Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Keyboard instruments
|
Buy Now
Busoni as Pianist (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,939
Discovery Miles 29 390
|
|
Busoni as Pianist (Hardcover)
Series: Eastman Studies in Music
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
A translation of the only book that focuses solely on the pianistic
aspect of Busoni's wide-ranging career. Ferruccio Busoni is most
widely known today as the composer of such works as the Second
Violin Sonata, the incidental music for Gozzi's Turandot, and the
most monumental piano concerto in the repertory (some eighty
minuteslong, with male chorus in the finale). But Busoni was also
renowned in his day as an author and pedagogue and, most
especially, as a pianist. Busoni's recordings of pieces by Chopin
and Liszt -- and of his own arrangements of keyboard works by Bach
and Beethoven -- are much prized and studied today by connoisseurs
of piano playing. Yet even his most important biographers have cast
only a cursory glance at the pianistic aspect of Busoni's
fascinating career. Grigory Kogan's book Busoni as Pianist
(published in Russian in 1964, and here translated for the first
time) was and remains the first and only study to concentrate
exclusively on Busoni's contributions to the worldof the piano.
Busoni as Pianist summarizes reviews of Busoni's playing and his
own writings on the subject. It also closely analyzes the surviving
piano roles and recordings, and examines Busoni's editions,
arrangements, and pedagogical output. As such, it will be of
interest to pianists, teachers and students of the piano,
historians, and all who love piano music and the art of piano
playing. Grigory Kogan (1901-1979) was a leading Soviet pianist and
music critic. A conservatory professor at the age of twenty-one,
Kogan created the first-ever course in Russia dealing with the
history and theory of pianism. Through his brilliant lectures, his
concert performances, and his many books, articles, and reviews,
Kogan influenced an entire generation of Soviet pianists. Svetlana
Belsky is a teacher and performer, and is coordinator of Piano
Studies at the University of Chicago.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.