Ruth C. Friedberg

The Complete Pianist

Body, Mind, Synthesis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A culmination of Friedberg's years of performing and teaching, offering piano students, teachers, and performers useful advice for many stages along the path to becoming a pianist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 208g
• ISBN-13: 9780810843066
• ISBN-10: 0810843064
• Artikelnr.: 25409632

Autorenporträt

Ruth C. Friedberg, Director of Music and Professor of Piano, Incarnate Word College, San Antonio, TX, has also taught at Duke, the University of Texas, and the New School of Music in Philadelphia. She has concertized and given lecture-recitals throughout the US and Canada and was the keyboard artist of the San Antonio Symphony from 1976 to 1987. Her articles on 20th-century music and composers have appeared in many periodicals as well as in the New Grove's Dictionaries of Music, and Scarecrow Press has published her three-volume set, American Art Song and American Poetry (1981-1987).

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 List of Illustrations Part 2 Preface, by Lorin Hollander Part 3
Author's Preface Part 4 Introduction- The Making of a Pianist Part 5 I Body
Chapter 6 How Do We See It-or Do We? Chapter 7 How We Treat It-Principles
of Nurturance Part 8 Diet Part 9 Rest Part 10 Exercise Chapter 11 How We
Use It Part 12 Breathing Part 13 The Pianist's "Alexander" Chapter 14
Mirror, Mirror On the Wall Part 15 And on Arising? Part 16 From Body to
Mind Chapter 17 New Help for Bodily Distress Part 18 Why Does it Hurt? Part
19 An Ounce of Prevention Chapter 20 Cherchez le piano Part 21 Endnotes for
Part I Part 22 Bibliography for Part I Part 23 II Mind Chapter 24
Motivation Chapter 25 Organization Part 26 Practice-Scheduling Part 27
Practice-Methodology Part 28 Memorizing Part 29 Sight-Reading Chapter 30
Becoming a Musician Part 31 Musical Style Part 32 Theory Chapter 33
Long-Range Planning Part 34 To Teach or not to Teach Part 35 The Soloist
Part 36 Professor of Piano Part 37 Symphony and Chamber Player Part 38
Accompanist/Vocal Coach Part 39 Endnotes for Part II Part 40 Bibliography
for Part II Part 41 III Synthesis Chapter 42 The "Why?" of Performance
Chapter 43 The "Where" of Performance Part 44 Recitals and Competitions
Part 45 Organizations Part 46 Churches and Synagogues Part 47 Musical
Theater Part 48 Friends Chapter 49 As a Singer Chapter 50 Preparation for
Performance Part 51 Synthesis Observed Part 52 Learning the Program Part 53
Concert Clothes Part 54 Securing One's Audience Part 55 Programs Part 56
Recordings Chapter 57 Tension and Anxiety Chapter 58 Performcane Part 59
Just Before the Concert Part 60 During the concert Part 61 Last Words Part
62 Endnotes for Part III Part 63 Bibliography for Part III Part 64 About
the Author