Virtuosi
A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists
by Mark Mitchell
"In essays rich with anecdote, Mark Mitchell explores the many domains of the virtuoso, taking on such subjects as music competitions, the phenomenon of the child prodigy, the virtuoso in literature and film, encores, seating habits, and the erotics of musical performance.
The characters who populate his evocative narrative include not only such famous virtuosi as Franz Liszt, Martha Argerich, and Vladimir Horowitz but also Ervin Nyiregyhazi ("the skid row pianist"), the eccentric Vladimir de Pachmann, and Liberace."--BOOK JACKET.
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Virtuosi: A Defense and a Celebration of Great Pianists
2000, Indiana University Press
in English
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Virtuosi: A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists
December 2000, Indiana University Press
Hardcover
in English
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2000, Indiana University Press
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"Something there is that does not love a vistuoso, and the word itself has often been applied dismissively, as an accusation of superficiality."
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