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Brown, William Paul, 1947-

Menahem Pressler : artistry in piano teaching / William Brown. - xiv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index

-- I. A life in teaching 1. A brief biography -- 2.The studio -- 3. Pressler's early training -- 4.The Debussy competition -- 5. Opportunities in America -- 6. Bloomington -- 7. General aspects of Pressler's teaching -- 8. The technical approach -- 9. Principles of expressive performance -- 10. Guides for practicing -- 11. Technical instructions 12. Pressler's humor -- 13. Pressler at the Met : Beethoven's Sonata opus 110 -- 14. Pressler at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute. II. The music 15. Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita numbers 2 in C minor, S. 826 -- 16. Béla Bartók, Out of doors -- 17. Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto numbers 5 in E- flat major, opus 73, "Emperor", Sonata, op. 81a "Les adieux" -- 18. Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 2, Piano trio in B major, op. 8 -- 19. Frédéric Chopin, Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58, Nocturne in E major, op. 62 no. 2 -- 20. Claude Debussy, Prélude, "Les collines d'Anacapri," book 1, no. 5, Prélude, "Feux d'artifice," book 2, no. 12 -- L'isle joyeuse -- 21. Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:50 -- 22. Franz Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante -- 23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281 -- 24. Serge Prokofiev, Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83 -- 25. Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin, Piano trio in A minor -- 26. Franz Schubert, Fantasie in C major, D. 760, "Wanderer" -- 27. Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, op. 16, Concerto in A minor, op. 54 -- 28. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto in B-flat minor, op. 23 -- 29. Carl Maria von Weber, "Perpetual motion" : sonata in C major, opus 24, Finale. Appendix A: Menahem Pressler's musical ancestry -- Appendix B: Lineage of piano teachers -- Appendix C: Tributes to Pressler -- Appendix D: Pressler's studio rosters (1955-2008) -- Bibliography -- Index of compositions -- Index of names and concepts.

ISBN: 9780253352415 025335241X

LCCN: 2008022724

Subjects--Personal Names:
Pressler, Menahem

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pianists--Biography
Piano teachers
Piano--Performance
Piano music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML417.P75 / B76 2009