Sep-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>French pianist/composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/806/000023737/"><font size=-1>Van Cliburn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jul-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Piano prodigy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/813/000093534/"><font size=-1>Johann Baptist Cramer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1771</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Études</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/363/000093084/"><font size=-1>Carl Czerny</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1791</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist, composer of piano exercises</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000206093/"><font size=-1>Ernst von Dohnányi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Feb-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Opus 25</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000023189/"><font size=-1>Fats Domino</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Ain't That A Shame</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/302/000205684/"><font size=-1>Eddy Duchin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Apr-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Feb-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Magic Fingers of Radio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/303/000205685/"><font size=-1>Peter Duchin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Rebel Rouser</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/103/000196512/"><font size=-1>Christoph Eschenbach</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Conductor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Music Director, Orchestre de Paris</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000109923/"><font size=-1>Michael Feinstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Revives the Great American Songbook</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/439/000105124/"><font size=-1>John Field</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1782</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jan-1837</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Irish composer of <i>Nocturnes</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000206072/"><font size=-1>Rudolf Firkusny</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jul-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Czech-American piano prodigy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000206194/"><font size=-1>Edwin Fischer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000206193/"><font size=-1>Leon Fleisher</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Piano virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000071818/"><font size=-1>Ben Folds</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Sep-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist, <i>Ben Folds Five</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/306/000205688/"><font size=-1>Erroll Garner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Misty</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000280848/"><font size=-1>Leopold Godowsky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Feb-1870</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Exceptional Polish-American pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000109931/"><font size=-1>Glenn Gould</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Oct-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Canadian pianist, Bach soloist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/329/000093050/"><font size=-1>Percy Grainger</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Country Gardens</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000093315/"><font size=-1>Enrique Granados</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1867</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goyescas</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000101635/"><font size=-1>Sir Charles Hallé</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-1819</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Oct-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Hallé Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000024109/"><font size=-1>Herbie Hancock</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/586/000121223/"><font size=-1>Fletcher Henderson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Dec-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000206253/"><font size=-1>Myra Hess</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Held lunchtime concerts during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000086915/"><font size=-1>Vladimir Horowitz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Oct-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Virtuoso pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000206089/"><font size=-1>Mieczyslaw Horszowski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Polish-American pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/608/000031515/"><font size=-1>Dick Hyman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Mar-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/728/000206110/"><font size=-1>Eugene Istomin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Oct-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American piano prodigy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000206213/"><font size=-1>José Iturbi</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Nov-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000025308/"><font size=-1>Joe Jackson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Stepping Out</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000022617/"><font size=-1>Billy Joel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Didn't start the fire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000022462/"><font size=-1>Elton John</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Mar-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Goodbye Yellow Brick Road</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000121229/"><font size=-1>James P. Johnson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>01-Feb-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The father of stride piano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/420/000132024/"><font size=-1>Oscar Levant</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Aug-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Panelist, <i>Information Please</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000027695/"><font size=-1>Liberace</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-May-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Rhinestoned pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/928/000026850/"><font size=-1>Franz Liszt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Oct-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hungarian composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/792/000059615/"><font size=-1>Evan Lurie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Sep-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Avant-garde pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000205705/"><font size=-1>Marian McPartland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Piano Jazz</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/283/000092007/"><font size=-1>Jelly Roll Morton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jul-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz composer, pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000205806/"><font size=-1>Peter Nero</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Philly Pops</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/748/000206130/"><font size=-1>Vladimir de Pachmann</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jul-1848</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000093029/"><font size=-1>Ignace Paderewski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Polish pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/030/000115682/"><font size=-1>Charlemagne Palestine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Aug-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Strumming Music</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000166300/"><font size=-1>Oscar Peterson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Dec-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Maharajah of the keyboard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000048727/"><font size=-1>Bud Powell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Sep-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-1966</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Seminal bop pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/299/000023230/"><font size=-1>André Previn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Apr-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Concert pianist and orchestral conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000109269/"><font size=-1>Sun Ra</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-May-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz musician from Saturn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000093014/"><font size=-1>Sergei Rachmaninov</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000093015/"><font size=-1>Anton Rubinstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Tower of Babel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000115835/"><font size=-1>Artur Rubinstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Dec-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Polish-American piano virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000206056/"><font size=-1>Ryuichi Sakamoto</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1952</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Yellow Magic Orchestra</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000028226/"><font size=-1>Merl Saunders</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Feb-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz & New Age keyboardist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/090/000049940/"><font size=-1>Alexander von Schlippenbach</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Improv pianist and bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/179/000086918/"><font size=-1>Artur Schnabel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Apr-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pianist and classical composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/714/000206096/"><font size=-1>Karl Schnabel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-2001</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Modern Technique of the Pedal</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/291/000093012/"><font size=-1>Clara Schumann</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Sep-1819</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-May-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Romantic pianist and composer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/692/000206074/"><font size=-1>Rudolf Serkin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Mar-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Czech-American piano prodigy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000205717/"><font size=-1>George Shearing</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Aug-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Feb-2011</nobr></tt></td> 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href="/people/085/000196494/"><font size=-1>Art Tatum</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Greatest jazz pianist of all time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000205725/"><font size=-1>Billy Taylor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/114/000098817/"><font size=-1>Sigismond Thalberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pianist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1812</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Apr-1871</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Virtuoso pianist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000114949/"><font size=-1>David 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