Elizabeth Carr

Shura Cherkassky

The Piano's Last Czar

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography documents the unique artistry and highly unusual life of the internationally acclaimed pianist Shura Cherkassky, who, at the time of his death in 1995, was universally recognized to be among the greatest pianists in music history, and the last link to the romantic piano tradition of Chopin, Liszt and Anton Rubinstein.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 633g
• ISBN-13: 9780810854109
• ISBN-10: 0810854104
• Artikelnr.: 21921353

Autorenporträt

Following a career as pianist, college teacher, concert presenter, and Director of the Cape Cod Conservatory in Massachusetts for 26 years, Elizabeth Carr is now an arts and education consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1. Mother Russia Chapter 4
2. Baltimore, 1923 Chapter 5 3. Shura and the Palmist, the 1923-1924 Season
Chapter 6 4. Prodigies Compared: Shura and Jozio Chapter 7 5. The Hofmann
Years, 1925-1935 Chapter 8 6. Around the World, 1935-1939 Chapter 9 7.
Shattered, 1940-1945 Chapter 10 8. Oblivion to Triumph: The Postwar Years
Chapter 11 9. Shura and the Gramophone Chapter 12 10. Onstage Chapter 13
11. A Conductor's Nemesis Chapter 14 12. The Last Romantic? Chapter 15 13.
The House of Steinway Chapter 16 14. On Tour, USSR, 1987 Chapter 17 15.
Understanding Shura Chapter 18 16. Prague, 1995 Chapter 19 17. Final
Tributes Part 20 Discography Part 21 Selected Bibliography Part 22 Index
Part 23 About the Author