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The Art of Teaching Piano (Book)
Denes Agay; Joseph Banowetz, May L. Etts, Rosetta Goodkind, Stuart Isacoff, …
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(Yorktown). This is the definitive work on consummate piano
teaching. Edited by world-renowned piano pedagogue Denes Agay, this
comprehensive volume covers a wide range of musical styles and
concepts, coaching processes, and teaching materials. As well as
exploring every possible technical aspect of teaching piano, the
book contains a great deal of commonsense advice on communicating
with pupils, encouraging good behavior, and establishing a
genuinely creative teacher/pupil relationship. Twelve distinguished
contributing authors cover topics that include instilling
performance and keyboard skills; teaching both young children and
adult beginners; designing teaching programs for handicapped
students; giving group piano classes; organizing and presenting
recitals; and more.
The piano is the best loved of musical instruments, thanks in part
to the elegant symmetrical design of its ivory and ebony keyboard
that ensures each pitch is reliably equidistant from the next. But
this 'equal temperament' tuning was once a hugely controversial
notion. It is difficult now to imagine the keyboard as other than
it is; yet this was precisely what many European musicians
practising before the nineteenth century demanded of their
instruments. For hundreds of years, musicians, craftsmen, church
officials, heads of state and philosophers fought heatedly against
the introduction of 'equal temperament' tuning. Stuart Isacoff
hereby recounts this great battle over the best way to create music
- a battle that culminated in the destruction of the harpsichord
and the emergence, from its flames, of the piano. Why the
resistance to equal temperament lasted so long, and how it was
finally overcome, is a story that encompasses crucial elements of
Western culture - social history, religion, philosophy, science,
economic development - in a period when Europe was struggling to
give birth to the modern age.
A fascinating celebration of the piano, including tales of its
masters from Mozart and Beethoven to Oscar Peterson and Jerry Lee
Lewis, told with the expertise of composer and author of
"Temperament," Stuart Isacoff.
This history takes us back to the piano's humble genesis as a
simple keyboard, and shows how everyone from Ferdinando de' Medici
to Herbie Hancock affected its evolution of sound and influence in
popular music. Presenting the instrument that has been at the core
of musical development over the centuries in all its beauty and
complexity, this explores the piano's capabilities and the range of
emotional expression it conveys in different artists' hands. "A
Natural History of the Piano" is fast-paced and intriguing, with
beautiful illustrations and photos, a must-read for music lovers
and pianists of every level.
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