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Author Plavin, Zecharia.

Title We piano teachers and our demons : socio-psychological obstacles on the road to inspired and secure performance / Zecharia Plavin
Published Singapore : Springer, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (170 pages)
Series Landscapes ; v. 32
Landscapes ; v. 32.
Contents Part One:1.1. An overview of my work.-1.2. My work with students.-1.3. Summary -- Part Two: 2.1. My location on the map of music education research -- 2.2 Three-Head Approach -- 2.3. The Counseling literature: How to play better -- 2.4. Artistry as a flow of informed insights -- Part Three: 3.1. The ghosts in teachers studio: Hierarchy and myth -- 3.2. The great pianists: The genesis of the myth -- 3.3. Consolidation of the musical world as a ranked hierarchy -- 3.4. The rise of the Western concert pianist as told in less mythic terms -- 3.5. The imperial judgement of music -- 3.6. Ambiguity regarding the talent of premier performers -- Part Four: 4.1. The power of myth and the fear of public humiliation among piano teachers -- 4.2. The workings of fear -- 4.3. Back to myth -- 4.4. Myth and hearsay in the piano classroom -- 4.5. The tiger mom -- 4.6. The anxiety of not knowing -- 4.7. Before crossing the boundary between anxiety and exploration -- 4.8. What actually happens in the piano classroom -- Part Five: 5.1. Looking inward: The painful loop of professional education -- 5.2. The little problem of the Schumann Undezime -- 5.3. The piano action and the "sweet spot" -- 5.4. Back to Schumanns Undezime -- 5.5. The problem with Hindemiths nocturne -- Part 6: 6.1. Competitions -- Part Seven: 7.1 Back to the piano room -- 7.2. The security advantage created (or not created) in early childhood -- 7.3. The anxiety-ridden piano students -- 7.4. The teachers role -- 7.5. Mid-travel thoughts -- Part Eight: 8.1. We piano teachers and the counselling literature designed to help us -- Part Nine: 9.1. Understanding the messages of music -- 9.2. How to understand music? An example from Beethoven -- 9.3. The Chopin Case -- 9.4. The case of Leon Kirchner -- Part Ten: 10.1. Finalizing the ideas -- 10.2. Before we part: The Masters Speak -- 10.3. FINALLY: Tete-a-tete talks
Summary This book focuses on piano teachers and the many pains they encounter in their careers. These pains play an essential role in blocking the musical inspiration of their students. The author identifies with the sensitivities of the teachers, aiming at the inspiration permeated and safer playing of their students. The book penetrates the protective mechanisms of the teachers that, on the one hand, maintain their professional functioning, while on the other hand, block refreshing ideas. It combines exploration of secure and culturally informed inspired playing, coping with exaggerated anxiety and understanding the interaction of piano actions with pianists physiology. This book helps to open teachers perceptions of the ways to enable more secure and more inspired performances while remembering the inner feelings of the piano teachers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 8, 2022)
Subject Piano -- Instruction and study.
Piano teachers.
Piano -- Instruction and study
Piano teachers
Piano.
Ensenyament de la música.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789811921414
9811921415