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Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation, and agogics as an expression of fundamental principles of a common European musical language.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Musical Principles and the Limits of Notation / 2. Dynamics / 3. Articulation / 4. Agogics / 5. Pedal / 6. Notation / 7. Conclusion
About the author
Walter Fleischmann is Professor Emeritus of Piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Summary
Notes Become Music: A Guidebook from the Viennese Piano Tradition addresses the many unwritten nuances of dynamics, articulation, and agogics as an expression of fundamental principles of a common European musical language.
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"[Notes Become Music] conveys fundamental insights into how the works of the masters may be played both correctly and beautifully…. The study is concerned with nuances of our musical language that are often neglected or overlooked…. Mr. Fleischmann’s insights are the fruit of decades of experience in piano teaching and performing."
—Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist and conductor
"Great piano music has lived for centuries not only on the manuscript paper upon which it was notated by the masters, but also in the changing styles of interpretation over the years. Walter Fleischmann's intriguing work points out limits that serious pianists should not transgress, at the same time opening up a wealth of possibilities for legitimate interpretation for which there are no traditional means of notation."
—Alexander Jenner, Professor Emeritus, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
