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The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling

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Library: Music e-book Library
Book Title: The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling
Author(s)/Editor(s): Joseph Banowetz

Table of contents:

  • Preface vii
  • 1. The History of the Piano's Pedals I
  • PART ONE Pedaling Techniques

    • 2. The Right Pedal 9
    • 3. The Middle Pedal 90
    • 4. The Left Pedal 110
  • PART TWO Pedaling Works of Selected Composers and Styles

    • 5. Using the Pedals When Playing Bach 125
    • 6. Using the Pedals When Playing Haydn and Mozart 136
    • 7. Beethoven's Uses of the Pedals William S. Newman 142
    • 8. Executing Beethoven's Long Pedals on the Modern Piano 167
    • 9. Pedaling the Piano Works of Chopin Maurice Hinson 179
    • 10. Using the Pedals When Playing Schumann 199
    • 11. Using the Pedals When Playing Liszt 206
    • 12. The Catalan School of Pedaling Mark Hansen 220
    • 13. Gieseking's Pedaling in Debussy and Ravel Dean Elder 230
  • Notes 288
  • Bibliography of Sources in English 295
  • Index 303
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