Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians: Revisited by Steven Isserlis
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 022648274X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here, in this beautiful gift edition, he revisits Schumann’s work and contributes his own contemporary counsel for musicians and music lovers. The book concludes with Isserlis’s own reflections on his life as a musician and performer: “My Own Bits of Advice (For What They’re Worth).” The result is a unique and thought-provoking book that will be treasured by aspiring musicians of any age.. For this edition, Isserlis retranslated Schumann’s text and arranged it into four thematic sections: “On being a musician,” “Playing,” “Practicing,” and “Composing.” Each page is decoratively designed, and accompanying Schumann’s original quotation are Isserlis’s thoughtful and often humorous glosses. If everybody were to play first violin, we could not have an orchestra. Recognizing the continued resonance of Schumann’s words, world-renowned cellist Steven Isserlis, himself a writer of children’s books and many articles for young musicians, set out to rescue the work from history. There is no end to learning. Originally published in1850, Advice to Young Musicians: Musical Rules for Home and in Li
The advice is all superb, but, as Isserlis notes, it can seem overwhelming .Schumann does recommend that his young musician break up study with walks and poetry, but executing all his recommendations would leave little time for the rest of life.”. "Isserlis takes Robert Schumann’s Advice to Young Musicians a sentence or so at a time, offering explanation and commentary that let Schumann talk directly to us, in an open and somehow contemporary manner
"This small volume was given to me many years ago" according to Chester Alexis. This small volume was given to me many years ago by a beloved piano professor I gave this copy to a 16-year old cellist who had, to his surprise, won an All-City concerto competition with Prokoviev Concerto !!! A delightful primer that even Senior "musicians who aspire to "artistry"would find stimulating !. Dennis Bianchi said Great advice from two important sources. This book should be read by anyone wanting to play music. Isserlis made the advice of Schumann come to life.