Farewell recital : further memoirs / Gerald Moore.
| Author/creator | Moore, Gerald |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Taplinger Publishing Company, 1978. |
| Description | 178 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Farewell recital -- Miau or Miaow -- The order of your going -- Whither? -- Weighed in the balance -- Poem and pianoforte -- Line of demarcation -- Dame Janet -- Choose your partners -- Recording, 1922-1975 -- First aid -- Sometimes ashamed -- Lecture recitals, 1942-1975 -- Fire and water -- Master classes, 1962-1975: Swedish Drill -- Seventieth birthday record -- Jackie -- To revoke or renege -- Wond'rous kind -- South Bank Summer Music, 1971 -- Competitions -- Surprise! Surprise! -- Matter and manner -- Music Magazine, 1944-1973 -- In the chequered shade -- Early morning tea -- Hymn of praise -- Modified rapture -- Retreat to prepared positions. |
| Abstract | These are the further memoirs of English pianist Gerald Moore, best known for his work with singers such as Kathleen Ferrier, Elena Gerhardt, John McCormack, Elisabeth Schumann and Maggie Teyte, although he also accompanied instrumentalists such as Pablo Casals, the child prodigy Josef Hassid, and many other renowned musicians. He did much to raise the status of accompanist to that of an equal artistic partner, both through performances and writing, including his influential 1943 book The Unashamed Accompanist. Moore also lectured and wrote about music, publishing Singer and Accompanist in 1953, his much-admired memoir Am I Too Loud?: Memoirs of An Accompanist in 1962, The Schubert Song Cycles (1975), as well as two other autobiographical volumes, Farewell Further Memoirs (1978) and Furthermoore (1983). Although he appeared several times as a soloist in his youth and was a splendid interpreter of the duo-sonata literature, he made his most vivid impression in the song repertoire. His reputation was so high that he won the Grand Prix du Disque, usually reserved for outstanding soloists, four times. "Moore's strength lay not only in the vastness of his repertory," William S. Mann wrote in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "nor even in the beauty of his legato playing, his subtle command of pedaling and his mastery of tone color, but more especially in his chameleonic empathy with every musical partner--whether Casals, Chaliapin or a young debutant recitalist--and his readiness to turn every partnership to musical advantage of a refreshing and inspiriting nature." At his farewell concert in 1967, he accompanied three of the singers with whom he was long Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Angeles and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. After his retirement from the recital stage, he continued to record, to teach and to lecture for some years, making his final recording in 1975. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 78054694 |
| ISBN | 0800825993 : |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML417.M85 A33 1978B | ✔ Available | Place Hold |