Pianist and the Art of Music

Excerpt from The Pianist and the Art of Music: A Treatise on Piano Playing for Teachers and Students The pianist's relation to the art of music is in our present age materially different from that of the earlier virtuosos, not so much on account of greater skill in the management of the improved instrument as in reference to the ends which the artist is expected to accomplish. The piano-virtuoso, whose efforts were of an individual type altogether, following a long line of eminent players and composers (Scarlatti, Mozart, Clementi, Dussek, Woelfl, Steibelt, Gramer, Hummel, Field, Herz, Thalberg, etc.) has, in the natural process of development, made room to the pianists, whose strength rests in the reproduction of the works of other masters, such as Liszt, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Reinecke, Hiller, Hallé, Rubinstein, Buelow, Essipoff, D'Albert, Paderewski and others. The increasing beauty and artistic variety of the masterworks of piano literature seem destined to gain a constantly increasing influence in this direction, so that an adequate reading of the gems of pianistic art will always be considered superior to the ephemeral, though perhaps novel display of individual taste and talent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.