| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography: pages 311-319. |
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Includes list of works composed for Leon Fleisher (page 321). |
| Contents |
Child prodigy -- Student of Schnabel -- Master class 1. Johannes Brahms, Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 (1861) -- Outstanding young American pianist -- The Bohemian -- The young lion -- Master class 2. Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 (1805-06) -- Catastrophe -- Master class 3. Maurice Ravel, Piano concerto for the left hand in D major (1929-30) -- The conductor -- The teacher -- Master class 4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano concerto no. 25 in C major, K. 503 (1786) -- The left-handed pianist -- Master class 5. Franz Schubert, Sonata in B-flat major, D. 960 (1828) -- Renaissance man. |
| Subject |
Fleisher, Leon.
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Fleisher, Leon. |
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Pianists -- United States -- Biography.
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Pianists. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Midgette, Anne.
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| ISBN |
9780385529181 hardcover |
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038552918X hardcover |
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