At the Piano with Faure by Marguerite Long
Relates Marguerite Long's working and personal association with Gabriel Faure. This book uses musical examples to discuss the interpretation of many of Faure's compositions.
At the Piano with Faure
Summary
The French pianist, Marguerite Long, was closely associated with the music of Gabriel Faure and became a favourite interpreter of his music. She studied and worked for a decade alongside the composer and dedicated her long and successful career to the promotion of his music.
At the Piano with Faure Summary
At the Piano with Faure Reviews
Pianist Marguerite Long tells the wonderful tale of her deep immersion in the music and the person of Gabriel Faure - recommended with elan.
About Marguerite Long
Both a great concert pianist and professor of music, Marguerite Long gave her first recital at the age of eleven and her last at seventy-five. She was a favourite interpreter of many composers of the French School including Debussy, Ravel, Faure and the Spanish composer Albeniz. She was as fine a teacher as performer and numbered many renowned pianists as her pupils.
Table of Contents
1. Meeting; 2. Testimonies; 3. The Man and his Image; 4. The Piano Works of Gabriel Faure; 5. The Storyof an Appointment; 6. My First Recital of Faure in 1909; 7. The Friends of Faure; 8. The Enchanted Circle; 9.The Sources of Faure's Inspiration; 10. Around the Piano; 11. In Paradisum; Appendix
Additional information
GOR004155154
9781871082609
1871082609
At the Piano with Faure by Marguerite Long
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Kahn & Averill
2006-11-27
136
N/A
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