Famous Pianists and Their Technique

Name: Famous Pianists and Their Technique
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ISBN: 9780253348555

ISBN-10: 0253348552

ISBN-13: 9780253348555

Edition: 2nd 2007

Authors: Reginald R. Gerig

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Famous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. This widely used and acclaimed history of piano technical thought includes insights into the techniques of masters such as C.P.E. Bach, Bartk, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Clementi, Czerny, Debussy, Godowsky, Horowitz, Levinskaya, Leschetizky, the Lhevinnes, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rubinstein, and Schubert, among others.Called "the bible of piano technique" by Maurice Hinson, this book is a comprehensive resource for the student, teacher, and professional pianist who seek to discover the secrets of how the immortal professional pianists developed and polished their mechanical and…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 640
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.222
Language: English

Reginald R. Gerig is Professor of Piano Emeritus at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where he taught from 1952 to 1987, having served as Chair of the Piano Department for fourteen of those years. He was previously also on faculty at the Eastman School of Music and received several degrees from The Juilliard School of Music.




The Meaning of Technique



The Early Clavier Methods



The Beginnings of the Piano



Mozart and the Early Piano Technique



Hummel: The Culmination of the Viennese Era



The Dynamic Beethoven Technique



Czerny: Technique Personified



The Early Methodology



The Lyricism of Chopin



Liszt and Virtuoso Technique



The Schumann Circle



The Beginnings of Modern Technical Methods



The Leschetizky Influence



Russian Nationalism



The French School



Breithaupt and Weight Technique



The English School: Matthay His Pupils and Colleagues



Ortmann: Piano Technique Comes of Age



Contemporary Technical Thought



The Perspectives of an Enlightened Piano Technique



The Aesthetic Imperative



Mental and Psychological Control



An Intellectual Grasp of Basic Technical Knowledge



Isolated Movements



Coordinated Movements



Muscular Coordination



The Kinesthetic Sense



Posture



Means for Specific Technical Development



Historical Concepts and Perspectives of Piano Technical Thought



Supplementary Bibliography