Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521367093 ISBN 13: 9780521367097

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The accounts of Chopin's pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, provide valuable insights into the musician's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. Included in this study is extensive appendix material that presents annotated scores, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing by pupils, writers, and critics.

About this title

Book Description:

Translated accounts of Chopin's pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, as well as his own writings, reveal much about his pianistic and stylistic practice, teaching methods and aesthetic beliefs.

Review:

"...truly a book about the way Chopin played the piano, and about the way he interpreted his own music...Anyone interested in Chopin will be grateful to Eigeldinger..." Charles Rosen, The New York Review of Books

"...really indispensable to the serious student of Chopin. Almost all those reading it will find their view of the composer made sharper and truer than before." Nicholas Temperley, Notes

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521367093
• ISBN 13: 9780521367097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Eigeldinger Jean-Jacques