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Title: The Great Pianists by Harold C. Schonberg ISBN: 0-671-63837-8 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 15 June, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Entertaining and insightful
Comment: This is an excellent read for all pianists and music lovers alike. It is a thorough but entertaining tale of the great pianists, their lives, and their contribution to music. But most importantly of all, it intermittently gives a detailed account of the styles and development of piano playing. Are we doing it the right way today? I think we have a lot to learn from the old masters, especially the old romantics!
Rating: 5
Summary: Must read. Even if you do not listen to classical music...
Comment: I have read this book many times since I was first introduced to it in 1984. The book is about classical pianists, their styles and piccadelloes intermingled with the author's opinions. The writing is great. Yes, as some reviewers have opined, certain facets of the art have been treated too briefly. But one cannot expect an academic tome in a book directed to the general public. I found the book very educational and entertaining. If you have had no classical music training, such as myself, you will learn quite a bit from the book. If you are a classical pianist this book will whet your appetite to plunge further into your love of music. A great addition to your library.
Rating: 5
Summary: AN ALL-TIME GREAT BOOK
Comment: Mr. Schonberg has passed away this week. He will be missed, but he will live on for us through his wonderful glorification of pianism and its history. I originally reviewed this book last December, but with his passing I felt compelled to revisit it.
As a follower of the piano scene for many years, I must say that this book is THE one that you need to have. Its approach and tone reflect a glorification, awe, and love of pianism and its history. Some have alleged that the facts aren't always quite right, and for sure questionable opinions are sometimes presented as though they were clear fact; but the thrust and the narrative are so great that it hardly matters. Some reviews on this site complain that certain subjects should have been given more space; but, INSTEAD OF WHAT?? There's no wasted space in this book, either the original version or the update. If the reviewers mean that the book should have been LONGER, well, I would love it to have been longer, and I bet that Mr. Schonberg would have been glad to oblige.
Much of the book consists of the author's commentary on recordings by pianists of yesteryear. I always had the idea that his initial inspiration for the book may have been his love of listening to old recordings and the wish to share his impressions of them. In my first Amazon review of this book, I wondered whether anybody knows if this is true. Secretly I hoped that Mr. Schonberg himself might see that, and give us the answer. Well, the time for that is past. Anyway, wouldn't we ALL love to have spent a few months (or years) just listening to those old 78's?
Ruht wohl, Mr. Schonberg.
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Title: The Lives of the Great Composers by Harold C. Schonberg ISBN: 0393038572 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves by Elyse Mach ISBN: 0486266958 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Great Pianists on Piano Playing : Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers by James Francis Cooke ISBN: 0486408450 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 19 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist by Charles Rosen ISBN: 0743203828 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Piano Technique by Walter Gieseking, Karl Leimer ISBN: 0486228673 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1972 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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