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- catalog abstract ""The recordings made by Marc-Andre Hamelin in recent years have cast new light on an extraordinary group of composers - Alkan, Busoni, Feinberg, Godowsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Sorabji - whose works heralded a Golden Age of virtuosic writing for the piano." "The Eight, as author Robert Rimm has termed these composer-pianists, have much in common, traits shared in our own age with Marc-Andre Hamelin, their foremost interpreter. For all their evident differences of age, nationality, and philosophy, they each created music of unprecedented ingenuity - often complex and of immense scale - that stretched the limits of the piano's capabilities. And all were genuine virtuosos with the technical resources to play these demanding works in public.". "The volume includes rare photographs and concludes with an extensive bibliography, listings of the complete solo piano works of The Eight, and discographies of their solo piano recordings. In exploring the art of those who knew their instrument both as composers and as pianists, this book serves, in the words of pianist Stephen Hough, "both as a fascinating, exhaustive study of the riches of the past and as a stimulating inspiration for the future.""--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12483117.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""The recordings made by Marc-Andre Hamelin in recent years have cast new light on an extraordinary group of composers - Alkan, Busoni, Feinberg, Godowsky, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, and Sorabji - whose works heralded a Golden Age of virtuosic writing for the piano." "The Eight, as author Robert Rimm has termed these composer-pianists, have much in common, traits shared in our own age with Marc-Andre Hamelin, their foremost interpreter. For all their evident differences of age, nationality, and philosophy, they each created music of unprecedented ingenuity - often complex and of immense scale - that stretched the limits of the piano's capabilities. And all were genuine virtuosos with the technical resources to play these demanding works in public.".".
- catalog description ""The volume includes rare photographs and concludes with an extensive bibliography, listings of the complete solo piano works of The Eight, and discographies of their solo piano recordings. In exploring the art of those who knew their instrument both as composers and as pianists, this book serves, in the words of pianist Stephen Hough, "both as a fascinating, exhaustive study of the riches of the past and as a stimulating inspiration for the future.""--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Alkan and Sorabji: hermetic genius. -- Busoni and Godowsky: revered and reviled. -- Feinberg and Scriabin: humanity and mysticism. -- Medtner and Rachmaninov: romantic compatriots. -- From Alkan to Hamelin. -- The pitfalls of music criticism. -- The liability of virtuosity. -- The erotic muse. -- The art of transcription. -- Toward the future: the piano, the composer-pianist, and the eight.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-334), discographies (p. 294-312), and index.".
- catalog extent "340 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Composer-pianists.".
- catalog identifier "1574670727".
- catalog isFormatOf "Composer-pianists.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press,".
- catalog relation "Composer-pianists.".
- catalog subject "786.2/092/2 B 21".
- catalog subject "Alkan, Charles-Valentin, 1813-1888 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Busoni, Ferruccio, 1866-1924 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Composers Biography.".
- catalog subject "Feĭnberg, S. (Samuil), 1890-1962 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Feĭnberg, Samuil Evgenʹevich, 1890-1962 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Godowsky, Leopold, 1870-1938 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Hamelin, Marc-André, 1961- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "ML397 .R56 2002".
- catalog subject "Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich, 1880-1951 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Pianists Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji, 1892- Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji, 1892-1988 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alkan and Sorabji: hermetic genius. -- Busoni and Godowsky: revered and reviled. -- Feinberg and Scriabin: humanity and mysticism. -- Medtner and Rachmaninov: romantic compatriots. -- From Alkan to Hamelin. -- The pitfalls of music criticism. -- The liability of virtuosity. -- The erotic muse. -- The art of transcription. -- Toward the future: the piano, the composer-pianist, and the eight.".
- catalog title "The composer-pianists : Hamelin and The Eight / by Robert Rimm ; foreword by Stephen Hough.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".