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Author : Franz Mohr,Edith Schaeffer
Publisher : Ravens Ridge Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801062969
Memoirs of the piano technician who tuned pianos for many great performers, including Vladimir Horowitz, Van Cliburn, Artur Rubenstein, Glen Gould, and others.
Author : Franz Mohr,Edith Schaeffer
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015040465927
Mohr's humor and personal perspective on the lives of Rubinstein, Horowitz, and other artists mix music lore with quiet faith.
Author : Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780671638375
Surveys the careers and personalities of the great pianists from Clementi and Mozart to the present day.
Author : James Francis Cooke
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1015654681
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Author : Franz Mohr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0736100814
Author : Edward Blickstein,Gregor Benko
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810884977
Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps history’s most notorious pianist. Widely regarded as the greatest player of Chopin’s works, Pachmann embedded comedic elements—be it fiddling with his piano bench or flirting with the audience—within his classic piano recitals to alleviate his own anxiety over performing. But this wunderkind, whose admirers included Franz Liszt and music critic James Gibbons Huneker (who cheekily nicknamed Pachmann the “Chopinzee”), would by the turn of the century find his antics on the concert stage scorned by critics and out of fashion with listeners, burying his pianistic legacy. In Chopin’s Prophet: The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of contemporary critical opinion and preserving his legacy as one of the last great Romantic pianists of his time. Chopin’s Prophet paints a colorful portrait of classical piano performance and celebrity at the turn of the 20th century while also documenting Pachmann’s attraction to men, which ultimately ended his marriage but was overlooked by his audiences. As the authors illustrate, Pachmann lived in a radically different world of music making, one in which eccentric personality and behavior fit into a much more flexible, and sometimes mysterious, musical community, one where standards were set not by certified experts with degrees but by the musicians themselves. Detailing the evolution of concert piano playing style from the era of Chopin until World War I, Chopin’s Prophet tells the fantastic and true story of an artist of and after his time.
Author : Charles Blanchard
Publisher : Honest Knave Books & Music
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1944294007
Fact of Life: If you want to succeed in a big way, you need a proven system that actually works. Here it is ... get ready for an enlightening and entertaining romp through music history guaranteed to inspire. "The indispensables in pianistic success - are they not very much the same in all successes?" Josef Hofmann Yes, indeed! - and the reverse sentiment holds as well. The indispensables in any success are very much like mastering the art of playing the piano.The 19th century was a Golden Age of piano music when the likes of Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt set a standard yet to be exceeded. Enclosed, please find an amazing collection of wisdom gleaned from hundreds of old books, articles, letters and diaries in which history's most successful pianists and composers reveal how they did it. Here are their intimate thoughts on purpose, motivation, discipline, perseverance, even health and social skills - not to mention technique. Caution: a number of sacred cows from today's self-help scene will be ground into hamburger meat by a bunch of long-haired musicians. Better fasten your seat belt as the 'awakening' may occasionally be a bit rude. "When necessary - speak; and in a way that people will remember ... Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance." Mozart The era saw great advances in psychology and education, so relevant thinking by Freud, Jung, Reich, Montessori, Suzuki and Dalcroze is duly examined and integrated by the author. Also included is a lucid explanation of the Alexander Technique and its critical importance to optimal mind/body performance. This book is brimming with powerful information to fuel your dreams. Whether you're in the performing arts, business, management, education, or just looking to raise the bar in your personal life - this book is for you. It will rev up your engine and cause you to shift not only gears but thought paradigms.It's 19th century wisdom for a transcendent 21st.
Author : Kevin Bazzana
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781551992877
The first major biography of Glenn Gould to stress the critical influence of the Canadian context on his life and art Glenn Gould was not, as has previously been suggested, an isolated and self-taught eccentric who burst out of nowhere onto the international musical scene in the mid-1950s. He was, says Kevin Bazzana in this fascinating new full-scale biography, very much a product of his time and place – and his entire life and diverse work reflect his Canadian heritage. Bazzana, editor of the international Glenn Gould magazine, throws fresh light on this and many other aspects of Gould’s celebrated life as a pianist, writer, broadcaster, and composer. He portrays Gould’s upbringing in Toronto’s neighbourhood of The Beach in the 1930s, revealing the area’s influence as a distinct social, religious, and cultural milieu. He looks at the impact of Canadian radio on the young musician, his relations with the “new music” crowd in Toronto, and the ways in which his career was furthered by the extraordinary growth of Canada’s cultural institutions in the 1950s. He examines Gould’s place within the CBC “culture” of the 1960s and ‘70s, and his distinctly Canadian sense of humour. Bazanna also reveals new information on Gould’s famous eccentricities, his sometimes bizarre stage manner, his highly selective repertoire, his control mania, his private and sexual life, his hypochondria, his romanticism, and his abrupt retirement from concert performance to communicate solely through electronic and print media. And finally, he takes a detailed look at the extraordinary phenomenon of the posthumous “life” that Gould and his work have enjoyed.
Author : Conrad Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408881057
Philip Morahan is a great pianist who can no longer play the piano. At fifty-two he is childless, single, and utterly used up by music. His desperate attempt to retrieve a lost personal life at the expense of his career leads to a roller-coaster of crises and confrontations - with ex-girlfriends, ironic protégés, record magnates and his exquisitely sympathetic new agent. For if Philip is to recover his talent and the power to love he must face his own nature dead on, and then the tragedy that haunts him.
Author : Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher : New York : Simon & Schuster
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951D00932572R
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Great Pianists offers a definitive biography of piano virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz, complete with never-before-published quotes from Horowitz himself. A superb and wonderfully readable musical assessment of Horowitz's explosive talent and his unique contribution to the cultural life of the 20th century. Photographs. Discography.
Author : Byron Janis
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780470872338
One of the world's greatest classical pianists reveals how the "other world" transformed his life and career By any measure, Byron Janis has had an extraordinary musical career. His discovery of two long-lost Chopin scores made headlines around the world, and he has been honored many times for his breathtaking performances of some of the most exciting and challenging works in the standard classical piano repertoire. As he retraces this remarkable journey in Chopin and Beyond, he shares something even more extraordinary: the other-worldly experiences that have shaped his life and music in surprising and profound ways. Shares milestones and memories from the life and musical career of one of the world's greatest pianists Includes lively anecdotes of famous classical musicians and other notable figures, including Vladimir Horowitz and Pablo Picasso Describes his long-secret but ultimately triumphant battle with arthritis Recounts the paranormal experiences that deepened his personal association with Chopin, effected near miraculous recoveries from serious accidents, and more Like the best music, Chopin and Beyond will open your mind to explore the wonder and possibility of a different world.
Author : Arthur Loesser
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486171616
A renowned concert pianist traces the instrument's design, manufacture, and music in a delightful "piano's eye-view" of the social history of Western Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
Author : Jeremy Denk
Publisher : Picador
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781761261886
A uniquely illuminating memoir of the making of a musician, in which renowned pianist Jeremy Denk explores what he learned from his teachers about classical music: its forms, its power, its meaning - and what it can teach us about ourselves. In this searching and funny memoir, based on his popular New Yorker article, renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey. Life is difficult enough as a precocious, temperamental, and insufferable six-year-old piano prodigy in New Jersey. But then a family meltdown forces a move to New Mexico, far from classical music’s nerve centers, and he has to please a new taskmaster while navigating cacti, and the perils of junior high school. Escaping from New Mexico at last, he meets a bewildering cast of college music teachers, ranging from boring to profound, and experiences a series of humiliations and triumphs, to find his way as one of the world’s greatest living pianists, a MacArthur 'Genius,' and a frequent performer at Carnegie Hall. There are few writers working today who are willing to eloquently explore both the joys and miseries of artistic practice. Hours of daily repetition, mystifying early advice, pressure from parents and teachers who drove him on – an ongoing battle of talent against two enemies: boredom and insecurity. As we meet various teachers, with cruel and kind streaks, Denk composes a fraught love letter to the act of teaching. He brings you behind the scenes, to look at what motivates both student and teacher, locked in a complicated and psychologically perilous relationship. In Every Good Boy Does Fine, Denk explores how classical music is relevant to 'real life,' despite its distance in time. He dives into pieces and composers that have shaped him – Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms, among others – and gives unusual lessons on melody, harmony, and rhythm. Why and how do these fundamental elements have such a visceral effect on us? He tries to sum up many of the lessons he has received, to repay the debt of all his amazing teachers; to remind us that music is our creation, and that we need to keep asking questions about its purpose.
Author : Stephen Hough
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780374721404
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world’s leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Economist as one of “Twenty Living Polymaths.” Hough writes informally and engagingly about music and the life of a musician, from the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room: how to trill, how to pedal, how to practice. He also writes vividly about people he’s known, places he’s traveled to, books he’s read, paintings he’s seen; and he touches on more controversial subjects, such as assisted suicide and abortion. Even religion is there—the possibility of the existence of God, problems with some biblical texts, and the challenges involved in being a gay Catholic. Rough Ideas is an illuminating, constantly surprising introduction to the life and mind of one of our great cultural figures.
Author : Elizabeth Carr
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461671138
Shura Cherkassky's life story, like his piano playing, is provocative and captivating. At his death in 1995, Cherkassky was considered one of history's greatest pianists, as well as the last direct link to the Romantic piano tradition of Chopin, Liszt, and Anton Rubinstein. Cherkassky's story merits telling not only for his musical achievements but also for the inspiration he provided by demonstrating tenacity, integrity, common sense, and uncommon courage. Cherkassky began his concert playing life in Ukrainian Odessa at a time of lethal civil strife. Escaping with his parents to America, the child prodigy came under the tutelage of famed pianist Josef Hofmann, whose unfailing personal and professional assistance continued for more than twenty years. Cherkassky overcame poverty, prejudice against his Jewish origins, and unhappiness from his ambivalence over his homosexuality to forge an impressive touring and recording career, an enormous musical repertoire, and an intriguing personality both on stage and off. From his sensational 1923 American debut tour to sold-out concerts on six continents, Cherkassky retained his brilliance throughout a seventy-five year professional career. As a close friend for his last twenty years, author Elizabeth Carr traveled with Cherkassky on tour, attending recording and rehearsal sessions and watching him practice, plan programs, and cope with pianos, acoustics, conductors, and orchestras. Her role as confidante results in a keen understanding of Cherkassky both as a human being and a performer. Through observations, anecdotes, sixteen pages of photos, and personal correspondence reprinted in the book, this biography offers extensive research never before published, and an intimate look at the man and his music.