Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Translator's Introduction
The Piano Master Classes of Franz Liszt, 1884-1886
Foreword
Literature
Abbreviations
Chronology of August Gollerich's Life
Introduction to the Diaries
The Diaries of August Gollerich
1. Weimar: May 31, 1884-July 6, 1884
2. Weimar: June 16, 1885-June 27, 1885
3. Weimar: June 28, 1885-September 29, 1885
4. Rome: November 11, 1885-January 12, 1886
5. Pest: February 18, 1886-February 25, 1886
6. Pest: Before March 2, 1886-March 6, 1886
7. Weimar: May 17, 1886-May 31, 1886
8. Weimar: June 15, 1886-June 26, 1886
Appendix A: "Liszt," from The Memoirs of Frederic Lamond
Appendix B: "Liszt as Teacher," by Jose Vianna da Motta
Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index

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The piano teaching methods of Franz Liszt

About the Author

Richard Louis Zimdars is Despy Karlas Professor of Piano at the Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia. He is translator and editor of The Piano Master Classes of Hans von Bülow: Two Participants' Accounts (IUP, 1993).

Reviews

"[Liszt] gives practical tips, drawn from a well of experience sans pareil ... demonstrates how to project second-rate music (a Rubinstein concerto) ... [and] suggests ways of coping with the truly profound (in response to a student's performance of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations)." Times Literary Supplement "If one could go back in time and space, I feel sure most pianists ... would desire to go back to [Lizst's] time to study with this great personality--but we cannot. However, in this book you have it all." Keyboard Teacher "An unbelievable source of knowledge and thus indispensable ... Belongs with the most important [diaries] in the Liszt literature." Lizst Saeculum