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The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist - An English Experience (Paperback)
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The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist - An English Experience (Paperback)
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In this book, Julian Hellaby presents a detailed study of English
piano playing and career management as it was in the middle years
of the twentieth century. Making regular comparisons with early
twenty-first-century practice, the author examines career-launching
mechanisms, such as auditions and competitions, and investigates
available means of career sustenance, including artist management,
publicity outlets, recital and concerto work, broadcasts,
recordings and media reviews. Additionally, Hellaby considers
whether a mid-twentieth-century school of English piano playing may
be identified and, if so, whether it has lasted into the early
decades of the twenty-first century. The author concludes with an
appraisal of the state of English pianism in recent years and
raises questions about its future. Drawing on extensive research
from a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, this book is
structured around case-studies of six pianists who were commencing
and then developing their careers between approximately 1935 and
1970. The professional lives and playing styles of Malcolm Binns,
Peter Katin, Moura Lympany, Denis Matthews, Valerie Tryon and David
Wilde are examined, and telling comparisons are made between the
state of affairs then and that of more recent times. Engagingly
written, the book is likely to appeal to professional and amateur
pianists, piano teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate music
students, academics and anyone with an interest in the history of
pianists, piano performance and music performance history in
general.
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