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Informationen zum Autor Allan Evans Klappentext Allan Evans is the founder of Arbiter of Cultural Traditions and has published more than 150 recordings by historic interpreters. He is editor (with Mark Mitchell) of Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century (IUP, 2005). Evans teaches at the Mannes College of Music, New York. He lives in New York. Zusammenfassung A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1. Musical Traditions That Hide in Shellac 2. From Poland 3. "Music begins where technique leaves off" 4. 2,800 Concerts 5. From Old Russia 6. Encroaching Modernism 7. From Beethoven to Hitler 8. In Safety, Down Under 9. Exile 10. Chopin on the Nile 11. The Piano According to Tiegerman 12. The Piano According to Friedman Appendix A: Friedman's Repertoire Appendix B: Discography Appendix C: Friedman's and Tiegerman's Compositions Appendix D: Friedman's Edition of Chopin's Piano Works Notes Bibliography Index
