Piano notes : the world of the pianist / Charles Rosen.

Author
Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Free Press, ©2002.
Description
x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    • "In Piano Notes, he writes for an audience about an old friend - the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights - from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound.
    • Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think, " spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument."--Jacket.
    Notes
    • Includes index.
    • נושא ישן: Piano - Performance.
    Contents
    • Body and mind
    • Listening to the sound of the piano
    • The instrument and its discontents
    • Conservatories and contests
    • Concerts
    • Recording
    • Styles and manners.
    ISBN
    • 0743203828
    • 9780743203821
    • 0743243129
    • 9780743243124
    LCCN
    2002069634
    OCLC
    49679727
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