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Beschreibung

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master's pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and J. S. Bach.

Brown presents Pressler's approach to performance and teaching, including technical exercises, principles of relaxation and total body involvement, and images to guide the pianist's creativity toward expressive interpretation. Insights from the author's own lessons, interviews with Pressler, and recollections of more than 100 Pressler students from the past 50 years are gathered in this text. Measure-by-measure lessons on 23 piano masterworks by, among others, Bach, Bartók, Debussy, and Ravel as well as transcriptions of Pressler's fingerings, hand redistributions, practicing guidelines, musical scores, and master class performances are included.

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master's pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and J. S. Bach.

Brown presents Pressler's approach to performance and teaching, including technical exercises, principles of relaxation and total body involvement, and images to guide the pianist's creativity toward expressive interpretation. Insights from the author's own lessons, interviews with Pressler, and recollections of more than 100 Pressler students from the past 50 years are gathered in this text. Measure-by-measure lessons on 23 piano masterworks by, among others, Bach, Bartók, Debussy, and Ravel as well as transcriptions of Pressler's fingerings, hand redistributions, practicing guidelines, musical scores, and master class performances are included.

Über den Autor

William Brown is a professor of piano who has contributed to Piano Guild Magazine and PedalPoint. He lives in Bolivar, Missouri.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: His Teaching
1. A Brief Biography
2. The Studio
3. Pressler's Early Training
4. The Debussy Competition
5. Opportunities in America
6. Bloomington
7. General Aspects of Pressler's Teaching
8. The Technical Approach
9. Principles of Expressive Performance
10. Guides for Practicing
11. Technical Helps
12. Pressler's Humor
13. Pressler at the Met: Beethoven's Sonata Op. 110
14. Pressler at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute

II: The Music
15. Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 2 in C minor, S. 826
16. Béla Bartók, Out of Doors
17. Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto No. 5 in E- flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" Beethoven, Sonata, Op. 81a "Les adieux"
18. Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 2
Brahms, Trio in B Major, Op. 8
19. Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne in E major, Op. 62 No.2
Chopin, Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
20. Claude Debussy, Selected Preludes
"Les collines d'Anacapri" (Bk. 1, No. 5)
"Feux d'artifice" (Bk. 2, No. 12)
Debussy, L'Isle Joyeuse
21. Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C major, Hob. XVI:50
22. Franz Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante
23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281
24. Serge Prokofiev, Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
25. Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor
26. Franz Schubert, Fantasie in C Major, D. 760, "Wanderer"
27. Robert Schumann, Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Schumann, Kreisleriana, Op. 16
28. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Concerto in B-flat minor, Op. 23
29. Carl Maria von Weber, "Perpetual Motion" (Sonata in C major, Op. 24, Finale)
Appendix A: Pressler's Musical Ancestry
Appendix B: Lineage of Piano Teachers
Appendix C: Tributes
Appendix D: Studio Rosters (1955-2007)
Bibliography
Index of Compositions

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Biographien & Monographien
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Indiana University Press
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780253352415
ISBN-10: 025335241X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Brown, William
Komponist: Brown, William
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 241 x 166 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: William Brown
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2008
Gewicht: 0,703 kg
Artikel-ID: 101837576