Piano technique ebook by walter gieseking rakuten kobo. The volumen presents two books by walter gieseking, foremost pianist of his generation, and his teacher for five years, karl leimer, that have long been sought after by students and teachers looking for a radical approach toward developing not only fingertechnique but expressiontechnique. Gieseking was an absolutely superb pianist, so it is invaluable to have this little book of insights. It is written in a heavy german style, which means you can read every other page and still get the point. Walter gieseking is the author of piano technique 3. In giesekings opinion, real technique comes primarily from the head and not from the fingers. In book one, originally titled the shortest way to pianistic perfection, gieseking and leimer work with a series of piano works a study from lebert and stark, bachs two and threepart inventions in c, and beethovens sonata in f minor, op. Piano technique dover books on music kindle edition by. Two books bound together, by one of greatest pianists of all time and his.
Read piano technique by walter gieseking available from rakuten kobo. The leimergieseking book is an attempt at presenting a philosophy behind their science. The volume presents two book by walter gieseking, foremost pianist of his generation, and his teacher for five years, karl leimer, that have long been sought after by students and teachers looking for a radical approach toward developing not only fingertechnique but expressiontechnique. In gieseking s opinion, real technique comes primarily from the head and not from the fingers. Buy piano technique by walter gieseking, karl leimer, gieseking online at alibris.
Piano technique is more than the physical ability to render the printed page of music accurately. Before beginning to play, the student is asked to visualize each piece through silent reading. Piano technique book by walter gieseking thriftbooks. Walter gieseking plays bach wtc the well tempered clavier, book 2 duration.
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