STUDY TALKS WITH FOREMOST VIRTUOSOS BY

JAMES FRANCIS COOKE A SERIES OF PERSONAL EDUCATIONAL

CONTENTS

I THE ARTIST'S LIFE The Virtuoso's Career as It Really Is

II ARE PIANISTS BORN OR MADE?

PEPITO ARRIOLA Biographical

III THE STORY OF A WONDER CHILD pepito arriola My Earliest Recollections

WILHELM BACHAUS

IV THE PIANIST OF TO-MORROW wilhelm bachaus To-day, Yesterday and To-morrow

HAROLD BAUER

V ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF PIANO STUDY harold bauer The Immediate Relation of Technic To Music

FANNY BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLER

VI APPEARING IN PUBLIC fanny bloomfield-zeisler

FERRUCCIO BENVENUTO BUSONI Biographical

VII IMPORTANT DETAILS IN PIANO STUDY ferruccio benvenuto busoni The Significance of the Detail

TERESA CARREnO Biographical

VIII DISTINCTIVE PIANO PLAYING teresa carreno Early Evidences of Individuality

OSSIP GABRILOWITSCH

IX ESSENTIALS OF TOUCH ossip gabrilowitsch

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY Biographical

X THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TECHNIC leopold godowsky Ideas Upon Technic Often Erroneous

KATHARINE GOODSON

XI ANALYZING MASTERPIECES katharine goodson The Natural Tendency To Analyze

JOSEF HOFMANN Biographical

XII PROGRESS IN PIANO STUDY josef hofmann

JOSEF LHEVINNE

XIII PIANO STUDY IN RUSSIA josef lhEvinne Russia's Many Keyboard Masters

VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN

XIV SEEKING ORIGINALITY vladimir de pachmann The Meaning of Originality

MAX PAUER Biographical

XV MODERN PIANISTIC PROBLEMS max pauer Acquiring the Requisite Technic

S. V. RACHMANINOFF

XVI ESSENTIALS OF ARTISTIC PLAYING s. v. rachmaninoff Forming the Proper Conception of a Piece

ALFRED REISENAUER

XVII SYSTEMATIC MUSICAL TRAINING alfred reisenauer

EMIL SAUER

XVIII THE TRAINING OF THE VIRTUOSO emil sauer

XAVER SCHARWENKA

XIX ECONOMY IN MUSIC STUDY xaver scharwenka

ERNEST SCHELLING Biographical

XX LEARNING A NEW PIECE ernest schelling Preliminary Study

SIGISMUND STOJOWSKI BIOGRAPHICAL

XXI WHAT INTERPRETATION REALLY IS sigismund stojowski The

Title: Great Pianists on Piano Playing

Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression

Author: James Francis Cooke

Language: English

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GREAT PIANISTS ON
PIANO PLAYING