Great pianists on piano playing

482 Pages·2011·10.7 MB·English

GREAT PIANISTS ON
PIANO PLAYING
STUDY TALKS WITH
FOREMOST VIRTUOSOS
BY
JAMES FRANCIS COOKE
A SERIES OF PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL CON-
FERENCES WITH RENOWNED MASTERS
OFTHEKEYBOARD,PRESENTINGTHE
MOST MODERN IDEAS UPON THE
SUBJECTS OFTECHNIC, INTER-
PRETATION, STYLE AND
EXPRESSION
THEO. PRESSER CO.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
COPYRIGHT, 1913,BYTHEO. PRESSER Co.
COPYRIGHT, 1917,BYTHEO. PRESSER Co.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTSECURED
CONTENTS
1. THEARTIST'S LIFE 5
2. AREPIANISTS BORN ORMADE? 24
3. THESTORYor AWONDER-CHILD. ...PepitoArriola 41
4. THEPIANISTorTOMORROW WilhelmBachaus 52
5. ARTISTICASPECTSOFPIANO STUDY..HaroldBauer 64
6. APPEARINGINPUBLIC FannieBloomfidd-Zeisler So
IMPORTANTDETAILSINPIANOSTUDY.FerruccioBusoni
7.
8. DISTINCTIVEPIANOPLAYING TeresaCarreno 109
9. ESSENTIALS OF TOUCH OssipGabrilowitsch....122
10. THEREALSIGNIFICANCEOFTECHNIC.LeopoldGodowsky 133
11. ANALYZINGMASTERPIECES KatharineGoodson 144
12. PROGRESS IN PIANO STUDY JosefHofmann 158
13. PIANO STUDYINRUSSIA JosefLhimnne 170
14. SEEKINGORIGINALITY VladimirdePachmann.ifa
15. MODERN PIANISTIC PROBLEMS MaxPauer 197
16. ESSENTIALS OF ARTISTICPLAYING...5. V.Rachmaninoff 208
17. SYSTEMATICMUSICALTRAINING A. Reisenauer 222
18. THETRAININGOFTHEVIRTUOSO E.Sauer 236
19. ECONOMYINMusic STUDY X.Scharwenka 252
20. LEARNINGANEW PIECE E. Schclling
21. WHATINTERPRETATION REALLY Is..5. Stojowski 279
22. BREADTHINMUSICALART Ignaz Jan Paderewski.290
23. THOROUGHNESSINHUNGARIANMusic
STUDY Yolando Mero 302
24. OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITATIONS IN
PIANOFORTE PLAYING RudolphGanz 311
25. UNIVERSALITY IN PIANO TEACHING ,
METHODS ErnestHulcheson 3227
26. CONCENTRATIONINMusic STUDY. . .Olga Samarojf 334
27. INSURINGPROGRESSINMusicSTUDY.Mark Hambourg 349^
28. MODERNISM INPIANOFORTESTUDY. .PercyGrainger 364
29. PROFITABLEPRACTICEversusWASTED
PRACTICE Alexander Lambert . . . .383
30. NERVOUSNESS IN PIANO PLAYING. . .Alberto Jonas 398
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