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Monsters and Angels
Surviving a Career in Music
Seymour Bernstein
Cat.#10174
$30.00
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In this book, Seymour Bernstein takes readers behind the scenes, where they learn the truth about
performing careers. Because he sees career survival as surviving life itself, he offers the reader
insights and advice on personal as well as musical issues. In Part 2 he discusses the importance of
music education in everyone's life. Through his vivid and often humorous accounts of his own
experiences with teachers, we learn how to discriminate between good and bad ones. As he traces the
path of his career, he brings to account monster teachers, managers, and critics for their abuse of
young aspiring muscians. He strongly believes that everyone has a right to develop whatever degree
of talent he or she possesses for self-fulfillment and self-development.
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• An important text for college music majors, music teachers and performers
• A good text for the professional and amateur musician
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Retrospective
Seymour Bernstein
Cat.#CD-2
$17.00
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Before he became one of the most respected names in piano education, Seymour Bernstein was an
acclaimed concert pianist. This 2-CD set compiles Bernstein's live performances, digitally
re-mastered by the SONY Corporation, from as early as the 1950s to the 1970s. The set includes
compositions by Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schubert and Schumann,
as well as two original compositions by Seymour Bernstein, Birds, Bk. 1, his premiere performance
at the University of Missouri, and Lullaby for Carrieann recorded at the 92nd Street Y. in New York
City.
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• Includes Birds, Bk. 1, his premiere performance
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With Your Own Two Hands
Seymour Bernstein
Cat.#10181
$25.00
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This best-selling book by the nationally acclaimed pianist is a realistic program for conquering
nervousness, sharpening concentration, and enhancing coordination. Bernstein observes that
musicianship requires the same talents used in any activity, and shows how to develop a dedication
to practice that can harmonize the musical and personal self. Sections of the book include:
Practicing-A Key to Integration; Concentration and Sight-reading;Tempo-Rhythm-Pulse; Listening;
technique and choreography; performance and memorizing skills.
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• Excellent for both amateurs and professional pianists
• Useful for any instrumentalist
• Good choice for pedagogy classes
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Chopin: Interpreting his Notational Symbols
Seymour Bernstein
Cat.#10172
$15.00
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A book offering unique information on and insights into Chopin's pedal indications and the
crescendo-diminuendo signs called "hairpins." According to research, what Seymour Bernstein
suggests about the asterisks, or “stars” in between pedal indications is a first of its kind.
"A careful, honest probe... of the confusion of Chopin's pedal marks" Clavier magazine.
In this text, Seymour Bernstein discusses and illustrates with many musical examples Chopin's
pedal indications and the "hairpin" marks. He writes, "There still remain worlds to conquer in
discovering the truth behind, or at least a reasonable assumption about, certain notational
indications in music. Among them are Chopin's pedal signs and the wedge-shaped expression marks
often called "hairpins." We highly recommend this text for all piano teachers and pedagogy students.
The book is divided into two major sections: Part 1: Chopin's Pedal Indications, Notational Enigma,
Asterisks and After Sound, Asterisks-Custom of Meaning, Notational Confusion, A Brief Historical
Survey, Chopin's Pedal Signs, 3-Stage Approach, A Language of Choreographic Gestures, Harmonic and
Rhythmic Structures, A Scholar's Point of View, More Large Spaces and Finger Pedaling Summary. Part
2: Hairpins, Wedge-shaped Hairpins, Closing Hairpins, Opening Hairpins, Redundancies?,
Contradictions?, Poetic Inflections, Notational Enigma, Possible Interpretation of Hairpins in the
Romantic Period, Conclusions and Bibliography.
A quote from eminent pianist, composer, and teacher, Dr. Logan Skelton, Professor of
Piano and Director of Doctoral Studies in Piano Performance at the
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor:
"Seymour, I have just spent a very enjoyable morning reading through (yet again)
your book, CHOPIN: Interpreting His Notational Symbols. I continue to
be so profoundly impressed with the high intelligence, erudition,
creativity and authentic musicianship that informs every word. In
particular, I was knocked out by playing through the many musical
examples, trying to bring into being the interpretations you offer of
Chopin's seemingly enigmatic notation. Every move you suggest is
musically and artistically driven ... a wonder to behold. I recommend
this book to all of my students, and teach the principles wherever I
go. It is no exaggeration to say that it has changed my musical life
to spend time with this little book, so full of inspiration and mind-
bending concepts. I feel, as always, so very fortunate to have known
you. The ghosts of your thoughts are alive in me.
Affectionately,
Logan"
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• Advanced
• For all pianists looking for answers to Chopin's pedal and "hairpin" indications
• For piano pedagogy classes
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