Marie Jaëll : the magic touch, piano music by mind training / Catherine Guichard ; translated from French by Cyrille de Souza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guichard, Catherine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jaëll, Marie, 1846-1925.

Jaëll, Marie.

Pianists--France--Biography.

Pianists.

France.

Piano--Instruction and study.

Piano.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Pub., [2004]

Summary:

Admired by Liszt, Saint Sakns and Paul Valiry, Marie Jakll was at the center of a revolution in musical pedagogy. As a brilliant pianist, she was the first to interpret all of Liszt. At the apogee of her famous career, she quit concert performing and threw herself into mastering the piano in a scientific way by applying rigorous methodology. She reinvented herself as a scientist. What seemed before to be a matter of individual luck and "good days" in playing piano, she turned into a subject of formal mental training. She documented how one can draw forth crystalline sounds from the piano on a conscious basis. While talent remains a powerful ingredient in the art of music, it could now be enhanced by a as powerful methodology. Marie Jakll's analytical breakthroughs have helped pianists perfect their touch, drawing forth more beautiful musical sonority.

Contents:

Marie Jaëll and her century

The piano saga

The touch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.

ISBN:

0875863051

087586306X

0875863078

OCLC:

55077745