Schnabel's Interpretation of Piano Music

Author: Konrad Wolff
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393009293
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
In a testimonial to Konrad Wolff, Schnabel himself expressed his admiration for the author and this book: “Konrad Wolff . . . is a remarkable pianist, an excellent theorist, a learned historian, an outstanding teacher, a brilliant thinker and writer. . . . [His book] is a comprehensive elucidation of a complex and subtle problem.

Masters of the Keyboard, Enlarged Edition

Author: Konrad Wolff
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
This book deals with the five composers' piano music individually, without comparison to the others.--Cf. Preface.

Piano Mastery

Author: Harriette Brower
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description

Nineteenth-Century Piano Music

Author: R. Larry Todd
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136731210
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 485

Book Description
First Published in 2004. 19th-Century Piano Music focuses on the core composers of the 19th-century repertoire, beginning with 2 chapters giving a general overview of the repertoire and keyboard technique of the era, and then individual chapters on Beethoven, Schubert, Weber, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, and the women composers of the era, particularly focusing on Fanny Hensel and Clara Schumann.

Eighteenth-Century Keyboard Music

Author: Robert Marshall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135887756
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Notes from the Pianist's Bench

Author: Boris Berman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300221525
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Berman addresses virtually every aspect of musical artistry and pedagogy. Ranging from such practical matters as sound, touch, and pedaling to the psychology of performing and teaching, this volume provides a master class for the performer, instructor, and student alike.

The Piano Handbook

Author: Carl Humphries
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879307271
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
Enhanced by an audio CD of selected examples and pieces, a course in playing all major styles of piano covers a history of the instrument and offers progressive instruction in all areas of technique, including posture, fingering, pedalling, scales, and exercises.

The New Grove Piano

Author: Edwin M. Ripin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393305180
Category : Pianists
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
The New Grove Musical Instruments Series, a companion to the much acclaimed New Grove Composer Biography Series, presents in book form many of the lengthy and informative articles published in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments.

Ignaz Friedman

Author: Allan Evans
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253003385
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Allan Evans's groundbreaking biography of Ignaz Friedman gives the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. Friedman's repertory emphasized the major works of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms, but he was perhaps best known for his interpretation of the Chopin mazurkas, which by all accounts he played with the same rhythmic nuance as their composer. Evans examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician from Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his marriage to Manya Schidlowsky -- a Russian countess and relative of Tolstoy; and his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia.

Absolute Music, Mechanical Reproduction

Author: Arved Ashby
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520945697
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Recordings are now the primary way we hear classical music, especially the more abstract styles of "absolute" instrumental music. In this original, provocative book, Arved Ashby argues that recording technology has transformed our understanding of art music. Contesting the laments of nostalgic critics, Ashby sees recordings as socially progressive and instruments of a musical vernacular, but also finds that recording and absolute music actually involve similar notions of removing sound from context. He takes stock of technology's impact on classical music, addressing the questions at the heart of the issue. This erudite yet concise study reveals how mechanical reproduction has transformed classical musical culture and the very act of listening, breaking down aesthetic and generational barriers and mixing classical music into the soundtrack of everyday life.