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The Concert Pianist

Author : Conrad Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780747580898
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Concert Pianist written by Conrad Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Morahan is a great pianist who cannot play the piano. A record deal looms, a recital series is nigh, but Philip can barely look at the instrument. For suddenly it seems as though the sacrifices he has made in the name of his art have cost too much. At fifty two he is single, childless, wretchedly alone. Music has kept him from life. And when a bad review calls even his achievement as a pianist into question, he is in freefall. In the turmoil that follows, Philip's quest to reconcile the needs of the man and the compulsions of the musician leads to a headlong unravelling, comic in its indignity. He is thoroughly deconstructed by ex-girlfriends, challenged by his protégé, all but tortured by his agent - mere preparation for the real task. To recover the power of his talent, and the capacity for love, Philip must first draw close to the central tragedy of his life.

Rough Ideas

Author : Stephen Hough
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374721408
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Rough Ideas written by Stephen Hough and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world’s leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he’s known, places he’s traveled to, books he’s read, paintings he’s seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there—the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. Rough Ideas is an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.

Piano Notes

Author : Charles Rosen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439135223
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Piano Notes written by Charles Rosen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Rosen is one of the world's most talented pianists -- and one of music's most astute commentators. Known as a performer of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Elliott Carter, he has also written highly acclaimed criticism for sophisticated students and professionals. In Piano Notes, he writes for a broader audience about an old friend -- the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights -- from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound. Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think," spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument. In the end, he strikes a contemplative note. Western music was built around the piano from the classical era until recently, and for a good part of that time the instrument was an essential acquisition for every middle-class household. Music making was part of the fabric of social life. Yet those days have ended. Fewer people learn the instrument today. The rise of recorded music has homogenized performance styles and greatly reduced the frequency of public concerts. Music will undoubtedly survive, but will the supremely physical experience of playing the piano ever be the same?

The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist

Author : Julian Hellaby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317037448
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist written by Julian Hellaby and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Julian Hellaby presents a detailed study of English piano playing and career management as it was in the middle years of the twentieth century. Making regular comparisons with early twenty-first-century practice, the author examines career-launching mechanisms, such as auditions and competitions, and investigates available means of career sustenance, including artist management, publicity outlets, recital and concerto work, broadcasts, recordings and media reviews. Additionally, Hellaby considers whether a mid-twentieth-century school of English piano playing may be identified and, if so, whether it has lasted into the early decades of the twenty-first century. The author concludes with an appraisal of the state of English pianism in recent years and raises questions about its future. Drawing on extensive research from a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, this book is structured around case-studies of six pianists who were commencing and then developing their careers between approximately 1935 and 1970. The professional lives and playing styles of Malcolm Binns, Peter Katin, Moura Lympany, Denis Matthews, Valerie Tryon and David Wilde are examined, and telling comparisons are made between the state of affairs then and that of more recent times. Engagingly written, the book is likely to appeal to professional and amateur pianists, piano teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate music students, academics and anyone with an interest in the history of pianists, piano performance and music performance history in general.

Pianists on Playing

Author : Linda J. Noyle
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461670497
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Pianists on Playing written by Linda J. Noyle and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2000-10-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve internationally-known keyboard artists entertainingly discuss their daily lives of practicing and performing in informative interviews, including reflections on learning new music, reviving repertoire, performing, controlling nerves, recording sessions, playing with ensemble groups, touring, playing in competitions, and the future of the piano. The pianists interviewed include: Vladimir Ashkenazy, Jorge Bolet, John Browning, Bella Davidovich, Misha Dichter, Janina Fialkowska, Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, Andre-Michel Schub, Abbey Simon, Ralph Votapek, and Andre Watts.

After the Golden Age

Author : Kenneth Hamilton
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195178262
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book After the Golden Age written by Kenneth Hamilton and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamilton dissects the oft invoked myth of a 'Great Tradition', or Golden Age of pianism. He then goes on to discuss the performance style great pianists, from Liszt to Paderewski, and delves into the far from inevitable development of the piano recital.

Reflections from the Keyboard

Author : David Dubal
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections from the Keyboard written by David Dubal and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing in this second edition eight never-before-published interviews, these conversations with the piano-playing luminaries of our time reveal the personalities behind the great performances.

A Note In Time

Author : Janina Fialkowska
Publisher : novum premium Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3903861987
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book A Note In Time written by Janina Fialkowska and published by novum premium Verlag. This book was released on 2021-12-12 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When 12-year-old Janina Fialkowska momentously decided to dedicate her life to music, little did she know what was in store. Certainly her love of music and desire to share this love provided fulfilment and joy, and there was a certain glamour to the life of a touring artist. She traveled to many countries, met many fascinating people, and indulged her weakness for good food. But there was another side to such a life, and reality made its ugly appearance fairly early on. This collection of autobiographical anecdotes, some poignant, some hilarious, describes her meeting with the legendary Arthur Rubinstein who subsequently shaped the course of her career, her colourful adventures as a young North American woman in the male-dominated music world and her final triumph over horrific illness.

The Concert Pianist

Author : Judy
Publisher : Devine Destinies
ISBN 13 : 1487412746
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book The Concert Pianist written by Judy and published by Devine Destinies. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth discovers the true meaning of if music be the food of life, play on. Everything changes after Elizabeth discovers a letter inside a secondhand piano. It brings much more than music into her family life. Is the piano haunted?

Life and Liszt

Author : Arthur Friedheim
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486266672
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Life and Liszt written by Arthur Friedheim and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profound and scholarly study by Liszt's friend, favorite pupil, and secretary presents an intimate portrait of the composer's private and professional life. Vibrant, richly textured prose recaptures a golden age of music.

The Piano

Author : Susan Tomes
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300253923
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Piano written by Susan Tomes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianists "Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz."--Richard Fairman, Financial Times, "Best Books of 2021: Classical Music" "[One of] the most beautiful books I got my hands on this year. . . . About the shaping of this maddening, glorious, unconquerable instrument."--Jenny Colgan, Spectator, "Books of the Year" An astonishingly versatile instrument, the piano allows just two hands to play music of great complexity and subtlety. For more than two hundred years, it has brought solo and collaborative music into homes and concert halls and has inspired composers in every musical genre--from classical to jazz and light music. Charting the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day, pianist and writer Susan Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Her choices include composers such as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Gershwin, and Philip Glass. Looking at this history from a modern performer's perspective, she acknowledges neglected women composers and players including Fanny Mendelssohn, Maria Szymanowska, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.

The World of the Concert Pianist

Author : David Dubal
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780575036543
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Concert Pianist written by David Dubal and published by Orion. This book was released on 1984 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

PLAYING THE PATHWAYS OF MY BRAIN

Author : Olga Bobrovnikova
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491892730
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book PLAYING THE PATHWAYS OF MY BRAIN written by Olga Bobrovnikova and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being constantly criticised for excessive emotion and movement by her piano professors, Olga Bobrovnikova took inspiration and a new attitude to performance when she heard the recordings made in the 1890s of a forgotten pianist, Paul Pabst, who Tchaikovsky has called “a pianist blessed by God”. Her diagnosis of MS coincided with her discovery of Pabst and his music, and in her typically defiant way, she set out to record Pabst’s exceptionally difficult piano paraphrases of Tchaikovsky operas as well as a trio that has been dedicated to Anton Rubinstein and also to make the first ever recording of Pabst’s own piano concerto. Her research into Pabst was like a backdoor into the secrets of Russian musical history, which led to Olga’s novel The Diaries of Alexandra Petrovna. She was drawn by the circumstances and their relationship to the conclusion that Pabst’s was the hidden hand that Tchaikovsky admitted he needed to help with the passages of his “Piano Concerto No. 1”. Her immersion in this lost history of the Russian Piano School revealed major differences in and controversy regarding the style of piano performance as well as coinciding with a growing interest in the brain and music. A passion for pleasure in performance and a study of the neurology of her MS-damaged brain created this unique book, which is a fusion of fascinating musical history, a wide review of scientific research, and detail of a new performance method. Professor Cyril Hoschl: “The book is really impressive!”

Self-Portrait with Russian Piano

Author : Wolf Wondratschek
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720274
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Self-Portrait with Russian Piano written by Wolf Wondratschek and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A legendary literary figure who initiated a one-man Beat Generation in his native Germany, Wolf Wondratschek “is eccentric, monomaniacal, romantic—his texts are imbued with a wonderful, reckless nonchalance.”* Now, he tells a story of a man looking back on his life in an honest Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man. Vienna is an uncanny, magical, and sometimes brutally alienating city. The past lives on in the cafes where lost souls come to kill time and hash over the bygone glories of the twentieth century—or maybe just a recent love affair. Here, in one of these cafes, an anonymous narrator meets a strange character, “like someone out of a novel”: a decrepit old Russian named Suvorin. A Soviet pianist of international renown, Suvorin committed career suicide when he developed a violent distaste for the sound of applause. This eccentric gentleman—sometimes charming, sometimes sulky, sometimes disconcertingly frank—knows the end of his life is approaching, and allows himself to be convinced to tell his life story. Over a series of coffee dates, punctuated by confessions, anecdotes, and rages—and by the narrator’s schemes to keep his quarry talking—a strained friendship develops between the two men, and it soon becomes difficult to tell who is more dependent on whom. Rhapsodic and melancholic, with shades of Vladimir Nabokov, W. G. Sebald, Hans Keilson, and Thomas Bernhard, Wolf Wondratschek's Self-Portrait with Russian Piano is a literary sonata circling the eternal question of whether beauty, music, and passion are worth the sacrifices some people are compelled to make for them. “A romantic in a madhouse. To let Wondratschek’s voice be drowned in the babble of today’s literature would be a colossal mistake.” —*Patrick Süskind, international bestselling author of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

A Pianist's Dictionary

Author : Alan Hersh
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761848398
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book A Pianist's Dictionary written by Alan Hersh and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pianist's Dictionary is an exploration of the world of the classical pianist and piano professor. The author deconstructs the many familiar words that help describe these worlds as well as their practitioners. Based upon a lifetime of experience as an active concert artist and college professor, this book will resonate with both past and current students of the piano and with music lovers with even a passing interest in these worlds. Written in an accessible style, A Pianist's Dictionary covers the piano world from accompanist to tone and voicing, and helps the reader understand the mysteries of practicing and the challenges of how to find a suitable piano teacher. Filled with amusing anecdotes and observations, this book is a welcome addition to the literature about pianos and pianists.

Notes of a Pianist

Author : Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Notes of a Pianist written by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Pianist's Debut

Author : Barbara Beirne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780153045998
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book A Pianist's Debut written by Barbara Beirne and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eleven-year-old piano student describes her early interest in music, her first piano competition, her experience of moving with her grandmother from Los Angeles to New York to attend the Juilliard School of Music, and her aspiration to become a concert pianist.