Great Pianists on Piano Playing (Cooke, James Francis)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 21 chapters (1st edition of 1913)
30 chapters (2nd edition of 1917)
First Publication 1913 – Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co.
Genre Categories Performance practice; Writings; Music history; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; English language

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Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1917.
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Work Title Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression.
Alternative. Title
Composer Cooke, James Francis
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 21 chapters (1st edition of 1913)
30 chapters (2nd edition of 1917)
First Publication. 1913 – Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co.
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation Books > Instruction and Study and Performance > Piano
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Chapter Headings

[A portrait photograph is printed at the head of most of the chapters.]

  1. THE ARTIST'S LIFE
  2. ARE PIANISTS BORN OR MADE?
  3. THE STORY OF A WONDER-CHILD ... Pepito Arriola
  4. THE PIANIST OF TO-MORROW ... Wilhelm Bachaus
  5. ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF PIANO STUDY ... Harold Bauer
  6. APPEARING IN PUBLIC ... Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler
  7. IMPORTANT DETAILS IN PIANO STUDY … Ferruccio Busoni
  8. DISTINCTIVE PIANO PLAYING ... Teresa Carreño
  9. ESSENTIALS OF TOUCH ... Ossip Gabrilowitsch
  10. THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TECHNIC … Leopold Godowsky
  11. ANALYZING MASTERPIECES ... Katharine Goodson
  12. PROGRESS IN PIANO STUDY ... Josef Hofmann
  13. PIANO STUDY IN RUSSIA ... Josef Lhévinne
  14. SEEKING ORIGINALITY ... Vladimir de Pachmann
  15. MODERN PIANISTIC PROBLEMS ... Max Pauer
  16. ESSENTIALS OF ARTISTIC PLAYING ... S. V. Rachmaninoff
  17. SYSTEMATIC MUSICAL TRAINING ... A. Reisenauer
  18. THE TRAINING OF THE VIRTUOSO ... E. Sauer
  19. ECONOMY IN MUSIC STUDY ... X. Scharwenka
  20. LEARNING A NEW PIECE ... E. Schelling
  21. WHAT INTERPRETATION REALLY IS ... S. Stojowski
  22. BREADTH IN MUSICAL ART ... Ignaz Jan Paderewski
  23. THOROUGHNESS IN HUNGARIAN MUSIC STUDY ... Yolando Mero
  24. OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITATIONS IN PIANOFORTE PLAYING ... Rudolph Ganz
  25. UNIVERSALITY IN PIANO TEACHING METHODS ... Ernest Hutcheson
  26. CONCENTRATION IN MUSIC STUDY ... Olga Samaroff
  27. INSURING PROGRESS IN MUSIC STUDY ... Mark Hambourg
  28. MODERNISM IN PIANOFORTE STUDY ... Percy Grainger
  29. PROFITABLE PRACTICE VERSUS WASTED PRACTICE ... Alexander Lambert
  30. NERVOUSNESS IN PIANO PLAYING ... Alberto Jonas
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