The Tyranny of Tradition in Piano Teaching: A Critical History from Clementi to the Present
- Author: Ponce, Walter
This is one of the most informed and thought-provokng books about piano playing and education to have appeared in recent years —
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$57.00Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Genesis of Cognitive Impairment
- 2. Mousseau vs. Clementi
- 3. The Legacy of Clementi
- 4. Descending from “Parnassus”
- 5. Musical Asceticism
- 6. The Legacy and Religion
- 7. The Legacy of Emulation
- 8. The Legacy of Abuse
- 9. The Legacy of the Gradus Complex
- 10. The Legacy of the Brainless Little Animal
- 11. Music and the Mind
- 12. The Mind in Piano Playing
- 13. Disparities and Paradoxes
- 14. Twentieth Century: Assimilation and Rejection
- 15. End of the Millennium
- 16. Contemporary American Music Education
- 17. The Legacy on the Best and the Brightest
- 18. Rituals and Myths
- 19. Conclusion
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
