Imelda Delgado

Intimate Portrait of Sidney Focb

Pianist... Mentor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The great American pianist Sidney Foster is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, Mr. Foster's own words from a workshop he conducted for teachers, and his own cadenza to the Beethoven Third Concerto for piano.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780761859345
• ISBN-10: 0761859349
• Artikelnr.: 36054482

Autorenporträt

By Imelda Delgado

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Charles H. Webb Preface by Imelda Delgado
Acknowledgements I. Beginnings Early Years Composer The Leventritt After
The Leventritt: The Leroy-Foster-Scholz Trio Sidney Foster and Norman Dello
Joio Stages Where Sidney Foster Walked Evolution of Programming Orchestral
Soloist II. Foster's Pianism Russian Roots, Russian Legacy His Hands His
Piano Teachers Where He Taught The Pedagogue Collaborator-Indiana
University The Concert Pianist and the Old World Scholar Architect of Piano
Performance Doctorate III. Personals John Five Women in His Life Anna
Diamond Foster and Dorothy Foster Difazio Mana-Zucca97 Isabelle Vengerova
Bronja From The Grande Scale to Gourmet Dinners A Little Potpourri IV.
Defining Performances Memorial to Father (1937) Concerto Highlights
(1954) From Fliere to Foster: To Russia with Love (The Russian Tour 1964)
The Boston Première of Bartók's Third Piano Concerto (April 1965) V. Finale
1976: A Bicentennial and a Centennial The Final Curtain A Farewell Letter
February 7, 1977 Appendices Appendix A. In His Own Words: Piano Workshop
Appendix B. The Students Speak Appendix C. Cadenza for the First Movement
of the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto (1941) Index About The Author