num_pages: 324
description: The accounts of Chopin's pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, provide valuable insights into the musician's pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. Included in this study is extensive appendix material that presents annotated scores, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing by pupils, writers, and critics.
language: English
title: Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils
titlecomplete: Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils
genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Classical Music, Music
ratings_count: 142
publisher: Cambridge University Press