Great Pianists on Piano Playing Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers,9780486408453

Great Pianists on Piano Playing Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers

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ISBN13: 9780486408453
ISBN10: 0486408450
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

Great pianists discuss topics ranging from piano technique and musical development to becoming a virtuoso. Included are Busoni's "Important Details in Piano Study," Rachmaninoff's "Essentials of Artistic Playing," Paderewski's "Breadth in Musical Art," and much more. Includes 2 introductory essays, artist biographies, artists' study questions, more.

Table of Contents

The artist's life
5(19)
James Francis Cooke
Are pianists born or made?
24(16)
James Francis Cooke
The story of a wonder child
40(11)
Pepito Arriola
The pianists of to-morrow
51(12)
Wilhelm Bachaus
Artistic aspects of piano study
63(16)
Harold Bauer
Appearing in public
79(17)
Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler
Important details in piano study
96(12)
Ferruccio Busoni
Distinctive piano playing
108(13)
Teresa Carreno
Essentials of touch
121(11)
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
The real significance of technic
132(11)
Leopold Godowsky
Analyzing masterpieces
143(13)
Katherine Goodson
Progress in piano study
156(13)
Josef Hofmann
Piano study in Russia
169(12)
Josef Lhevinne
Vladimir de Pachmann
181(15)
Modern pianistic problems
196(11)
Max Pauer
Essentials of artistic playing
207(14)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Systematic musical training
221(14)
Alfred Reisenauer
The training of the virtuoso
235(16)
Emil Sauer
Economy in music study
251(15)
Xaver Scharwenka
Learning a new piece
266(12)
Ernest Schelling
What interpretation really is
278(11)
Sigismund Stojowski
Breadth in musical art
289(12)
Ignaz Jan Paderewski
Thoroughness in Hungarian music study
301(9)
Yolanda Mero
Opportunities and limitations in pianoforte playing
310(11)
Rudolf Ganz
Universality in piano teaching methods
321(12)
Ernest Hutcheson
Concentration in music study
333(15)
Olga Samaroff
Insuring progress in music study
348(15)
Mark Hambourg
Modernism in pianoforte study
363(19)
Percy Grainger
Profitable practice versus wasted practice
382(15)
Alexander Lambert
Nervousness in piano playing
397
Alberto Jonas

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