The Mid-Twentieth-Century Concert Pianist: An English Experience

by Julian Hellaby

In this book, Julian Hellaby presents a detailed study of English piano playing and career management as it was in the middle years of the twentieth century. Making regular comparisons with early twenty-first-century practice, the author examines career-launching mechanisms, such as auditions and competitions, and investigates available means of career sustenance, including artist management, publicity outlets, recital and concerto work, broadcasts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147248486X
• ISBN13: 9781472484864
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"