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This book is based on detailed notes taken by the author during a decade of study under one of the renowned teachers of piano, whose pupils included such pianists as Gary Graffman, Lilian Kallir, Jacoblateiner, and Sylvia Saremba and such composer/conductors as Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Lukas Foss, and Thomas Scherman.Following a brief chapter on Vengerova's personality, the author presents the Vengerova system in respect to posture and hand position, accents, "singing tone," fingering, and pedaling. A final chapter discusses the merits of a relatively rigid system of musical instruction, concluding that Vengerova's approach encouraged "variety with an underlying unity"- a conclusion supported in a survey of her former pupils by joseph Rezits. The book is illustrated with photographs and excerpts from musical scores.An appendix includes an article by the Soviet musicologist Vitaly Neumann on Isabelle Vengerova's teaching at the St. Petersburg Conservatory from 1906 until the Revolution, following a concert career. It also includes an obituary by Jay S. Harrison outlining her teaching accomplishments at the Curtis Institute and the Mannes College of Music between 1924 and her death in 1956
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Robert D. Schick (1929-1997) was a concert pianist, critic, and professor of piano at West Chester University. He earned his doctorate in piano performance and pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music.
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- PublisherPennsylvania State Univ Pr
- Publication date1637
- ISBN 10 0271003138
- ISBN 13 9780271003139
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Full red cloth, silver titling. Light general wear, jacket lightly rubbed with a few short closed tears, internal non-archival tape repairs. Text clean; viii, 116 +1 pages, index, bibliography, appendices (obituary, list of works studied under tutelage, essay on Vengerova's teaching in Russia by Vitaly Neumann), tables, musical notation, b/w plates. One chapter on Vengerova's personality, final chapter on the 'merits of a relatively rigid system of musical instruction'; the rest 'presents the Vengerova system in respect to posture and hand position, accents, "singing tone", fingering, and pedaling'. Seller Inventory # u2376
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