Download or read book The Pianist written by Wladyslaw Szpilman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2000-09-02 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir that inspired Roman Polanski's Oscar-winning film, which won the Cannes Film Festival's most prestigious prize—the Palme d'Or. Named one of the Best Books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times On September 23, 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played Chopin's Nocturne in C-sharp minor live on the radio as shells exploded outside—so loudly that he couldn't hear his piano. It was the last live music broadcast from Warsaw: That day, a German bomb hit the station, and Polish Radio went off the air. Though he lost his entire family, Szpilman survived in hiding. In the end, his life was saved by a German officer who heard him play the same Chopin Nocturne on a piano found among the rubble. Written immediately after the war and suppressed for decades, The Pianist is a stunning testament to human endurance and the redemptive power of fellow feeling.
Download or read book The Pianist s Guide to Pedaling written by Joseph Banowetz and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . a most precious book which every serious pianist and teacher must own." —Journal of the American Liszt Society Joseph Banowetz and four distinguished contributors provide practical suggestions and musicological insights on the pedaling of keyboard works from the 18th to the 20th century.
Download or read book Notes from the Pianist s Bench written by Boris Berman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berman addresses virtually every aspect of musical artistry and pedagogy. Ranging from such practical matters as sound, touch, and pedaling to the psychology of performing and teaching, this volume provides a master class for the performer, instructor, and student alike.
Download or read book What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body written by Thomas Carson Mark and published by GIA Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and demonstrates the places of balance, standing and sitting in balance, structure, movement of the hands and arms, and other topics.
Download or read book The Pianotrainer Scales Workbook written by Karen Marshall and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PianoTrainer Scales Workbook is an all-in-one must-have resource for scales, arpeggios and broken chords, including all the keys and basic shapes that piano students should learn. With clear scale notation, easy-to-visualize keyboard diagrams and excellent theory activities to consolidate understanding and underline the importance of writing music. It is ideal for developing a bespoke scale curriculum, and the unique PianoTrainer Scale Challenge will help create structure and motivation for students. Suitable for elementary to intermediate (approximately Grade 5) level players, this workbook covers several years; study alongside The Foundation Pianist and The Intermediate Pianist books. Each key includes the major and harmonic, melodic and natural minor scales, plus the arpeggio and broken chord, all covering two octaves. There are also introductions to contrary motion, chromatic and Russian scales. This comprehensive collection is a go-to resource that every budding piano student should have, with its clear presentation, creative activities and original coaching tips. "--Liz Giannopoulos, Encore Music Tuition."
Download or read book The Complete Pianist written by Penelope Roskell and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2020 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roskell's new and unique approach to piano playing is based on the use of natural, ergonomic movement, which helps both health and technique. Includes music examples, exercises, and access to more than 300 online video demonstrations.With an introduction and appendices"--Publisher's description
Download or read book Classics for the Developing Pianist Book 1 written by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 1 contains selections for early-intermediate pianists. Titles: *Allegro in B-flat Major, K. 3 (W. A. Mozart) *Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2 (Burgmüller) *The Bear (Rebikov) *Burleske (L. Mozart) *Chinese Figurine (Rebikov) *Écossaise in C Major, D. 299, No. 8 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, D. 529, No. 3 (Schubert) *Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 (Beethoven) *German Dance in G Major (Haydn) *Le petit rien (The Little Trifle) (Couperin) *Melody, Op. 68, No. 1 (Schumann) *Menuet en rondeau (Rameau) *Menuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 (J. S. Bach) *Minuet in A Minor (Purcell) *Minuet in G Major (Telemann) *Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 (J. S. Bach) *Play Song, Sz. 42, No. 5 (Bartók) *Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Song ("Come Home, Lidi"), Sz. 42, No. 3 (Bartók) *The Wild Rider, Op. 68, No. 8 (Schumann) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions
Download or read book Classics for the Developing Pianist Book 3 written by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 3 contains selections for late-intermediate pianists. Titles: *About Foreign Lands and People, Op. 15, No. 1 (Schumann) *Bagatelle in G Minor, Op. 119, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1 (Tcherepnin) *Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 10 (Tcherepnin) *Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven) *Gavotte (from French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816) (J. S. Bach) *Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 (J. S. Bach) *Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779 (J. S. Bach) *Knecht Ruprecht, Op. 68, No. 12 (Schumann) *Le petit nègre (Debussy) *Mazurka in G Minor, Op. 67, No. 2, Posth. (Chopin) *Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 (J. S. Bach) *Sonata in C Major, K. 159; L. 104 (D. Scarlatti) *Sonata in C Major, K. 545 (I) (W. A. Mozart) *Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/27 (III) (Haydn) *Sonatina in F Major, Op. 151, No. 3 (I) (Diabelli) *Song without Words ("Consolation"), Op. 30, No. 3 (Mendelssohn) *Valse poético no. 3 (Granados) *Valse poético no. 4 (Granados) *Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth. (Chopin) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions
Download or read book How to Practice Music written by Andrew Eales and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Instructional). The essential companion for every musician. Accessible and authoritative, How to Practice Music is an ideal guide for anyone learning to play music. Suitable for instrumentalists and vocalists of any genre, this comprehensive handbook will give you a better idea of how to practice music, good reasons for doing so, and the confidence to succeed. Concepts: how to be motivated; how to plan your practice; how to warm up; how to practice core skills; how to practice pieces; how to practice mindfully; how to practice playing; and more!
Download or read book Speaking of Pianists written by Abram Chasins and published by New York : Knopf. This book was released on 1957 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classics for the Developing Pianist Book 4 written by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 4 contains selections for early-advanced pianists. Titles: *Arabesque No. 1 (Debussy) *Bagatelle in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 1 (Beethoven) *Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Debussy) *Fantasie in D Minor, K. 397 (W. A. Mozart) *Golliwog's Cakewalk (Debussy) *Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin) *O Polichinelo (Villa-Lobos) *Prelude in B-flat Major, BWV 866 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1) (J. S. Bach) *Prelude in D-flat Major ("Raindrop"), Op. 28, No. 15 (Chopin) *Sonata in A Major, K. 208; L. 238 (D. Scarlatti) *Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (III: "Rondo alla Turca") (W. A. Mozart) *Sonata in C-sharp Minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27, No. 2 (I) (Beethoven) *Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI/37; L. 50 (I) (Haydn) *Sonata in D Major, K. 430; L. 463 (D. Scarlatti) *Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2 (I) (Beethoven) *Spanish Dance, Op. 5, No. 1 (Granados) *Traümerei, Op. 15, No. 7 (Schumann) *Venetian Gondola Song, Op. 30, No. 6 (Mendelssohn) *Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (Chopin) *Waltz in D-flat Major ("Minute"), Op. 64, No. 1 (Chopin) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." ---Jean Ritter, Progressions
Download or read book Complete Book of Exercises for the Pianist written by Gail Smith and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This benchmark text includes hundreds of exercises by great composers including Hanon, Czerny, Brahms, Chopin, Wieck, Phillip, and many others. Gail Smith has composed the ultimate palindrome finger exercise containing all the 120 known patterns for your five fingers! Give your fingers the best workout ever. Pieces range from easy to very difficult.
Download or read book Classics for the Developing Pianist Book 2 written by Ingrid Jacobson Clarfield and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five books in this series present 100 masterworks ranging from early-intermediate through advanced level that the editors believe developing pianists should study and perform. Each book contains 20 pieces selected from the four main style periods as well as additional suggestions for repertoire from the 20th century. Book 2 contains selections for intermediate pianists. Titles: *Alfedans (Elfin Dance), Op. 12, No. 4 (Grieg) *Avalanche, Op. 45, No. 2 (Heller) *Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 (Burgmüller) *Evening in the Country, Sz. 39, No. 5 (Bartók) *First Gymnopédie (Satie) *First Sorrow, Op. 68, No. 16 (Schumann) *Gavotte, HWV 491 (Handel) *Old French Song, Op. 39, No. 16 (Tchaikovsky) *Prelude in C Major, BWV 939 (J. S. Bach) *Solfeggieto (C.P.E. Bach) *Sonata in C Major, K. 545 (III) (W. A. Mozart) *Sonata in D Minor, K. 32; L. 423 (D. Scarlatti) *Sonata in G Major, Hob. XVI/8 (III & IV) (Haydn) *Sonatina in C Major, Op. 20, No. 1 (Kuhlau) *Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1 (Clementi) *Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 2 (Beethoven) *Teasing Song, Sz. 42, No. 18 (Bartók) *To a Wild Rose, Op. 51, No. 1 (MacDowell) *Waltz in B Minor, Op. 18, No. 6; D. 145 (Schubert) *Waltz, Op. 12, No. 2 (Grieg) "This book provides great editing for familiar pieces that most of us teach." - Jean Ritter, Progressions
Download or read book Beethoven the Pianist written by Tilman Skowroneck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an insight into Beethoven's career, showing in well-documented detail the rise and decline of his powers as a performer.
Download or read book The Pianist from Syria written by Aeham Ahmad and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An astonishing yet true account of a pianist's life in war-torn Syria and his ultimate escape to Germany offers a deeply personal perspective on the most devastating refugee crisis of this century. Aeham Ahmad was born a second-generation refugee--the son of a blind violinist and carpenter who recognized Aeham's talent and taught him how to play piano and love music from an early age. When his grandparents and father were forced to flee Israel and seek refuge from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 1948, Aeham's family built a life in Yarmouk, an unofficial refugee camp to more than 160,000 Palestinians in Damascus. While waiting for the conflict to be resolved so that they could return to their homeland, they raised a new generation in Syria. But another fight overtook their asylum. Their only havens were in music and each other. In his escape from Syria, Aeham sought out a safe place for him and his family to call home and build a better future. Heart-wrenching though full of hope, and told in a raw and poignant voice, The Pianist from Syria is a gripping portrait of one man's search for a peaceful life and of a country being torn apart as the world watches in horror."--Jacket.
Download or read book Piano Notes written by Charles Rosen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Rosen is one of the world's most talented pianists -- and one of music's most astute commentators. Known as a performer of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Elliott Carter, he has also written highly acclaimed criticism for sophisticated students and professionals. In Piano Notes, he writes for a broader 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. In the end, he strikes a contemplative note. Western music was built around the piano from the classical era until recently, and for a good part of that time the instrument was an essential acquisition for every middle-class household. Music making was part of the fabric of social life. Yet those days have ended. Fewer people learn the instrument today. The rise of recorded music has homogenized performance styles and greatly reduced the frequency of public concerts. Music will undoubtedly survive, but will the supremely physical experience of playing the piano ever be the same?
Download or read book My Life with the Great Pianists written by Franz Mohr and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mohr's humor and personal perspective on the lives of Rubinstein, Horowitz, and other artists mix music lore with quiet faith.
