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

Herbie Hancock
Franz Joseph Haydn

Earl "Fatha” Hines
Josef Hofmann

Herbie Hancock
b. 4-12-1940; Chicago, IL

Franz Joseph Haydn, Photographic Print

Franz Joseph Haydn
b. 3-31 or 4-1-1732; Rohrau, Austria
d. 5-31-1809; Vienna

Franz Joseph Haydn, one of the most important composers of the classical period (1750-1825), is considered “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet”.

Haydn's God Save Emperor Francis is easily recognized as the melody of national anthems and used in classical pieces and hymns. It is said he enjoyed playing the piece on the piano in his late years.

Earl Hines and His Grand Terrace Orchestra at the Pearl Theatre, Pennsylvania, 1929, Photographic Print

Earl “Fatha” Hines
b. 12-28-1903; Pennsylvania
d. 4-22-1983; Oakland, CA

Earl Hines was, according to Ken Burns, “one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz”.

Josef Hofmann
b. 1-20-1876; Poland
d. 2-16-1957; Los Angeles, CA

Josef Hofmann, a child prodigy, was the center of controversy over his extensive performance schedule at age ten.

Vladimir Horowitz
b. 10-1-1903; Ukraine
d. 11-5-1989

Vladimir Horowitz was a virtuoso concert pianist and music teacher whose initial piano instruction was from his mother. He was married to conductor Arturo Toscanini's daughter Wanda, and became a US citizen in 1944.

• Vladimir Horowitz, The Last Romantic by Wanda Toscanini Horowitz

Mieczyslaw Horszowski
b. 6-23-1892; Poland
d. 5-22-1993; New York

Mieczyslaw Horszowski first piano teacher was his mother, he was then the pupil of a student of Beethoven. Horszowski first performed in 1901 and his last performance was in 1993.

• Horszowski Plays Schumann, Mozart and Chopin