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xiv, 311 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and indexes. |
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pt. 1. A life in teaching. A brief biography ; The studio ; Pressler's early training ; The Debussy competition ; Opportunities in America ; Bloomington ; General aspects of Pressler's teaching ; The technical approach ; Principles of expressive performance ; Guides for practicing ; Technical instructions ; Pressler's humor ; Pressler at the Met : Beethoven's Sonata op. 110 ; Pressler at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute -- -- |
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pt. 2. The music. Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita no. 2 in C minor, S. 826 ; Béla Bartók, Out of doors ; Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto no. 5 in E- flat major, op. 73, "Emperor" and Sonata, op. 81a "Les adieux" ; Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 2 and Piano trio in B major, op. 8 ; Frédéric Chopin, Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58 and Nocturne in E major, op. 62 no. 2 ; Claude Debussy, Prélude, "Les collines d'Anacapri," book 1, no. 5, Prélude, "Feux d'artifice," book 2, no. 12 and L'isle joyeuse ; Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50 ; Franz Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 ; Serge Prokofiev, Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83 ; Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin and Piano trio in A minor ; Franz Schubert, Fantasie in C major, D. 760, "Wanderer" ; Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, op. 16 and Concerto in A minor, op. 54 ; Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto in B-flat minor, op. 23 ; Carl Maria von Weber, "Perpetual motion" : Sonata in C major, op. 24, Finale -- -- |
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Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's musical ancestry -- Appendix B. Lineage of piano teachers -- Appendix C. Tributes to Pressler -- Appendix D. Pressler's studio rosters (1955-2008). |
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Pressler, Menahem.
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Pressler, Menahem. |
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Pianists -- Biography.
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Pianists -- Biography. |
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Piano teachers.
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Piano teachers. |
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Piano -- Performance.
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Piano -- Performance. |
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Piano music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
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Piano music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) |
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780253352415 cloth alkaline paper |
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025335241X cloth alkaline paper |
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