The great pianists
from Mozart to the present
by Harold C. Schonberg
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The Great Pianists brings to life the brilliant, stylish, and sometimes eccentric personalities, methods, and technical peculiarities of history's greatest pianists.
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Biography, Manuscripts, Pianists, Specimens, Biographies, Pianistes, Piano's, MuziekPeople
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The great pianists: from Mozart to the present
2006, Simon & Schuster
Paperback
in English
- Rev. and updated
0671638378 9780671638375
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The great pianists: from Mozart to present.
1963, Simon & Schuster, Simon and Schuster
in English
0671213393 9780671213398
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Edition Notes
Subtitle from cover.
"A Fireside book" - Title page verso.
Includes index.
This revised and updated edition originally published in hardcover in 1987.
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From Mozart's fabulous legato that "flowed like oil" to Beethoven's oceanlike surge, from Clara Schumann's touch "sharp as a pencil sketch" to Rubinstein's volcanic and sensual playing, The Great Pianists brings to life the brilliant, stylish, and sometimes eccentric personalities, methods, and technical peculiarities of history's greatest pianists. Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and author Harold C. Schonberg presents vivid accounts of the artists' performances, styles, and even their personal lives and quirky characteristics -- such as Mozart's intense competition with Clementi, Lizst's magnetic effect on women (when he played, ladies flung their jewels on stage), and Gottschalk's persistent nailbiting, which left the keys covered with blood. Including profiles of Horowitz and Van Cliburn, among others, and chapters detailing the playing and careers of such modern pianists as de Larrocha, Ashkenazy, Gilels, Gould, Brendel, Bolet, Gutierrez, and Watts, The Great Pianists is a comprehensive and fascinating look at legendary performers past and present. - Back cover.
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