Great Pianists on Piano Playing Godowsky,

Great pianists discuss topics ranging from piano technique and musical development to becoming a virtuoso. Included are Busoni's "Important Details in Piano Study," Rachmaninoff's "Essentials of Artistic Playing," Paderewski's "Breadth in Musical Art," and much more. Includes 2 introductory essays, artist biographies, artists' study questions, more.

The artist's life

5

(19)

James Francis Cooke

Are pianists born or made?

24

(16)

James Francis Cooke

The story of a wonder child

40

(11)

Pepito Arriola

The pianists of to-morrow

51

(12)

Wilhelm Bachaus

Artistic aspects of piano study

63

(16)

Harold Bauer

Appearing in public

79

(17)

Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler

Important details in piano study

96

(12)

Ferruccio Busoni

Distinctive piano playing

108

(13)

Teresa Carreno

Essentials of touch

121

(11)

Ossip Gabrilowitsch

The real significance of technic

132

(11)

Leopold Godowsky

Analyzing masterpieces

143

(13)

Katherine Goodson

Progress in piano study

156

(13)

Josef Hofmann

Piano study in Russia

169

(12)

Josef Lhevinne

Vladimir de Pachmann

181

(15)

Modern pianistic problems

196

(11)

Max Pauer

Essentials of artistic playing

207

(14)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Systematic musical training

221

(14)

Alfred Reisenauer

The training of the virtuoso

235

(16)

Emil Sauer

Economy in music study

251

(15)

Xaver Scharwenka

Learning a new piece

266

(12)

Ernest Schelling

What interpretation really is

278

(11)

Sigismund Stojowski

Breadth in musical art

289

(12)

Ignaz Jan Paderewski

Thoroughness in Hungarian music study

301

(9)

Yolanda Mero

Opportunities and limitations in pianoforte playing

310

(11)

Rudolf Ganz

Universality in piano teaching methods

321

(12)

Ernest Hutcheson

Concentration in music study

333

(15)

Olga Samaroff

Insuring progress in music study

348

(15)

Mark Hambourg

Modernism in pianoforte study

363

(19)

Percy Grainger

Profitable practice versus wasted practice

382

(15)

Alexander Lambert

Nervousness in piano playing

397

Alberto Jonas

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Great Pianists on Piano Playing Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers

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