The Russian piano school : Russian pianists and Moscow Conservatoire professors on the art of the piano / translated and edited by Christopher Barnes.

Other author Barnes, Christopher J.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Kahn & Averill, 2007.
Descriptionxxiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Moskovskai͡a gosudarstvennai͡a konservatorii͡a im. P.I. Chaĭkovskogo.
Piano--Instruction and study.
Piano--Fingering.
Pianists--Russia (Federation). --Biography.

Contents The road to artistry / Samuil Feinberg -- Advice from a pianist and teacher / Alexander Goldenweiser -- Some principles of pianoforte technique / Lev Oborin -- Some remarks on technique / Konstantin Igumnov -- Notes on mastery of the piano / Grigorii Ginzburg -- Beethoven's "Appassionata" : A performer's commentary / Samuil Feinberg -- Three answers to questions about Beethoven's sonata "Appassionata" / Sviatoslav Richter -- Work on Beethoven's Sonata in A major opus 101 / Heinrich Neuhaus -- Chopin Études (based on classes with Samuil Feinberg) / Maria Eshchenko -- Reflections on Chopin's Fourth ballade / Yakov Flier -- Notes on Chopin's "Ballade" in F minor / Alexander Goldenweiser -- Chopin's Fourth ballade in F minor / Konstantin Igumnov -- Lessons with Yakov Flier (on Liszt's "Mephisto" waltz no. 1 and Prokofiev's Sonata no. 3) / Nina Lelchuk and Elena Dolinskaya -- Yakov Zak as teacher (on Liszt's Sonata, Schumann's "Études symphoniques", and Rakhmaninov's "Paganini rhapsody") / Olga Stupakova and Genrietta Mirvis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-226) and indexes.
ISBN9781871082883 (pbk.)
ISBN1871082889

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