Principles of Piano Technique and Interpretation by Kendall Taylor

by Kendall Taylor

This book is essentially a practical guide, designed to stimulate and encourage the young performer and those embarking on a teaching career to give systematic and constructive thought to all the processes of learning, from the preliminary stages through

Genres: Music

Mass Market Paperback

First published June 30, 1981

About the author

Kendall Taylor, Ph.D., is a cultural historian who has taught at George Washington University, The American University, and State University of New York. She also served as Head of the National Exhibitions Program at the Library of Congress, Academic Director of The American University’s Washington Semester Program in Art and Architecture, and Vice President for Planning, Research, and Institutional Advancement at Friends World College in Huntington, Long Island. A Fulbright scholar and winner of numerous awards, Taylor is the author of the critically acclaimed biography of the Fitzgeralds, Sometimes Madness Is Wisdom, which was published in 2001. She lives in New York and Florida.

Reviews

[Blair · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall I find Gyorgy Sandor's On Piano Playing: Motion, Sound, and Expression better in regards to descriptions of the physical movements of piano playing but this book contains excellent information on phrasing, fingering, interpretation and style. Good examples used. Well written. Academic.