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Mastering the Art of Performance : A Primer for Musicians
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Mastering the Art of Performance : A Primer for Musicians Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition

by Gordon, Stewart

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  • Title Mastering the Art of Performance : A Primer for Musicians
  • Author Gordon, Stewart
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY
  • Date 2005-12-15
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9208291-6
  • ISBN 9780195177435 / 0195177436
  • Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.34 x 6.46 x 0.88 in (23.72 x 16.41 x 2.24 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Music - Performance, Performance practice (Music)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005010152
  • Dewey Decimal Code 781.43

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Summary

In Mastering the Art of Performance: A Primer for Musicians, Stewart Gordon offers seasoned advice to musicians intent on meeting the challenges of performance. Through real-life examples and pre-performance exercises, this accessible manual gives musicians and other performers practicalinsights into every aspect of performance. While other books merely identify and describe the problems associated with performance, this book offers detailed suggestions for solving them.First, Gordon tackles the critical planning and preparatory stages, helping performers to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The book's easy-to-follow exercises address the self-doubt and anxiety many musicians contend with, helping them to analyze why they perform, set goals and assess thelevel of energy needed to achieve them, and develop a performance philosophy...

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This volume is intended to serve as a series of thought-provoking exercises for those who strive to perfect the art of musical performance.

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Citations

  • Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1835

About the author

Stewart Gordon has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a pianist, teacher, editor, composer, and author. His books and video tapes are widely used in university classrooms. His new edition of the thirty-two Beethoven piano sonatas is attracting wide attention for its scholarly research. He is currently a Professor of Keyboard Studies at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California.

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