Synthesizes the basic principles the criticism of classical for people who read it in newspapers and popular journals, including musicians, listeners, and scholars. Addresses such issues as the function of music criticism, the qualifications and training of a critic, the relationship between music c
Synthesizes the basic principles the criticism of classical for people who read it in newspapers and popular journals, including musicians, listeners,...
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, Jacob Lateiner, 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...
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 include...
