Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist - Couverture rigide

Rosen, Charles

 
9780743203821: Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0743203828 ISBN 13 : 9780743203821
Editeur : Free Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Rosen Charles

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Among the world's instruments, the piano stands out as the most versatile, powerful, and misunderstood -- even by those who have spent much of their lives learning to play. In Piano Notes, a finalist for a 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, Charles Rosen, one of the world's most talented pianists, distills a lifetime of wisdom and lore into an unforgettable tour of the hidden world of piano playing.
You'll read about how a note is produced, why a chord can move us, why the piano -- "hero and villain" of tonality -- has shaped the course of Western music, and why it is growing obsolete. Rosen explains what it means that Beethoven composed in his head whereas Mozart would never dream of doing so, why there are no fortissimos in the works of Ravel, and why a piano player's acrobatics have an important dramatic effect but nothing more. Ending on a contemplative note, Piano Notes offers an elegant argument that piano music "is not just sound or even significant sound" but a mechanical, physical, and fetishistic experience that faces new challenges in an era of recorded music. Rosen ponders whether piano playing will ever again be the same, and his insights astonish.

Revue de presse

The New York Review of Books If your shelves have room for one volume about the piano from glory to decline, Piano Notes is the book of choice.

The New York Times A fascinating analysis of a performer's relationship to his instrument.

The Economist Rosen brings all of his experience as one of the most intellectually rigorous pianists and brilliant music historians alive today to this wide-ranging and approachable book.

American Record Guide A gold mine of experience and wisdom.

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Éditeur
Free Pr
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743203828
ISBN 13 
9780743203821
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780140298635: Piano Notes: The Hidden World of the Pianist

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0140298630 ISBN 13 :  9780140298635
Editeur : Penguin, 2004
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