
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD/SCARECROW PR. - 8108
The Pianist's Craft: Mastering the Works of Great Composers
Author: Richard P. Anderson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
The Pianist's Craft: Mastering the Works of Great Composers
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The Pianist's Craft: Mastering the Works of Great Composers
Juilliard Store
144 West 66th Street
New York NY 10023
United States
The Pianist's Craft: Mastering the Works of Great Composers
Juilliard Store
144 West 66th Street
New York NY 10023
United States
Readers will find essays as well on Mozart's piano compositions, Beethoven's sonatas, the influence of Schubert's lieder on his piano works, and works by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bartók, Gershwin, and Crumb. The contributors—all recognized nationally and internationally for their contributions as performing artists, teachers, recording artists, and clinicians—write thoughtfully about the composers whose work they have studied and played for years. Each author addresses issues unique to the individual composer they have chosen to explore, examining questions of phrasing, tempo, articulation, dynamics, rhythm, color, gesture, lyricism, instrumentation, and genre. Valuable insight is provided into teaching, performing, and preparing these great works.
In The Pianist's Craft these great artists and teachers answer questions for readers that are otherwise only addressed in conferences, master classes, and private lessons. In this collection of essays, key points of information and instruction are offered with over 200 musical examples included as illustration. The Pianist's Craft is intended for teachers and students of the intermediate and advanced levels of piano, instructors and performers at the university level, and those who love piano and piano music generally.
