Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers
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- PIANO MASTERY
- TALKS WITH MASTER PIANISTS AND TEACHERS
- AN ACCOUNT OF A VON BÜLOW CLASS, HINTS ON INTERPRETATION, BY TWO AMERICAN TEACHERS (DR. WILLIAM MASON AND WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD) AND A SUMMARY BY THE AUTHOR
- HARRIETTE BROWER
- Author of "The Art of the Pianist"
- WITH SIXTEEN PORTRAITS
- NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1915
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PRELUDE
- TO AMERICAN PIANO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
- PIANO MASTERY
- I. IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI
- CLEARNESS A MUST PRINCIPLE
- FINGERING
- CORRECT MOTION
- STUDYING EFFECTS
- INTERPRETATION
- II. ERNEST SCHELLING
- THE HAND OF A PIANIST
- III. ERNESTO CONSOLO
- MAKING THE PIANO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
- IV. SIGISMOND STOJOWSKI
- MIND IN PIANO STUDY
- NATURAL TECHNIC
- KEEPING UP A REPERTOIRE
- FILLING IN A PASSAGE
- V. RUDOLPH GANZ
- CONSERVING ENERGY IN PIANO PRACTISE
- VI. TINA LERNER
- AN AUDIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER
- VII. ETHEL LEGINSKA
- RELAXATION THE KEYNOTE OF MODERN PIANO PLAYING
- VIII. BERTHA FIERING TAPPER
- MASTERING PIANISTIC PROBLEMS
- IX. CARL M. ROEDER
- PROBLEMS OF PIANO TEACHERS
- FOUNDATIONAL EXERCISES
- USE OF STUDIES
- BOOKS THAT ARE HELPFUL
- IN REGARD TO INTERPRETATION
- QUESTION OF PERSONALITY
- X. KATHARINE GOODSON
- AN ARTIST AT HOME
- MEMORIZING BY ANALYSIS
- A PIANO HAND
- XI. MARK HAMBOURG
- FORM, TECHNIC, AND EXPRESSION
- LOW HAND POSITION
- AMOUNT OF PRACTISE
- XII. TOBIAS MATTHAY
- WATCHING THE ARTIST TEACHER AT WORK
- XIII. HAROLD BAUER
- THE QUESTION OF PIANO TONE
- VARIETY OF TONE
- AVOID RESTRICTING RULES
- THE QUESTION OF VELOCITY
- OBTAINING POWER
- XIV. A VISIT TO RAOUL PUGNO
- TRAINING THE CHILD
- TRAINING THE CHILD
- XV. THUEL BURNHAM
- THE "MELODY" AND "COLORATURA" HAND
- PRINCIPLES OF TOUCH
- MELODY HAND
- THE TECHNICAL HAND
- ASSIMILATION OF PRINCIPLES
- MEMORIZING
- OCTAVE STUDIES
- KEEPING UP REPERTOIRE
- DETAILS OF PRACTISE
- XVI. EDWIN HUGHES
- SOME ESSENTIALS OF PIANO PLAYING
- TONE PRODUCTION
- RHYTHM IN PIANO PLAYING
- ABOUT MEMORIZING
- KEEPING TECHNIC IN REPAIR
- AMERICAN VERSUS EUROPEAN CONDITIONS
- XVII. FERRUCCIO BUSONI
- AN ARTIST AT HOME
- XVIII. ADELE AUS DER OHE
- ANOTHER ARTIST AT HOME
- LETTING THE HAND FIND ITSELF
- XIX. ELEANOR SPENCER
- MORE LIGHT ON LESCHETIZKY'S IDEAS
- MEMORIZING
- POWER AND VELOCITY
- XX. ARTHUR HOCHMAN
- HOW THE PIANIST CAN COLOR TONE WITH ACTION AND EMOTION
- FOUR REQUISITES FOR PIANISTS
- MAKING CLIMAXES PIANISSIMO
- WE DO NOT WANT CUT-AND-DRIED PERFORMANCES
- DISSECTION OF DETAILS
- XXI. TERESA CARREÑO
- EARLY TECHNICAL TRAINING
- 580 TECHNICAL EXERCISES
- VALUE OF TRANSPOSING
- XXII. WILHELM BACHAUS
- TECHNICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
- OVERHAULING ONE'S TECHNIC
- MODERN PIANO MUSIC
- A BRAHMS CONCERTO
- XXIII. ALEXANDER LAMBERT
- AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TEACHERS
- POWER WITHOUT EFFORT
- XXIV. FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER
- THE SCOPE OF PIANO TECHNIC
- WHAT TECHNIC INCLUDES
- EACH PUPIL A DIFFERENT PROBLEM
- HARMONY STUDY
- ACCORDING TO RULE
- ON INTERPRETATION
- MUSICAL CONDITIONS IN AMERICA
- A GROUP OF QUESTIONS
- XXV. AGNES MORGAN
- SIMPLICITY IN PIANO TEACHING
- INSPIRATION FROM AN AMERICAN TEACHER
- SIMPLICITY
- FINGER ACTION
- QUESTIONS OF PEDALING
- XXVI. EUGENE HEFFLEY
- MODERN TENDENCIES IN PIANO MUSIC
- XXVII. GERMAINE SCHNITZER
- MODERN METHODS IN PIANO STUDY
- TONE WHICH VIBRATES THROUGH THE WHOLE BODY
- ON MEMORIZING
- ABSTRACT TECHNIC
- XXVIII. OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH
- CHARACTERISTIC TOUCH ON THE PIANO
- TECHNICAL STUDY
- VELOCITY
- POWER
- MEMORIZING
- HANS VON BÜLOW AS TEACHER AND INTERPRETER
- HINTS ON INTERPRETATION FROM TWO AMERICAN TEACHERS
- WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD AND DR. WILLIAM MASON
- WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD
- DR. WILLIAM MASON
- VITAL POINTS IN PIANO PLAYING
- COMPOSITE PRINCIPLES DEDUCED FROM TALKS WITH EMINENT PIANISTS AND TEACHERS SECTION I
- ESSENTIALS OF PIANISM
- THE DESIRE FOR REAL KNOWLEDGE
- SEARCHING FOR TRUTH
- SECTION II
- Hand Position, Finger Action, and Artistic Touch WHAT TECHNIC INCLUDES
- HAND POSITION
- FINGER ACTION
- ARTISTIC TOUCH
- MELODY AND COLORATURA HANDS
- SECTION III
- The Art of Practise
- THE PIANIST A MECHANIC
- INVENTING EXERCISES
- SLOW PRACTISE
- A FEW EXCEPTIONS
- SECTION IV
- How to Memorize
- ONE YEAR'S MEMORIZING
- PHRASE BY PHRASE
- CONSTANT REPAIRS NECESSARY
- SECTION V
- SECTION V
- Rhythm and Tone Color in Piano Playing
- THE METRONOME
- TONE COLOR
- TONAL VARIETY
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