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Speaking of pianists / by Abram Chasins.
| Author/creator | Chasins, Abram |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 3rd edition, with a new preface. |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Da Capo Press, ©1981 (1988 printing) |
| Description | xviii, 312, xvii pages ; 21 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | A Da Capo paperback Da Capo paperback. ^A910346 |
| Contents | Exposition. Josef Hofmann -- Leopold Godowsky -- Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Artur Schnabel -- In retrospect -- Countersubjects. Concerning Donald Francis Tovey -- On interpretation -- On teaching -- Development. Ignace Jan Paderewski -- Wanda Landowska -- Wilhelm Backhaus -- Artur Rubinstein -- Walter Gieseking -- Guiomar Novaes -- Robert Casadesus -- Rudolf Serkin -- Vladimir Horowitz -- And others -- Theme and variations. Also with us -- The expendables -- The chains of management -- High fidelity - high fatality -- State and art -- Episode. Mozart's "Clavierland" -- Beethoven's five -- Chopin -- Schumann -- Liszt -- Brahms in D minor and B flat -- Tchaikovsky's human documents -- The Rachmaninoff concertos -- Gershwin - paradox in blue -- And others -- Recapitulation and coda. Recapitulation and coda -- Closing phrases: in lieu of a discography. |
| Abstract | The author collects his reminiscences- and reactions stimulated by piano playing and piano music. So that his clavichord is well-tempered not only by his knowledge and feeling for its music, but also by his own association with many performers. He reestablishes Josef Hofmann as a great pianist and a greatly loved teacher; Rachmaninoff, the communicable and sumptuous melodist; Schnabel and Godowsky; the courtly Paderewski and the ebullient Rubinstein; Wanda Landowski and Backhaus, Gieseking and Serkin, Casadesus and Horowitz are all in this gallery of greats. He writes also of interpretation and teaching, of the ruthless stranglehold of concert management, of hi fidelity and its "high fatality" to the quality of recorded performances, and there is a substantial section of commentaries on particular works and composers- chiefly classical. Informed, but informally presented music appreciation which the general listener will enjoy- along with the contact with many concert pianists and the anecdotal asides. |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| LCCN | 81022128 |
| ISBN | 030680168X (pbk.) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML397.C5 S6 1981 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |