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Sleeping in Temples

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

Sleeping in Temples

By Susan Tomes

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About the book

In several decades as a distinguished classical pianist, Susan Tomes has found that there are some issues which never go away. Here she takes up various topics of perennial interest: how music awakens and even creates memories, what "interpretation" really means, what effect daily practice has on the character, whether playing from memory is a burden or a liberation, and why the piano is the right tool for the job. She pays homage to the influence of remarkable teachers, asks what it takes for l...Show more

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ISBN

9781843839750

Publisher

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Sleeping in Temples

Format

Hardcover

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