Famous Pianists and Their Technique - Reginald Gerig
Famous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. This widely used and acclaimed history of piano technical thought includes insights into the techniques of masters such as C.P.E. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Clementi, Czerny, Debussy, Godowsky, Horowitz, Levinskaya, Leschetizky, the Lhevinnes, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rubinstein, and Schubert, among others.
Called "the bible of piano technique" by Maurice Hinson, this book is a comprehensive resource for the student, teacher, and professional pianist who seek to discover the secrets of how the immortal professional pianists developed and polished their mechanical and musical technique. This expanded edition contains a foreword by Alan Walker, a new preface, and multiple new appendices.
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Reginald R. Gerig is Professor Emeritus of Piano at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, and is the editor of Piano Preludes on Hymns and Chorales, in which three of his own works were included. Hi is past president of Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society, and a member of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, and the Music Teachers National Association. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Gerig won the state piano competition at Indiana University at the age of fifteen. He was granted a Bachelor of Music degree with highest honor from Wheaton College, and went on to Juilliard where he earned he B.S. and M.S. degrees in piano. He joined the piano faculty at Eastman School of Music (Rochester, N.Y.) in 1950, returning in 1952 to Wheaton. A performer as well as teacher, he gives numerous piano and organ concerts and is organist for his church. He frequently judges piano competitions.
