TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,William Paul
ED  - Indiana University.
TI  - Menahem Pressler: artistry in piano teaching 
SN  - 9780253352415
AV  - ML417.P75 B76 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Pressler, Menahem
KW  - Pianists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Piano teachers
KW  - Piano
KW  - Performance
KW  - Piano music
KW  - Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc
N1  - 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
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