What is Page-turner?
A '''page-turner''' is a person whose job is to turn [[sheet music]] pages for a solo musician, often a [[pianist]], usually during a performance.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99499124 |title=Turning A Page? Better Consult A Professional |first=Susan |last=Stamberg |work=npr.org |year=2009 |accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref> While some music is arranged so that the pages end at places where the musician can spare one hand to turn them, this is not always possible. A page-turner is often needed by musicians who are playing difficult pieces and prefer not to play from memory. A page-turner needs to be able to understand the musician's signals and follow the music to know when to turn the page. Page-turners are sometimes friends of the performer or members of the accompanying orchestra helping the musician. Professional page-turners are usually [[freelance]] casual workers. Mechanical page-turners are also available,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/1999/pageturner.html |title=Automatic page turner could help musicians and the disabled|work=web.mit.edu |year=1999 |accessdate=12 March 2011}}</ref> sometimes controlled by the musician via a foot pedal.<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=5962801|title=Page turner|status=patent|pubdate=5 October 1999|fdate=8 January 1998|pridate=|gdate=|inventor=Tim Bowman, Ben Shepard|invent1=|invent2=|assign1=|assign2=}}</ref> [[Charles Halle]] is said to have invented the automatic page-turner.<ref>{{cite book | last = Siepmann | first = Jeremy | title = The Piano | url = https://archive.org/details/piano0000siep_v9t0 | publisher = Hal Leonard Corporation | location = Milwaukee | year = 1998 | isbn = 0793599768 | page= [https://archive.org/details/piano0000siep_v9t0/page/181 181] }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Music]]