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Notable Twentieth-century Pianists

Author : John Gillespie
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Notable Twentieth-century Pianists written by John Gillespie and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1995 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pianists - their lives, performances, and recordings - are detailed in this text, the second of a two-volume set. Each biographical essay emphasises musical background and training, special influences on development, significant performances, and more. Performance is analysed and emphasis given to style and repertoire. For those pianists who recorded, there are selective discographies and reviews of outstanding recordings. The authors attended many performances and often supply a personal dimension to the discussions. This readable work, containing extensive documented coverage of 100 artists, should be appreciated by scholar, student and music buff alike.

Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists

Author : Richard Masters
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538171473
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists written by Richard Masters and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential reference focuses on the lives, careers, and musical contributions of over 150 American pianists from early days of the nation until the present day. Richard Masters spotlights both modern and historical pianists—including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ pianists who either never had the opportunity to win widespread acclaim but were top notch performers or who achieved important careers against heavy odds but were soon forgotten after their deaths, such as Augusta Cottlow, George Copeland, and Natalie Hinderas. This volume also gives attention to important collaborative pianists—none of whom have ever appeared in any volume on classical pianists—and influential pedagogues, some of whom never had significant performing careers but produced important students. Each entry explores an individual pianist’s life and career—from relevant biographical details to impact on American musical culture—and includes a selected list and brief discussion of existing and available recordings, if any. Additionally, an introduction situates these pianists into historical trends. Overseen by a blue-ribbon editorial board, Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists: 1800s to the Present provides a comprehensive view of the depth and breadth of American pianistic achievement and serves as the most up-to-date work for students, piano departments, music libraries, researchers, and interested pianophiles.

Notable Twentieth-century Pianists

Author : John Gillespie
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Notable Twentieth-century Pianists written by John Gillespie and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1995 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pianists - their lives, performances, and recordings - are detailed in this text, the second of a two-volume set. Each biographical essay emphasises musical background and training, special influences on development, significant performances, and more. Performance is analysed and emphasis given to style and repertoire. For those pianists who recorded, there are selective discographies and reviews of outstanding recordings. The authors attended many performances and often supply a personal dimension to the discussions. This readable work, containing extensive documented coverage of 100 artists, should be appreciated by scholar, student and music buff alike.

Great Pianists and Pedagogues

Author : Carola Grindea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Great Pianists and Pedagogues written by Carola Grindea and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-eight interviews conducted during the 1980s and '90s, first published in the Piano journal.

The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist

Author : Julian Hellaby
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317037448
Total Pages : 445 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 445 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.

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...

Author : Rossiter Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... written by Rossiter Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pianist's Dictionary

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025304734X
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Pianist's Dictionary written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From A to Z to middle C: An “essential reference” for piano students, teachers, players, and music lovers, with hundreds of definitions (E.L. Lancaster, Alfred Music). The Pianist’s Dictionary is a handy and practical reference dictionary aimed specifically at pianists, teachers, students, and concertgoers. Prepared by Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts, this revised and expanded edition is a compendium of information gleaned from a combined century of piano teaching. Users will find helpful and clear definitions of musical and pianistic terms, performance directions, composers, pianists, famous piano pieces, and piano makers. The authors’ succinct entries make The Pianist’s Dictionary the perfect reference for compiling program and liner notes, studying scores, and learning and teaching the instrument. “This new edition is a go-to source for piano scholars and students for quick information on musical terms, pianists, major works in the piano repertoire, piano manufacturers, and more . . . comprehensive, easy to use.” —Jane Magrath, University of Oklahoma

The Pianist's Bookshelf

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253211453
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Pianist's Bookshelf written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This useful volume should be on every pianist's bookshelf." --Piano & Keyboard "... a unique and valuable tool for teachers, students, performers... " --Library Journal The Pianist's Bookshelf comes to the rescue of pianists overwhelmed by the abundance of books, videos, and other works about the piano. In this clear, easy-to-use presentation, Maurice Hinson surveys hundreds of resource materials, providing clear, practical annotations for each item, thus saving the user hours of precious library time. In addition to the main listing of entries, the book has several topical indexes.

The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition

Author : Maurice Hinson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253067294
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition written by Maurice Hinson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1997, The Pianist's Bookshelf, was, according to the Library Journal, "a unique and valuable tool." Now rewritten for a modern audience, this second edition expands into the 21st century. A completely revised update, The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition, comes to the rescue of pianists overwhelmed by the abundance of books, videos, and other works about the piano. In this clear, easy-to-use reference book, Maurice Hinson and Wesley Roberts survey hundreds of sources and provide concise, practical annotations for each item, thus saving the reader hours of precious research time. In addition to the main listings of entries, such as "Chamber Music" and "Piano Duet," the book has indexes of authors, composers, and performers. A handy reference from the masters of piano bibliography, The Pianist's Bookshelf, Second Edition, will be an invaluable resource to students, teachers, and musicians.

Great Pianists

Author : Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671638378
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Great Pianists written by Harold C. Schonberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1987 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the careers and personalities of the great pianists from Clementi and Mozart to the present day.

Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century

Author : Alfred William Cramer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century written by Alfred William Cramer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain...these are the people who helped shape the history of music. Their stories and others are told in Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century. This five volume set offers biographical and critical essays on over 600 musicians in just about every genre imaginable, from Accordion Players to Musical Theater Composers to World Music, and everything in between.

The Cambridge Companion to the Piano

Author : David Rowland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521479868
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Piano written by David Rowland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the piano, one of the world's most popular instruments.

All Music Guide to Classical Music

Author : Chris Woodstra
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879308650
Total Pages : 1620 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book All Music Guide to Classical Music written by Chris Woodstra and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.

The Piano

Author : Robert Palmieri
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135949638
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book The Piano written by Robert Palmieri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of the Piano was selected in its first edition as a Choice Outstanding Book and remains a fascinating and unparalleled reference work. The instrument has been at the center of music history with even composers of large symphonic work asserting that they do not write anything without sketching it out first on a piano; its limitations and expressive capacity have done much to shape the contours of the western musical idiom. Within the scope of this user-friendly guide is everything from the acoustics and construction of the piano to the history of the companies that have built them. The piano-lover might also be surprised to find an entry for Thomas Jefferson, and will no doubt read intently the passages about the changing history of the piano's place in the home. Uniformly well-written and authoritative, this guide will channel anyone's love for the instrument, through social, intellectual, art history and beyond into the electronic age.

My Musical Notes

Author : Gaby Casadesus
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761874593
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book My Musical Notes written by Gaby Casadesus and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling nearly a century of music, Gaby Casadesus’ MyMusical Notes, recounts the French pianist's remarkable career as half of one of the most extraordinary husband and wife teams in twentieth century classical music, with her husband Robert Casadesus. Told in a lively conversational tone, she evokes the delicate balance between touring and family life, maintaining her own solo career and traveling the world while raising three children. Her decades-long teaching imparted the stylistic legacy of Debussy, Fauré and Ravel, a personal friend to both Robert and Gaby, to generations of young pianists. In this memoir, we experience the bustling Paris of the 1920s and 30s as well as numerous adventures touring North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia while championing French piano repertoire as the internationally recognized duo Robert and Gaby Casadesus. She also details her encounters and collaborations with the greatest names of 20th century classical music: Fauré, Ravel, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Bruno Walter, Toscanini, Szell, Boulez, Bernstein as well as other celebrities of the era such as Albert Einstein, with whom she played Mozart, Elsa Schiaparelli, Joan Miró and more. Translated and republished in English for the first time as My Musical Notes: Gaby Casadesus, A Journey in Classical Piano Between the World Wars and Beyond, this 2024 edition brings this legendary story to a larger audience.

Notable Black American Women

Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : VNR AG
ISBN 13 : 9780810391772
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Notable Black American Women written by Jessie Carney Smith and published by VNR AG. This book was released on 1992 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.

History's 9 Most Insane Rulers

Author : Scott Rank
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684510252
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book History's 9 Most Insane Rulers written by Scott Rank and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madness and Power. Can the insane rule? Can insanity be a leadership quality? Scott Rank says yes (well, sometimes) in this fascinating look at nine of history’s most notorious rulers, from the Roman emperor Caligula to the North Korean Communist dictator Kim Jong-il. Rank paints intimate portraits of these deeply flawed but powerful men, examining the role that madness played in their lives, the repercussions of their madness on history, and what their madness can tell us about the times in which they lived. In History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers, you will meet: • King Charles VI of France, who thought he was made of glass • Sultan Ibrahim I, who was driven mad by the sadistic succession battles of the Ottoman Empire • Caligula, who built temples to himself and whose reign highlighted the lethal tensions between the power of the new Imperial Rome and the prerogatives of the old Roman Republic • The Russian tsar who became known as Ivan “the Terrible” • King George III of Britain, who not only lost his American colonies, but lost his mind as well • Bavaria’s “Mad” King Ludwig II, who left the world richer for his fabulous fairy tale castles and his patronage of the composer Richard Wagner Insane rulers did not die off with the last of the mad monarchs who inherited their power. Rank also examines the rise to power of crazed modern rulers, such as Idi Amin, who began as a lowly army cook and rose to the presidency of Uganda, and Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled Turkmenistan and promoted a bizarre cult of personality around himself. Both entertaining and illuminating, History’s 9 Most Insane Rulers is a must-read for anyone interested in the role insanity has played in history.