The pianist’s craft : mastering the works of great composers

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"In The Pianist's Craft, Richard Anderson collects from his fellow pianist-scholars 18 articles on the teaching, preparation, and performance of works by the greatest composers in the standard piano repertoire"--Provided by publisher. Performing Scarlatti / Hilary Demske -- Problems and chance: performing the keyboard works of J.S. Bach on the modern piano / Inge Rosar -- A pianist's journey to the classic sonata: first stop, Haydn / Gary Amano -- Performing Mozart on a modern piano / Norman Krieger -- Genre references in Beethoven sonatas / Timothy Ehlen -- Franz Shubert : a pianist's view of the consummate composer of lieder / Susan Duehlmeier -- Schumann and butterflies : "Il Transylvanio" revisited / Louis Nagel -- Teaching tone, technique, and phrasing in the piano works of Chopin / Christie Peery Skousen -- Color and gesture in the piano music of Franz Liszt / Timothy Shafer -- Interpreting Brahms : practical and historical perspectives / Stephen Thomas -- Reflections on Ravel : a guide to performing Ravel's solo piano works / Gwendolyn Mok -- Imagination in the piano works of Debussy : how it affects touch and pedaling / Neil Rutman -- Some suggestions for preparing and playing Rachmaninoff / Irene Peery-Fox -- Finding the essence of late Scriabin in his tenth sonata / Scott Holden -- Sergei Prokofiev : a man misunderstood / Barbara Nissman -- The piano music of Dimitri Shostakovich : creative genius versus the suppression of artistic expression / Jane Magrath -- Playing and teaching the piano music of Béla Bartók / Steven Herbert Smith -- George Gershwin : an American original / Pete Jutras -- Exploring sonority and drama inside the instrument : the piano music of George Crumb / Jeffrey Jacob.