Great Pianists on Piano Playingstudy Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. a Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas Upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression

What if you could sit in a room with Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ferruccio Busoni, and Ignacy Paderewski and ask them anything about piano playing? This book is the next best thing. Compiled from personal interviews and conferences in the early 20th century, Great Pianists on Piano Playing preserves the actual words of twenty-eight legendary keyboard masters discussing technique, interpretation, style, and expression. Rachmaninoff shares his "Essentials of Artistic Playing." Busoni reveals "Important Details in Piano Study." Paderewski addresses "Breadth in Musical Art." But beyond the technical advice, these pages capture something rarer: the philosophy and soul of an era when virtuosity meant something absolute. Each chapter reads as a genuine conversation rather than a lecture, offering a rare window into how these masters actually thought about their art.