The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature and Recordings - Hardcover

Dubal, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671492381 ISBN 13: 9780671492380

Publisher: Summit Books, 1989

Synopsis

Offers profiles of history's greatest concert pianists from Mozart to the twentieth century, discusses the masterpieces written for the piano, and lists the best recorded performances of each work

About this title

About the Author:

David Dubal teaches piano literature at the Juilliard School.

From Library Journal:

As a basic handbook for piano enthusiasts, this is an informative and well-researched volume. The first section offers capsule biographies of pianists through history, alphabetically arranged, that assess the stylistic or pianistic traits of each. Recordings--or, in the case of historical figures, contemporary reports on playing styles--are cited for documentation. The second section presents a critical survey of the important piano literature, solo and concerto, with a selective discography for each, based on the author's comparative listening. The amount of space accorded each pianist, as well as the author's critical commentaries, are of necessity highly subjective; nevertheless, Dubal's choices give us an impression of careful judgment and genuine love of the subject. There are some surprising omissions (e.g., Gilbert Kalish, Christian Zacharias) in the biographical section, but the discography lists many additional performers. In sum, this book incorporates in one volume the kind of useful information contained in an historical work such as Harold Schonberg's The Great Pianists and in the various guides to the piano literature that are available.
- Susan Kagan, Hunter Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Summit Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671492381
• ISBN 13: 9780671492380
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476