Title:
Chopin : pianist and teacher as seen by his pupils / [compiled by] Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger ; translated by Naomi Shohet with Krysia Osostowicz and Roy Howat.
Author:
Eigeldinger, Jean-Jacques, 1940-
Publication Information:
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1986.
Call Number:
ML410.C54 C4913 1986
Abstract:
This is the first English paperback edition of the unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, which reveal Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. From the accounts of his pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, we gain valuable insight into Chopin's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods an and his aesthetic beliefs. The documents are divided into two categories: those concerning technique and style, two notions inseparable in Chopin's mind, and those concerning the interpretation of Chopin's work. -- From back cover.
From the accounts of his pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, we gain valuable insight into Chopin's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. The documents are divided into two categories: those concerning technique and style, two notions inseparable in Chopin's mind, and those concerning the interpretation of Chopin's works. Extensive appendix material presents, for the first time in English, Chopin's essay 'Sketch for a method', as well as annotated scores belonging to Chopin's pupils and acquaintances, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing as experienced by his contemporaries: composers and pianists, pupils and friends, writers and critics. The statements of Chopin's own students in diaries, letters and reminiscences, written, dictated or conveyed by word of mouth, provide the bulk of these accounts. Throughout the book Professor Eigeldinger's detailed annotations, both critical and explanatory, add a valuable scholary dimension, creating an indispensable guide to the authentic performance of Chopin's piano works.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/85015141.htmlTable of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780521241595.pdf
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam031/85015141.html
Edition:
3rd English ed.
ISBN:
9780521241595
9780521367097
Physical Description:
xvi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm
General Note:
Translation of: Chopin, vu par ses élèves.
Includes indexes.
Contents:
Technique and style -- Basic technique -- Musical style -- Interpretation of Chopin's works.
Added Author:
Uniform Title:
Chopin, vu par ses élèves. English.
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