New Pathways to Piano Technique: A Study of the Relations Between Mind and Body with Special Reference to Piano Playing
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- Synopsis
- Readers and musicians will find &“quite [a] revolutionary approach to the keyboard&” in this work that applies psychological principles to improve piano skill (Music & Letters). In 1931, composer, artist, and inventor Luigi Bonpensiere began exploring piano technique through a series of mind-body experiments. He devoted the next twelve years of his life to examining, recording, interpreting, and applying his findings. New Pathways to Piano Technique contains Bonpensiere&’s notes toward a piano practice grounded in ideokinesis. This revolutionary approach combines the somatic experience of the musician with visual imagery to improve musical skill fluidly and rapidly. With a foreword by Aldous Huxley, who calls Bonpensiere a &“remarkably gifted author,&” this pioneering work offers valuable philosophical and psychological insights on the practice of piano to contemporary music lovers and pianists.
- Copyright:
- 1953
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9798337201696
- Publisher:
- Philosophical Library/Open Road
- Date of Addition:
- 06/10/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Luigi Bonpensiere
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology, Education, Music, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- Aldous Huxley
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