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1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) : illustrations, music |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Musical traditions that hide in shellac -- From Poland -- "Music begins where technique leaves off" -- 2,800 concerts -- From Old Russia -- Encroaching modernism -- From Beethoven to Hitler -- In safety, down under -- Exile -- Chopin on the Nile -- The piano according to Tiegerman -- The piano according to Friedman |
| Summary |
Allan Evans's groundbreaking biography of Ignaz Friedman gives the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. Friedman's repertory emphasized the major works of Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Brahms, but he was perhaps best known for his interpretation of the Chopin mazurkas, which by all accounts he played with the same rhythmic nuance as their composer. Evans examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician from Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienn |
| Bibliography |
Includes discography, bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Friedman, Ignaz
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| SUBJECT |
Friedman, Ignaz fast |
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Friedman, Ignacy. swd |
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Friedman, Ignacy. idszbz |
| Subject |
Pianists -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
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Pianists
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008045908 |
| ISBN |
9780253003386 |
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0253003385 |
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1282293354 |
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9781282293359 |
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9786612293351 |
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6612293357 |
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