Author: Harold TaylorPublisher: Centerline Press
ISBN: 9780913111208
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Author: Harold Taylor
Author: Harold Taylor
Author: Harold TaylorThe Composer-pianists
Author: Robert RimmPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574670727
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
"The recordings made by Marc-Andre Hamelin in recent years have cast new light on an extraordinary group of composers - Alkan, Busoni, Feinberg, Godowsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Sorabji - whose works heralded a Golden Age of virtuosic writing for the piano." "The Eight, as author Robert Rimm has termed these composer-pianists, have much in common, traits shared in our own age with Marc-Andre Hamelin, their foremost interpreter. For all their evident differences of age, nationality, and philosophy, they each created music of unprecedented ingenuity - often complex and of immense scale - that stretched the limits of the piano's capabilities. And all were genuine virtuosos with the technical resources to play these demanding works in public." "The volume includes rare photographs and concludes with an extensive bibliography, listings of the complete solo piano works of The Eight, and discographies of their solo piano recordings. In exploring the art of those who knew their instrument both as composers and as pianists, this book serves, in the words of pianist Stephen Hough, "both as a fascinating, exhaustive study of the riches of the past and as a stimulating inspiration for the future.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time
Author: Gene RizzoPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634074165
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans. Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from an extensive survey conducted with the best jazz minds in the education, publishing and entertainment worlds, noted jazz journalist Gene Rizzo summarized the chosen and presents a concise bio on the essence of these jazz giants. Choices were made on the basis of chops, originality, creativity, and degree of influence. This book will either confirm some readers' opinions or open debate with others, but ultimately the book provides an impressive summary of the greatest jazz piano players of all time. A photo accompanies each listing * Landmark recordings are listed * Extra lists include the next twenty to be selected, the top women players and an alphabetical list of all the other players considered
Center Stage, Book 2
Author: Martha MierPublisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457418075
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The seven solos in Center Stage, Book 2 were written to highlight the pianistic abilities of young pianists. Students will enjoy performing these solos at school talent shows, recitals, or sharing them with family and friends. Most of the pieces in Book 2 are original compositions. One solo is an arrangement of familiar American patriotic songs, thus enhancing the appeal of this collection to audiences.
Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves
Author: Elyse MachPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486173542
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Revealing interviews with Arrau, Brendel, de Larrocha, Gilels, Horowitz, Tureck, Watts, 18 other artists. Intimate look at the concert scene and the life of a concert pianist. Introduction by Sir George Solti. Includes 51 photographs.
![Modern Music and Musicians: The pianist's guide. Preface ; The world's one hundred greatest piano pieces ; Famous pianists ; The leading methods of piano playing ; Special points of piano technics ; Hints to piano students ; Musical theory ; The orchestra and the art of conducting ; Special articles ; A history of music ; Stories of the opera[s] ; Stories of modern operas PDF](https://books.google.com/books/content/images/frontcover/wxZKAQAAMAAJ?fife=w150-h200)
Author: The Pianist's Craft 2
Author: Richard P. AndersonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442232668
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
In The Pianist’s Craft 2, pianist and scholar Richard P. Anderson gathers together a new collection of essays by renowned performing artists and teachers and discusses the preparation, pedagogy, and performance of selected works by an entirely different set of composers whose works are standard in the piano literature. In this volume, readers will find an invaluable collection of contributions on C.P.E. Bach, Antonio Soler, Felix Mendelssohn, Gabriel Fauré, Erno Dohnányi, Francis Poulenc, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Alberto Ginastera, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Olivier Messiaen, and John Cage. The contributors—all nationally and internationally recognized as performing artists, teachers, recording artists, and clinicians—write thoughtfully about the composers whose work they have studied and played for years. Each author addresses issues unique to an individual composer, examining questions of phrasing, tempo, articulation, dynamics, rhythm, color, gesture, lyricism, instrumentation, and genre. Valuable insight is provided into teaching, performing, and preparing these great works—information otherwise available only in conferences, master classes, and private lessons. This collection, with more than 250 musical illustrations, is intended for teachers and students of the intermediate and advanced levels of piano, instructors and performers at the university level, and those who love piano and piano music.
