The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering, the much-anticipated companion to Joseph Banowetz's The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling, provides practical fingering solutions for technical musical passages. Banowetz contends that fingering choices require much thought and consideration and that too often these choices are influenced by historical traditions and ideas rather than by actual performance conditions. By returning to the unedited original compositions, he strives to help the advanced pianist think through the composer's musical intent and the actual performance tempo and dynamics when selecting the fingering. Banowetz also includes valuable contributions by Philip Fowke, who examines redistributions by Benno Moiseiwitsch in Rachmaninoff's compositions, and Nancy Lee Harper, who explores the often very different approaches to fingering found in keyboard music of the Baroque era.

The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering will be useful to the advanced pianist and to instructors looking to guide students in improving this important art.

About the Author

Joseph Banowetz is Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas. An internationally renowned pianist and piano pedagogue, he is author of The Pianist's Guide to Pedaling.

Reviews

"The Performing Pianist's Guide to Fingering is a very practical and highly useful (and musical!) approach to the subject. . . . [It] is an excellent resource and guide for informing pianists about factors that influence and impact their fingering choices and options."-Murray McLachlan, Chair, European Piano Teachers' Association

Book Information
ISBN 9780253053138
Author Joseph Banowetz
Format Hardback
Page Count 244
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Weight(grams) 485g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 23mm