Baroque Style keyboard music in the training of the academic pianist:

Gaps, challenges, proposals

Abstract

In many institutions of higher education, keyboard music from the 17th and 18th centuries constitutes the didactic-pedagogical corpus that piano teachers can use so that their students can cover the part corresponding to the Baroque Style (1600-1750) and accredit the piano subject in each of career levels. However, although this stylistic period is represented by a plethora of great composers, their works, many of them of great aesthetic quality and tremendous didactic value, have been left aside in many academic programs, or ignored by many piano teachers in favor of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). In this article, the author presents an overview of the situation described above, provides some data that attests to it and proposes an educational alternative that includes the study and interpretation of some works that allow students to learn first-hand about the life and the work of other baroque composers, explore the different national styles and cover the requirements of each school year perhaps with less demanding works.