A Pianist's Landscape

by Carol Montparker

Book Overview

(Amadeus). These intensely personal and perceptive essays explore the author's life as a pianist practicing, performing, teaching, and writing but they could be the thoughts and reflections of any... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574670395
• ISBN13: 9781574670394
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Amadeus Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Insight on Artistry

Carol Montparker writes with insight, warmth, and sensitivity. She has great feeling for the difficulties and rewards of the pianist's vocation. She expresses appreciation to the famous pianists she has interviewed for Clavier Magazine, and yet she speaks of her students with respect, also. Her insights into the challenges facing a pianist and her reverence for the art form make this book eminently worth reading.

SHE SPEAKS TO ME

THIS BOOK WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY SISTER WHO HAD READ IT AND KNEW I WOULD LOVE IT! AND I DID. MONTPARKER WRITES WITH A WONDERUFL CLARITY AND "RIGHT-ON-NESS." WHETHER ONE IS AN ARTIST OF ANY SORT, VISUAL, MUSICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL OR "MERELY" A LOVER OF THE ARTS, CAROL MONTPARKER KNOWS HOW TO GET HER MESSAGE ACROSS. ONE REALIZES THE WORK, THE INSIGHT AND THE DEVOTION THIS MUSICIAN BRINGS TO HER TALENT AND HOW SHE IS OPEN TO MUSIC OF ALL KINDS. SHE NEVER DENIGRATES MUSICIANS, AND SHE LISTENS, NOT ONLY WITH A KEEN EAR,BUT WITH COMPASSION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE THE PERFORMER AND THE MUSIC. WHETHER YOU ARE A PLAYER OR LISTENER OF MUSIC, CAROL MONTPARKER SPEAKS TO YOU AND SEEMS TO BE IN TOUCH. SHE IS HONEST AND STRAIGHT FORWARD WITHOUT BEING OVERLY SENTIMENTAL. I LOVE THIS BOOK! READ IT!