Chopin : pianist and teacher as seen by his pupils / [compiled by] Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger ; translated by Naomi Shohet with Krysia Osostowicz and Roy Howat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

CHOPIN, VU PAR SES ELEVES. ENGLISH.

Contributor:

Eigeldinger, Jean-Jacques, 1940-

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.

Chopin, Frédéric.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Piano music.

Piano music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Piano music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages) : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles

Edition:

Third English edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

Translation of: Chopin, vu par ses élèves.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The accounts of Chopin's pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, provide valuable insights into the musician's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. Included in this study is extensive appendix material that presents annotated scores, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing by pupils, writers, and critics.

Contents:

Part I. Technique and style. Basic technique. Definition of pianistic technique ; Mistakes in customary approaches to 'pure' technique ; Categories of technical study ; Qualities required of a piano; makes of piano ; Daily practice: how to work and for how long ; Position at the piano and hand position ; General suppleness ; Flexibility of the wrist and hand; freedom of the fingers ; Passivity of the arm and elbow ; Cultivation of the touch; control of hearing; variety of attack; predominance of legato ; Individuality and independence of the fingers ; Five-finger exercises for acquiring independence ; Scales and arpeggios; passing the thumb; evenness ; Evenness of sound and tranquility of the hand as principles of fingering ; Practice of trills ; Octaves, double notes and chords

Musical style. Musical prosody and declamation; phrasing ; Bel canto - a model for pianistic declamation and fullness of tone ; Legato and cantabile ; Fingerings for legato and cantabile playing ; Agogics: rhythmic strictness and rubato ; Rubato and ornamentation (improvised or notated) ; Ornamentation ; Simplicity and poise as an ideal in playing ; Spontaneity and range of interpretation ; Dynamic scale; continuous gradation in nuances ; Use of the pedal ; Execution of ornaments ; Study of musical theory ; Analysis of the form and character of works studied ; Curriculum ; Composers studied by Emilie von Gretsch ; Works studied by Marie Roubaud ; Repertoire studied by Camille O'Meara (Mme Dubois) ; Works of Chopin studied by Jane Stirling ; Chamber music; four hands; two pianos

Part 2. Interpretation of Chopin's works. Andante spianato op. 22 ; Ballade op. 38 ; Barcarolle op. 60 ; Concerto op. 11 (movements 1 &2) ; Concerto op. 21 (2nd movement) ; Etudes op. 10/1 & 3 ; Etudes op. 25 in general ; Etudes op. 251/-3 ; Fantasie op. 49 ; Impromptus opp. 29 & 51 ; Mazurkas: general character; general character of Chopin's playing; principles of accentuation; rhythmic and agogic characteristics of Chopin's performance; improvised ornaments; Chopin's pedaling ; Mazurkas opp. 7/1 &2; 17/4; 24/4; 30/3; 33/2 & 4; 41/3; 50/1 ; Nocturnes: from a pedagogical viewpoint ; Nocturnes opp. 9/2; 15/2 & 3; 27/1 & 2; 37/1; 48/1 & 2 ; Polonaises opp. 26/1 & 2; 40/1; 53 ; Preludes op. 28/17 & 20 ; Scherzos opp. 20; 31; 39 ; Sonata op. 35, trio of the "Funeral March" ; Waltzes opp. 34/2; 42; 64/1 & 2; 70/2 & 3

Appendix I. Translated transcript of Chopin's "Sketch for a method" (project de methode)

Appendix II. Annotated scores belonging to pupils and associates of Chopin

Appendix III. Fingerings and annotations in the scores of pupils and associates

Appendix IV. Chopin's playing described by his contemporaries.

Notes:

Translation of: Chopin, vu par ses élèves.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781107049901

1107049903

Publisher Number:

99988203568

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