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John Thompson

John Thompson composer / arranger

date of birth: 08.03.1889

John Sylvanus Thompson (8 March 1889 – 1963) was an American pianist, composer, and educator. He was born in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, to James C. Thompson, a merchant in a general store, and his Welsh wife, Emma J. Thompson (nee Hall). John had three younger siblings: Alma, born 1895, James Jr., born in 1900, and Frank, born in 1905. Thompson had a promising career as a pianist, performing in many cities in America. In July, 1909, Thompson applied for a passport in preparation for touring Europe as a concert pianist. Once there, however, due to health issues and unrest leading up to World War I, he returned to the United States in April 1914. Thompson moved to Philadelphia to teach piano and met a writer, Loretta Katherine Foy, three years his junior, who was residing with her widowed mother. Thompson and Foy married on 14 August 1916 near his home town. They relocated to Kansas City, Missouri, where Thompson worked as a piano teacher in a music school. There, their son, John Jr., was born in 1918, followed by a second son, Charles Leslie, in 1924. He maintained a long and distinguished career in piano pedagogy. Thompson headed music conservatories in Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and Kansas City.

His piano methods, Modern Course for the Piano, Teaching Little Fingers to Play (the first part of the Modern Course), Adult Piano Course and Easiest Piano Course are published by the Willis Music Company.

Thompson died in Tucson, Arizona, after a long illness in 1963.

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John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 5 - John Thompson
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John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course Part 4 - John Thompson
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Keyboard Opera - John Thompson

Keyboard Opera

John Thompson

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John Thompson's Hanon Studies Book 2 - Charles Louis Hanon / Arr. John Thompson

John Thompson's Hanon Studies Book 2

Charles Louis Hanon / Arr. John Thompson

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Five for Four - John Thompson

Five for Four

John Thompson

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Concerto Americana - John Thompson

Concerto Americana

John Thompson

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Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1, 2nd Movement - Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. John Thompson

Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1, 2nd Movement

Piotr Ilich Tchaikowsky (Pyotr Peter Ilyich Iljitsch Tschaikovsky) / Arr. John Thompson

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Clair de Lune - Claude Achille Debussy / Arr. John Thompson

Clair de Lune

Claude Achille Debussy / Arr. John Thompson

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Six Little Recital Pieces for Piano - John Thompson
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Contra-Dance - Ludwig van Beethoven / Arr. John Thompson

Contra-Dance

Ludwig van Beethoven / Arr. John Thompson

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Polonaise, Op. 53 - Frédéric Chopin / Arr. John Thompson

Polonaise, Op. 53

Frédéric Chopin / Arr. John Thompson

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Six Chopin Etudes - Frédéric Chopin / Arr. John Thompson

Six Chopin Etudes

Frédéric Chopin / Arr. John Thompson

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2nd Piano Acc. to Five Two-Part Bach Inventions - John Thompson
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The Touches - John Thompson

The Touches

John Thompson

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Musette - Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. John Thompson

Musette

Johann Sebastian Bach / Arr. John Thompson

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Second Year Piano Classics Book 2 - John Thompson
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