Screen LibraryIgnaz Friedman：romantic master pianist
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Indiana University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Bloomington |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 398 p.: ill. music ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780253353108 (hbk.) 0253353106 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | K835 |
| CLC: | K835.135.76 |
| Call Number: | K835.135.76/F911E |
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Includes discography (p. 337), bibliographical references (p. 377-382) and index. Musical traditions that hide in shellac -- From Poland -- "Music begins where technique leaves off" -- 2,800 concerts -- From Old Russia -- Encroaching modernism -- From Beethoven to Hitler -- In safety, down under -- Exile -- Chopin on the Nile -- The piano according to Tiegerman -- The piano according to Friedman. Polish-born composer and pianist Ignaz Friedman summarized his approach to music by stating simply: "There are the notes, there is what is behind the notes." In Allan Evans's biography of the master pianist he shows the reader the behind and the between of Friedman's life and work. An admirable task, since an account of Friedman has appeared in only one book to date, and weighed in at only a few paragraphs. Friedman's repertory emphasized the major works of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Brahms, but also included new scores by Novák, Palmgren, Karl Weigl, Kodály, and Glazunov. He is most no |