Piano Library: 2015

8/13/2015

Beethoven: The Music and the Life - Lewis Lockwood - 2002

ISBN: 0393050815, 0393326381 | 2002 | EPUB | 624 pages | 19 MB

A fresh look at Beethoven's life, career, and milieu highlighting his development as a composer.

Beethoven: The Composer as Hero" - Philippe A. Autexier - 1992

PDF | 1992 | 143 pages | ISBN: 0810928329 | English | 16 MB

A biography of the great composer retraces Beethoven's extraordinary life, from his early years as a child prodigy, through his sudden deafness at age twenty-six and initial contemplation of suicide, to his creative accomplishments beyond.

Mozart, Haydn and Early Beethoven: 1781-1802 - Daniel Heartz - 2008

A vivid portrait of Mozart and Haydn's greatest achievements and young Beethoven's works under their influence.

After the Rite: Stravinsky's Path to Neoclassicism (1914-1925) - Maureen A. Carr - 2014

2014 | ISBN-10: 0199742936 | 328 pages | PDF | 42 MB

The riot that erupted during the 1913 debut of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris has long been one of the most infamous and intriguing events of modern musical history.

English | ISBN: 1409452247 | 2015 | 190 pages | PDF | 5 MB

Chopin's Twenty-Four Preludes remain as mysterious today as when they were newly published.

Words Without Music: A Memoir [Audiobook] by Philip Glass

The long-awaited memoir by "the most prolific and popular of all contemporary composers." (New York Times)

Composers of the Nazi Era: Eight Portraits - Michael H. Kater - 1999

English | Dec 23, 1999 | ISBN: 0195099249 | 416 Pages | PDF | 1,9 MB

How does creativity thrive in the face of fascism? How can a highly artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate?

English | ISBN: 0190235780, 0190248483 | 2015 | 264 pages | PDF | 4 MB

Since the mid-twentieth century, Zoltán Kodály's child-developmental philosophy for teaching music has had significant positive impact on music education around the world, and is now at the core of music teaching in the United States and other English speaking countries.

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7/22/2015

Collaborative Creative Thought and Practice in Music - Margaret S. Barrett - 2014

English | ISBN: 1472415841 | 2014 | 304 pages | PDF | 4 MB

The notion of the individual creator, a product in part of the Western romantic ideal, is now troubled by accounts and explanations of creativity as a social construct.

English | ISBN: 1409469816 | 2014 | 224 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Coughing and Clapping: Investigating Audience Experience explores the processes and experiences of attending live music events from the initial decision to attend through to audience responses and memories of a performance after it has happened.

English | ISBN: 1472424115 | 2014 | 169 pages | PDF | 4 MB

Tchaikovsky?s Sixth Symphony (1893), widely recognized as one of the world?s most deeply tragic compositions, is also known for the mystery surrounding its hidden programme and for Tchaikovsky?s unexpected death nine days after its premiere.

English | ISBN: 1409452093 | 2014 | 217 pages | PDF | 15 MB

Music theory is often seen as independent from - even antithetical to - performance.

English | ISBN: 140944788X | 2014 | 198 pages | PDF | 4 MB

This study of Franz Schubert's settings of poetry by Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis introduces the fascinating world of early German Romanticism in the 1790s, when an energetic group of bold young thinkers radically changed the landscape of European thought.

English | ISBN: 1409466221 | 2013 | 313 pages | PDF | 4 MB

'He plays the piano well,' wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927.

English | ISBN: 1409400646 | 2014 | 228 pages | PDF | 4 MB

Perspectives on the Performance of French Piano Music offers a range of approaches central to the performance of French piano music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Messiaen Perspectives 1 & 2: Sources and Influences - C.Dingle and R.Fallon - 2013

English | 2013 | ISBN: 1409426955 | 368 pages | PDF | 4,4 MB

English | 2013 | ISBN: 1409426963 | 441 pages | PDF | 4,6 MB

Focusing on Messiaen's relation to history - both his own and the history he engendered - the Messiaen Perspectives volumes convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux.

Delius and his Music - Martin Lee-Browne and Paul Guinery - 2014

English | 2014 | ISBN: 1843839598 | 560 pages | PDF | 15 MB

There are many biographies and articles about Frederick Delius's life (1862-1934), but there has never been a comprehensive book about his music until now.

Nikolai Lugansky Recital - DVDRip - Verbier, 28 July 2008

MPEG4, H.264, AAC, 720x480, 1517 kbps, 59,940 fps, AAC, 256 kbps, 48 kHz, 2 ch 1.01 GB

Programme

MPEG4, H.264, AAC, 720x480, 2011 kbps, 59,940 fps, AAC, 256 kbps, 2 ch 1.37 GB

Recorded and filmed at the Auditorio Stelio Molo, RTSI Lugano, 29 July to 3 August 2000

7/13/2015

What's So Important About Music Education? - J. Scott Goble - 2010

English | 2010 | ISBN: 0415800544 | 352 pages | PDF | 2,4 MB

What’s So Important About Music Education? presents a new philosophy of music education for the United States, rooted in history and current perspectives from ethnomusicology.

English | 2010 | ISBN: 0195382595 | 400 pages | PDF | 2 MB

The first edition of Beyond Talent quickly became a favorite among classical and jazz musicians, and has been used in courses at scores of conservatories and universities.

English | ISBN: 0313309078 | 2000 | 366 pages | PDF | 17 MB

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a renowned composer, pianist, and conductor.

English | 2012 | ISBN: 0199740526, 0199740518 | 320 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB

"The fact is, you will teach."
from the Foreword by Stephen Clapp, Dean Emeritus, The Julliard School.

Mozart's Grace - Scott Burnham - 2012

English | 2012 | ISBN: 0691009104, 0691168067 | 208 pages | PDF | 7,3 MB

It is a common article of faith that Mozart composed the most beautiful music we can know. But few of us ask why.

English | 2014 | ISBN: 0253011000 | 248 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Lauri Suurpää brings together two rigorous methodologies, Greimassian semiotics and Schenkerian analysis, to provide a unique perspective on the expressive power of Franz Schubert's song cycle.

English | 2008 | ISBN: 025335241X, 0253013526 | 328 pages | PDF | 6 MB

As soloist, master class teacher, and pianist of the world-renowned Beaux Arts Trio, Menahem Pressler can boast of four Grammy nominations, three honorary doctorates, more than 80 recordings, and lifetime achievement awards presented by France, Germany, and Israel. Former Pressler student William Brown traces the master's pianistic development through Rudiakov, Kestenberg, Vengerova, Casadesus, Petri, and Steuermann, blending techniques and traditions derived from Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and J. S. Bach.

Harmony in Haydn and Mozart - David Damschroder - 2012

English | ISBN: 1107025346, 1107419840 | 2012 | 312 pages | PDF | 9 MB

Integrating Schenkerian tools and an innovative approach to harmony, David Damschroder provides numerous penetrating analyses of works by Haydn and Mozart.

English | 2014 | ISBN: 1409436896 | 372 pages | PDF | 3,2 MB

To reach the highest standards of instrumental performance, several years of sustained and focused learning are required.

George Li, piano - All rounds at the XV Tchaikovsky Competition (Video)

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Gulda spielt Beethoven - Klaviersonaten Nr. 1-32, (Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1-5) 9CD 1968-1971

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Eugene Goossens - Complete Piano Music - 2CD Antony Gray, piano

412.5 MB 2006 ABС FLAC tracks+.cue lossless 2CD: 136'27

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The Art of Effective Piano Teaching - Dino P. Ascari - 2003

epub 136 pages

Novice piano teachers will glean practical advice shared by experienced teacher Dino P. Ascari in The Art of Effective Piano Teaching. Ascari uses non-technical language in a narrative style that is easy to read. The ten short chapters cover topics ranging from ideas for the first lesson, to preparation and planning for studio recitals, and each chapter ends with a clear and concise summary. There is a particular focus on teaching young beginners.

234 pages epub

Making music at any level is a powerful gift. While musicians have endless resources for learning the basics of their instruments and the theory of music, few books have explored the other subtleties and complexities that musicians face in their quest to play with ease and skill.

Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work - C.Girdlestone - Reprint of 1957 edition (For donators only)

19 MB 600 pages azw

Definitive full-scale biography and critical study of great 18th-century composer. Full treatment of great operas and ballets as well as Rameau’s life and musical times, acoustic and harmonic theories, link to Lully, influence on Gluck, other topics. Numerous useful appendixes, indexes and an extensive bibliography. Over 300 musical examples.

6/16/2015

Rethinking Piano Performance: A Mind/Body Approach - Cristine MacKie - 2015

The ideas controlling piano pedagogy and performance have been, and remain, closely allied to the structure of Western thought which nurtures a mind/body dualism.

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The piano works of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) are among the most treasured musical compositions of the twentieth century.

Harmony in Chopin by David Damschroder

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Chopin's oeuvre holds a secure place in the repertoire, beloved by audiences, performers, and aesthetes.

Teaching Stravinsky: Nadia Boulanger and the Consecration of a Modernist Icon - Kimberly A. Francis - 2015

English | ISBN: 0199373698 | 2015 | 296 pages | PDF | 12 MB

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In 1929 Nadia Boulanger accepted Igor Stravinsky's younger son, Soulima, as her student. Within two years, Stravinsky and Boulanger merged their artistic spheres, each influencing and enhancing the cultural work of the other until the composer's death in 1971.

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6/01/2015

The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms by Russell Stinson

English | Apr 6, 2006 | ISBN: 0195171098 | 240 Pages | PDF | 14,3 MB

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Walter Riezler - Beethoven

Rusconi | 1977 | ISBN: 3761102534 | 430 pages | PDF | 7 MB

Sul piano formale, spirituale ed etico, Beethoven è sicuramente colui che storicamente ha esercitato l'impatto maggiore sulla cultura musicale. Anche nelle circostanze di più acuto disagio, e nella più profonda sfortuna, Beethoven ha saputo difendere l'equilibrio del suo gesto creativo e la serenità della sua costruzione: mai distorta, mai inquinata, mai compromessa da circostanze esterne. Al di là del mito, Riezler rivendica l'appartenenza integrale della musica beethoveniana allo stile classico, di cui costituisce il momento supremo, mentre è in atto la difficile transizione verso l'età romantica. Questo libro è anche una ricostruzione della figura dell'uomo e del musicista.

Seymour Fink - Mastering Piano Technique

5/12/2015

The Virtual Haydn: Paradox of a Twenty-First-Century Keyboardist by Tom Beghin

English | 2015 | ISBN: 022615677X | 368 pages | PDF | 3 MB

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Haydn’s music has been performed continuously for more than two hundred years. But what do we play, and what do we listen to, when it comes to Haydn? Can we still appreciate the rich rhetorical nuances of this music, which from its earliest days was meant to be played by professionals and amateurs alike?

Muzio Clementi - Compositions for pianoforte - Vol.1 - 5 / Maria Tipo

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4/26/2015

Make A Fortune Teaching Private Music Lessons: How To Quit Your Job And Become A Professional Musician In 30 Days Or Less by Lloyd Steiner