Allan Evans

Ignaz Friedman

Romantic Master Pianist

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Produktbeschreibung

A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 168mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9780253353108
• ISBN-10: 0253353106
• Artikelnr.: 25683592

Autorenporträt

Allan Evans

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Musical Traditions That Hide in Shellac
2. From Poland
3. "Music begins where technique leaves off"
4. 2,800 Concerts
5. From Old Russia
6. Encroaching Modernism
7. From Beethoven to Hitler
8. In Safety, Down Under
9. Exile
10. Chopin on the Nile
11. The Piano According to Tiegerman
12. The Piano According to Friedman
Appendix A: Friedman's Repertoire
Appendix B: Discography
Appendix C: Friedman's and Tiegerman's Compositions
Appendix D: Friedman's Edition of Chopin's Piano Works
Notes
Bibliography
Index