03992nam 2200613 450 991045286210332120200520144314.01-4422-5279-00-8108-8497-6(CKB)2550000001115962(EBL)1380567(OCoLC)857968866(SSID)ssj0000982980(PQKBManifestationID)12465858(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000982980(PQKBWorkID)10987210(PQKB)10459462(MiAaPQ)EBC1380567(Au-PeEL)EBL1380567(CaPaEBR)ebr10763293(CaONFJC)MIL516297(EXLCZ)99255000000111596220130315d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChopin's prophet the life of pianist Vladimir de Pachmann /Edward Blickstein and Gregor BenkoLanham, Maryland :Scarecrow Press,2013.1 online resource (489 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8108-8496-8 1-299-85046-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Colored Pebbles and Madame Slepouchkine, 1848-1868; Chapter 2. The Awakening, 1868-1879; Chapter 3. The Struggle to Find His Own Voice; Chapter 4. Alone on a Mountaintop, Early 1880s; Chapter 5. Paris to London on a Bridge of Applause, 1882-1883 and Later; Chapter 6. Pachmania, 1884-1885; Chapter 7. Bearded and a Father, 1885-1888; Chapter 8. Chronicle of the Chopinzee, Part One: American Debut, 1890; Chapter 9. Chronicle of the Chopinzee, Part Two: An Immortal Epithet is Born, 1891Chapter 10. Chronicle of the Chopinzee, Part Three: Friends and Foes, 1891-1892Chapter 11. Chronicle of the Chopinzee, Part Four: Sobering Reality, 1893; Chapter 12. Berlin Days, 1894-1899; Chapter 13. Vlady and Lepp: The Chopinzee and the Buddah; Chapter 14. The Voluptuary; Chapter 15. VladyFlappers and Floppers, 1899-1900; Chapter 16. The World's Greatest Pianist, 1899-1900; Chapter 17. Ruckus in a Rathskeller, 1899-1900; Chapter 18. A Symbol for the Symbolists, 1900-1904; Chapter 19. Captured by Baldwin, 1904-1905; Chapter 20. CESCO, December 1905 to June 1907Chapter 21. The First Farewell, 1907-1908: The American TourChapter 22. Peripatetic Pachmann, 1908-1911; Chapter 23. The Last of the Chopinzee, 1911-1912; Chapter 24. The Summer before the Storm, 1912-1914; Chapter 25. I'm Given My Work, and I Must Play, 1914-1918; Chapter 26. Villa Gioia, 1918-1920; Chapter 27. England's Favorite, 1920-1923; Chapter 28. Melted in America: The First Season, 1923-1924; Chapter 29. Melted in America: The Second Season, 1924-1925; Chapter 30. The Man of a Thousand Farewells, 1925-1928; Chapter 31. A Relic from the Past, 1928-1954Chapter 32. Pachmann's Vision of Chopin and its Relevancy for the Twenty-first CenturyNotes; Bibliography; Index Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps history's most notorious pianist. Widely regarded as the greatest player of Chopin's works, Pachmann embedded comedic elements-be it fiddling with his piano bench or flirting with the audience-within his classic piano recitals to alleviate his own anxiety over performing. Chopin's Prophet: The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, sPianistsBiographyElectronic books.Pianists786.2092BBlickstein Edward968525Benko Gregor968526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452862103321Chopin's prophet2199927UNINA