The Leschetizky Method: A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing (Dover Books on Music)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486295966 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German
Old school but good David Parker I'm always suspicious of any book about piano technique, because it isn't something that is easily learned without an experienced teacher at your side. That being said, this book was quite interesting: he starts with the basic mechanics of dropping into the keys and works forward from there. Some of the pictures (black and white) could have been more concise, but overal. "Of Some Marginal Value to the Intermediates" according to BLee. The pedagogue himself said in this book "I have no method"Anyway, this book was NOT prepared by Leschetizky himself. To be exact, neither was it prepared for the pedagogue's students; rather, it was prepared for those students who were not yet ready for lessons by the pedagogue himself.It is more a method as remembered by one of his particular pupils --the pedagogue tau. A Customer said The text was easy to understand and apply.. The Leschetizky Method is by Malwine Bree, who was Leschetizky's pupil and later, his assistant. Leschetizky was a student of Czerny, who studied with Beethoven. There is a charming dedication to Leschetizky--a bit of history--where Bree thanks him for all he has taught her and asks him to ensure that she has accurately recorded his teachings. His response glowingly pra
Also included here is a fascinating article, "Practical Hints on Piano Study" by Ignace J. Although he toured widely as both a player and conductor, and composed two operas and a number of piano pieces, it was as a teacher that he achieved his greatest renown. Any student and teacher of piano will want to have this classic instruction manual, difficult to locate in the past, but now available in this attractive, inexpensive edition.. Born in Poland in 1830, Theodor Leschetizky was a pianist, teacher, and composer. Approved by Leschetizky himself, the clear, easy-to-follow text, profusely illustrated with music examples and photographs of hand positions (Leschetizky's own hands), covers every aspect of piano technique: finger exercises, scales, octaves, chords, arpeggios, the glissando, embellishments, dynamics, the pedal, and many other topics. A pupil himself of the great Carl Czerny, Leschetizky went on to instruct an entire generation of world-class pianists, including Paderewski, Schnabel, Moiseiwitsch, Brailowsky, and many others.In this legendary, hard-to-find book, his pupil and assistant Malwine Brée recorded the principles and techniques of the "Leschetizky Method" of piano instruction. Paderewski, along with other articles on hand and finger exercises, other piano methods, and more