Mstislav Rostropovich : cellist, teacher, legend / Elizabeth Wilson
Language: English
Published by London : Faber, 2007
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- Hardcover
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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Includes 3 original colour photographs of Rostropovich loosely inserted. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: Bookplate of Tony and Tania Webster. Physical description: xviii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-359) and index. Contents: Machine derived contents note: illustrations ix -- Pretace xi -- Acknowledgements xv -- Notes on the text xvii -- Introduction: A perspective on the Russian school of -- cello-playing i -- I Begminings 13 -- ? Studies at the Moscow Conservatoire 26 -- 3 The start of a performing career 41 -- 4 The young teacher 55 -- 5 Contacts with composers I: from Glire to Prokofiev 64 -- 6 Establishing new performance standards (195z-62) 79 -- 7 An independent teacher 10o4 -- 8 Contacts with composers II: Shostakovich and his -- successors r5a -- 5, -- ITERLUDE i Natalya Shakhovskaya 14I -- 9 Popularising the cello 148 -- INTERLUDE 2 Aleksandr Knafel 171 -- io The early 196os I78 -- INTERLUDE 3 Natalya Gutman zo6 -- ix Teaching principles: Class 19 in the 1960s z1I -- ITERLUDE 4 Karine Georgian 235 -- 12t Principles of interpretation 242 -- rNERLUDE 5 Victoria Yagling ?69 -- 13 The late 1960os z79 -- TERLUDE 6 Ivan Monigheti 30o -- MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH -- 14 The final years in the Soviet Union 313 -- Epilogue 343 -- Appendix i: Rostropovich's cello students, 1947-74 349 -- Appendix z: Letter from Rostropovich to a number of Russian -- newspapers 352z -- List of sources 356. Subjects: Rostropovich, Mstislav 1927-2007; Moskovskaia gosudarstvennaia konservatoriia im. P.I. Chaikovskogo; Geschichte 1947-1977; Cellists ; Biography; Music Instruction and study Russia (Federation) Moscow; Violoncellistes ; Biographies; Musique E?tude et enseignement Russie Moscou. 1 Kg. …
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- Title
- Mstislav Rostropovich : cellist, teacher, legend / Elizabeth Wilson
- Author
- Wilson, Elizabeth A. M
- Publisher
- London : Faber
- Publication year
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0571220517
- ISBN 13
- 9780571220519
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
Published to coincide with Rostropovich's 80th birthday celebrations
Mstislav Rostropovich, internationally recognised as one of the world's finest cellists and musicians, has always maintained that teaching is an important responsibility for great artists. Before his emigration in 1974 from Russia to the West, Rostropovich taught several generations of the brightest Russian talents - as Professor of the Moscow Conservatoire - over a continuous period of two decades. His students included such artists as Jacqueline du Pré, Nataliyia Gutman, Karine Georgian, Ivan Monighetti and many others
Rostropovich's teaching represented not only his individual approach to cello repertoire and instrumental technique, but also comprised a philosophy of life. As soon as he returned from his frequent concert tours, he would launch himself with whirlwind energy into his teaching activities. His lessons, which were conducted as open masterclasses , were awaited eagerly as an event of huge importance. Class 19 of the Moscow Conservatoire, where they were held, was usually packed with students (violinists , conductors and pianists as well as cellists). Often other professors dropped in, as did visiting musicians. The lessons were performances in themselves: Rostropovich - usually seated at the piano - cajoled and inspired his students to give the best of themselves. His comments went far beyond correcting the students in making them understand the essence of the work they were playing. Often this was done through striking imagery, and as such the lessons were addressed to the wider audience present in the classroom as well as to the individual student.
Drawing from her own vivid reminiscences and those of ex-students, documents from the Moscow Conservatoire and extensive interviews with Rostropovich himself , Elizabeth Wilson's book sets out to define his teaching, and to recapture the atmosphere of the conservatoire and Moscow's musical life.
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