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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154725303321

Autore

Mitchell Mark (Mark Lindsey)

Titolo

Virtuosi : A Defense and a (Sometimes Erotic) Celebration of Great Pianists / / Mark Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

9780253028549

025302854X

0253337577 (cl : alk. paper)

9780253337573

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

786.2/193

Soggetti

Virtuosity in musical performance

Pianists

Piano - Performance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- From the Green Room -- THE LESS FRACTIONED WORLD -- 1. The Triumph of Marsyas -- 2. "Le concert, c'est moi. -- 3. The Critic and the Spider -- AFTER TWO CONCERTS -- 4. Notes on Gourmandism -- 5. The Circus -- 6. The Nature of the Bis -- 7. "The Colour of Classics -- OF PARIS -- 8. Some Virtuosi in Literature -- 9. The Virtuoso at Home -- 10. Possibilities of a Homosexual Aesthetic of Virtuosity -- 11. Celluloid -- 12. "The pianola 'replaces' Sappho's barbitos -- 13. Musical Chairs -- or, II virtuoso seduto -- 14. "Aut Caesar, aut nihil -- ARISTOCRACY -- 15. Muscles and Soul -- 16. Mephistopheles in Soutanes -- THE ANGEL OF THE MUD -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

He edited The Penguin Book of International Gay Writing.