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PIANO MASTERY

TALKS WITH MASTER PIANISTS AND TEACHERS

AN ACCOUNT OF A VON BÜLOW CLASS, HINTS ON INTERPRETATION, BY TWO AMERICAN TEACHERS (DR. WILLIAM MASON AND WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD) AND A SUMMARY BY THE AUTHOR BY

HARRIETTE BROWER

Author of "The Art of the Pianist"

WITH SIXTEEN PORTRAITS NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1915

CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS PRELUDE

TO AMERICAN PIANO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

PIANO MASTERY

I. IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI

CLEARNESS A MUST PRINCIPLE FINGERING CORRECT MOTION STUDYING EFFECTS INTERPRETATION

II. ERNEST SCHELLING

THE HAND OF A PIANIST

III. ERNESTO CONSOLO

MAKING THE PIANO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

IV. SIGISMOND STOJOWSKI

MIND IN PIANO STUDY NATURAL TECHNIC KEEPING UP A REPERTOIRE FILLING IN A PASSAGE

V. RUDOLPH GANZ

CONSERVING ENERGY IN PIANO PRACTISE

VI. TINA LERNER

AN AUDIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER

VII. ETHEL LEGINSKA

RELAXATION THE KEYNOTE OF MODERN PIANO PLAYING

VIII. BERTHA FIERING TAPPER

MASTERING PIANISTIC PROBLEMS

IX. CARL M. ROEDER

PROBLEMS OF PIANO TEACHERS FOUNDATIONAL EXERCISES USE OF STUDIES BOOKS THAT ARE HELPFUL IN REGARD TO INTERPRETATION QUESTION OF PERSONALITY

X. KATHARINE GOODSON

AN ARTIST AT HOME MEMORIZING BY ANALYSIS A PIANO HAND

XI. MARK HAMBOURG

FORM, TECHNIC, AND EXPRESSION LOW HAND POSITION AMOUNT OF PRACTISE

XII. TOBIAS MATTHAY

WATCHING THE ARTIST TEACHER AT WORK

XIII. HAROLD BAUER

THE QUESTION OF PIANO TONE VARIETY OF TONE AVOID RESTRICTING RULES THE QUESTION OF VELOCITY OBTAINING POWER

XIV. A VISIT TO RAOUL PUGNO

TRAINING THE CHILD TRAINING THE CHILD

XV. THUEL BURNHAM

THE "MELODY" AND "COLORATURA" HAND PRINCIPLES OF TOUCH MELODY HAND THE TECHNICAL HAND ASSIMILATION OF PRINCIPLES MEMORIZING OCTAVE STUDIES KEEPING UP REPERTOIRE DETAILS OF PRACTISE

XVI. EDWIN HUGHES

SOME ESSENTIALS OF PIANO PLAYING TONE PRODUCTION RHYTHM IN PIANO PLAYING ABOUT MEMORIZING KEEPING TECHNIC IN REPAIR AMERICAN VERSUS EUROPEAN CONDITIONS

XVII. FERRUCCIO BUSONI

AN ARTIST AT HOME

XVIII. ADELE AUS DER OHE

ANOTHER ARTIST AT HOME LETTING THE HAND FIND ITSELF

XIX. ELEANOR SPENCER

MORE LIGHT ON LESCHETIZKY'S IDEAS MEMORIZING POWER AND VELOCITY

XX. ARTHUR HOCHMAN

HOW THE PIANIST CAN COLOR TONE WITH ACTION AND EMOTION FOUR REQUISITES FOR PIANISTS MAKING CLIMAXES PIANISSIMO WE DO NOT WANT CUT-AND-DRIED PERFORMANCES DISSECTION OF DETAILS

XXI. TERESA CARREÑO

EARLY TECHNICAL TRAINING 580 TECHNICAL EXERCISES VALUE OF TRANSPOSING

XXII. WILHELM BACHAUS

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED OVERHAULING ONE'S TECHNIC MODERN PIANO MUSIC A BRAHMS CONCERTO

XXIII. ALEXANDER LAMBERT

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TEACHERS POWER WITHOUT EFFORT

XXIV. FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER

THE SCOPE OF PIANO TECHNIC WHAT TECHNIC INCLUDES EACH PUPIL A DIFFERENT PROBLEM HARMONY STUDY ACCORDING TO RULE ON INTERPRETATION MUSICAL CONDITIONS IN AMERICA A GROUP OF QUESTIONS

XXV. AGNES MORGAN

SIMPLICITY IN PIANO TEACHING INSPIRATION FROM AN AMERICAN TEACHER SIMPLICITY FINGER ACTION QUESTIONS OF PEDALING

XXVI. EUGENE HEFFLEY

MODERN TENDENCIES IN PIANO MUSIC

XXVII. GERMAINE SCHNITZER

MODERN METHODS IN PIANO STUDY TONE WHICH VIBRATES THROUGH THE WHOLE BODY ON MEMORIZING ABSTRACT TECHNIC

XXVIII. OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH

CHARACTERISTIC TOUCH ON THE PIANO TECHNICAL STUDY VELOCITY POWER MEMORIZING

HANS VON BÜLOW AS TEACHER AND INTERPRETER HINTS ON INTERPRETATION FROM TWO AMERICAN TEACHERS

WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD AND DR. WILLIAM MASON

WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD DR. WILLIAM MASON

VITAL POINTS IN PIANO PLAYING

COMPOSITE PRINCIPLES DEDUCED FROM TALKS WITH EMINENT PIANISTS AND TEACHERS SECTION I ESSENTIALS OF PIANISM THE DESIRE FOR REAL KNOWLEDGE SEARCHING FOR TRUTH

SECTION II

Hand Position, Finger Action, and Artistic Touch WHAT TECHNIC INCLUDES HAND POSITION FINGER ACTION ARTISTIC TOUCH MELODY AND COLORATURA HANDS

SECTION III

The Art of Practise THE PIANIST A MECHANIC INVENTING EXERCISES SLOW PRACTISE A FEW EXCEPTIONS

SECTION IV

How to Memorize ONE YEAR'S MEMORIZING PHRASE BY PHRASE CONSTANT REPAIRS NECESSARY SECTION V

SECTION V

Rhythm and Tone Color in Piano Playing THE METRONOME TONE COLOR TONAL VARIETY

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