Notable Pianists Music Education Posters, “C...”
for the music classroom and home schoolers, home, office, and studio.

Blind Singer and Jazz Pianist Ray Charles at Carnegie Hall, Photographic Print

Ray Charles
(born Ray Charles Robinson)
b. 9-23-1930; Albany, GA
d. 6-10-2004; Beverly Hills, CA (liver cancer)

The quintessential musical artist - pianist and vocalist Ray Charles, lost his sight between ages 5 and 7, and was orphaned by age 15. He attended the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida from 1937-1945, where he was taught classical music. He left school after the death of his mother and by 1947 had moved to Seattle where he formed his own band and began recording.

• Genius! - The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection, CD

Frederic Chopin
b. 3-1-1810, Poland
d. 10-17-1849

• more Chopin posters

Muzio Clementi
b. 1-23-1752; Rome
d. 3-10-1832; England

Muzio Clementi was an Italian composer, pianist, piano teacher and manufacturer, and publisher/editor for Ludwig van Beethoven.

• Muzio Clementi: The Complete Symphonies, CD

Pianist “Van” Cliburn
b. 7-12-1934; Shreveport, LA

American pianist “Van” Cliburn won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1958, at the height of the Cold War.

• Van Cliburn in Moscow, Vol. 1, 1962, DVD

Nat King Cole, Photo

Nat “King” Cole
b. 3-17-1919; Montgomery, AL
d. 2-15-1965; California

• The Very Best of Nat King Cole, CD

Evert Cornelis
b. 12-5-1884; Amsterdam
d. 11-23-1931

Evert Cornelis was a Dutch conductor and pianist.

Alfred Cortot
b. 9-26-1877; Switzerland
d. 6-15-1962; Switzerland

Pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot was on of the most popular musicians in the 20th century, renowned for his performances of Chopin and Schumann.

• Alfred Cortot, 7 CD Boxed Set