Virtuosi : A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists /

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Virtuosi A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists Mark Mitchell A bravura performance! "Vigorous, opinionated, and always entertaining, here is a personal essayist of great charm and sincerity. Mitchell's erudition'his collection of odd and illuminating bits of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Mark (Mark Lindsey)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Virtuosität
Pianist
Virtuosity in musical performance.
Piano > Performance.
Pianists.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Percussion.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Piano & Keyboard.
pianists.
Virtuosite.
Pianistes.
Piano > Execution.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; From the Green Room; THE LESS FRACTIONED WORLD; 1. The Triumph of Marsyas; 2. Le concert, c'est moi.
  • 3. The Critic and the Spider; AFTER TWO CONCERTS; 4. Notes on Gourmandism; 5. The Circus; 6. The Nature of the Bis; 7. The Colour of Classics
  • OF PARIS; 8. Some Virtuosi in Literature; 9. The Virtuoso at Home; 10. Possibilities of a Homosexual Aesthetic of Virtuosity; 11. Celluloid; 12. The pianola 'replaces' Sappho's barbitos
  • 13. Musical Chairs; or, II virtuoso seduto; 14. Aut Caesar, aut nihil
  • ARISTOCRACY.
  • 15. Muscles and Soul16. Mephistopheles in Soutanes; THE ANGEL OF THE MUD; Bibliography; Index.

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