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

by James Francis Cooke

CONTENTS

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1.	The Artist's Life		[5]
2.	Are Pianists Born or Made?		[24]
3.	The Story of a Wonder-Child	Pepito Arriola	[41]
4.	The Pianist of To-morrow	Wilhelm Bachaus	[52]
5.	Artistic Aspects of Piano Study	Harold Bauer	[64]
6.	Appearing in Public	Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler	[80]
7.	Important Details in Piano Study	Ferruccio Busoni	[97]
8.	Distinctive Piano Playing	Teresa Carreño	[109]
9.	Essentials of Touch	Ossip Gabrilowitsch	[122]
10.	The Real Significance of Technic	Leopold Godowsky	[133]
11.	Analyzing Masterpieces	Katharine Goodson	[144]
12.	Progress in Piano Study	Josef Hofmann	[157]
13.	Piano Study in Russia	Josef Lhévinne	[170]
14.	Seeking Originality	Vladimir de Pachmann	[182]
15.	Modern Pianistic Problems	Max Pauer	[197]
16.	Essentials of Artistic Playing	S. V. Rachmaninoff	[208]
17.	Systematic Musical Training	A. Reisenauer	[222]
18.	The Training of the Virtuoso	E. Sauer	[236]
19.	Economy in Music Study	X. Scharwenka	[252]
20.	Learning a New Piece	E. Schelling	[267]
21.	What Interpretation Really Is	S. Stojowski	[279]

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