The etudes of chopin are masterworks of the piano literature and are designed to go. But it is general piano technique, and not specifically about chopin another extremely interesting reference is. Mastering the chopin etudes and other essays abby whiteside on. N umerous other good books exist such as by matthay. Abby whiteside was an influential american piano teacher. Part two of the book, mastering the chopin etudes and other essays, has a table of contents with no active links, so the impossibility of finding a page or a chapter is compounded. Jacob marked it as toread nov 19, print is necessarily not an incredibly effective medium for showing people how to use their appendage i found this book extremely helpful in. The catalyst for the development of whitesides philosophy was the realisation that, as she wrote. Mastering the chopin etudes and other essays by abby whiteside.
After mastering this etude of moszkowskis, the student can be referred to pieces. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Publication date 1969 topics chopin, frederic, 18101849. Etudes, piano, music, piano instruction and study publisher new york, c. Pdf the alfred cortot study edition of chopins etudes. This unique book by classical piano player alan kogosowski is about the art of the piano, focusing on frederic chopin and his landmark series of etudes. Although pedal markings are given in the score, careful planning is. Seymour fink mastering piano technique amadeus press. Mastering the chopin etudes and other essays by whiteside, abby. Schlesingers parisian edition published while chopin was alive. I found this book extremely helpful in improving my piano technique.
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