| Other author/creator | Elson, Arthur, 1873-1940, author. |
| Other author/creator | Mason, William, 1829-1908 author. |
| Other author/creator | Nossig, Alfred, 1864-1943, author. |
| Other author/creator | Currier, Thomas Parker, author. |
| Other author/creator | Pecher, William Frederick, author. |
| Other author/creator | Kullak, Franz, 1844-1913, author. |
| Other author/creator | Boekelman, Bernardus, 1838-1930, author. |
| Other author/creator | Oetiker, August, author. |
| Other author/creator | Weiss, Josef, 1864-1924, author. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, W. MacDonald, author. |
| Other author/creator | Krebs, Carl, 1857-1937, author. |
| Other author/creator | Riemann, Hugo, 1849-1919 author. |
| Other author/creator | Patterson, Annie W. (Annie Wilson), 1868-1934, author. |
| Other author/creator | Hambourg, Mark, 1879-1960, author. |
| Other author/creator | Scharwenka, Xaver, 1850-1924 author. |
| Other author/creator | Sherwood, William H., 1854-1911, author. |
| Other author/creator | Jedliczka, Ernest, author. |
| Other author/creator | Hofmann, Josef, 1858-1943, author. |
| Other author/creator | Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 author. |
| Other author/creator | Mills, Sebastian Bach, 1839-1898, author. |
| Other author/creator | Lang, B. J. (Benjamin Johnson), 1837-1909, author. |
| Other author/creator | Smith, Fanny Morris, author. |
| Other author/creator | Bowman, Edward Morris, 1848-1913, author. |
| Other author/creator | Finck, Henry T., 1854-1926 author. |
| Other author/creator | Hoffman, Richard, 1831-1909, author. |
| Other author/creator | Cowen, Frederic H. (Frederic Hymen), 1852-1935, author. |
| Other author/creator | Seidl, Anton, 1850-1898, author. |
| Other author/creator | Henderson, W. J. (William James), 1855-1937, author. |
| Other author/creator | Kroeger, Ernest R. (Ernest Richard), 1862-1934, author. |
| Other author/creator | Lessmann, Otto, 1844-1918, author. |
| Other author/creator | University Society (U.S.), issuing body. |
| Variant title |
Pianist's guide |
| Contents |
The world's one hundred greatest piano pieces -- Famous pianists. Famous pianists of the pat and present / Arthur Elson -- Paderewski: a critical study / William Mason -- The secret of Paderewski's playing / Alfred Nossig -- Some characteristics of Paderewski the pianist / T. P. Currier -- The emotional legacy of the classical school: reminiscences of the teaching of Moscheles / W. F. Pecher -- Theodor Kullak as a teacher / Franz Kullak -- Recollections and anecdotes of Bülow / Bernard Boekelman -- The leading methods of piano playing. Points from Oskar Raif's method of piano playing / August Oetiker -- The virtuoso technic [i.e. technique] / Josef Weiss -- A system of touch and technic / W. MacDonald Smith -- Musical analysis the basis of the Leschetizky method of memorzing -- Modern piano methods / Arthur Elson -- Special points of piano technics. Debatable points in piano technics: five symposiums / arranged by Bernard Boekelman -- Interpretation / Carl Krebs -- A scientific system of phrasing / Hugo Riemann -- Hints to piano students. How to practice / Annie W. Patterson -- The piano and how to play it / Mark Hambourg -- The octave staccato / Xaver Scharwenka -- Schumann's "Vogel als prophet" / William H. Sherwood -- The careful choice of instructive material / Ernest Jedliczka -- The proper musical education of children / Josef Hofmann -- Practical hints on piano study / I. J. Paderewski -- The two-finger exercise / William Mason -- Attack by stroke / S. B. Mills -- How to acquire a musical touch / B. J. Lang -- How to study scales / Fanny Morris Smith -- Reciprocal finger action / Edward Morris Bowman -- The art of polyphonic playing / Bernard Boekelman -- The teaching of Rafael Joseffy / Mrs. Henry T. Finck -- How to stimulate thought and imagination / Richard Hoffman -- The proper employment of the ear in piano-playing / Constantin von Sternberg -- A chat with Theodor Leschetizky -- Musical theory. Harmony ; Thorough-bass ; Counterpoint ; Imitation, canon and fugue ; Cadences ; Instrumentation ; Rhythms / Clarence Lucas -- How to compose -- Compositions and its humors / Arthur Elson -- Acoustics for musicians / Louis C. Elson -- The orchestra and the art of conducting. The development of the orchestra: a historical sketch / Richard Hoffman -- Modern instruments -- Familiar non-orchestral instruments -- The art of conducting / Sir Frederic H. Cowen -- The conductor and his task / Anton Seidl -- Special articles. How to appear in public -- How to organize musical entertainments -- Accompaniment / Arthur Elson -- Program music / W. J. Henderson -- The value of theory / E. R. Kroeger -- Concerning the necessity for an all-round education for musicians / Otto Lessmann -- Well-known piano solos and how to play them -- Appreciation of music. How to enjoy music -- How to listen to opera -- Learning to listen to music -- Composer, performer, and listener -- Musical education in the home: teacher and pupil -- American musical taste -- How to conduct pupils' musicales -- Expression in music -- Negro and Indian music -- Anecdotes of musicians. |
| General note | "The world's one hundred greatest compositions for the piano, famous pianists of the past and present, the leading methods of piano playing, interpretation, phrasing, hints to students, outlines of musical theory, the development of the orchestra." |
| LCCN | 49005948 |
