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Summary: A Necessity for Piano Teachers; Of Interest to Others
Comment: CLAVIER has been around for more than forty years and many piano teachers subscribe to it. I'm not a piano teacher, just a broken-down old amateur pianist. But I find each issue has something of interest for me. As an example, in the current issue (October 2004), there is a probing interview with Jörg Demus, the Viennese pianist. He reminisces about studying with Michelangeli and Kempff. This is then followed by an interview with the two pianist-sons (Rico and Paul) of another Viennese master, Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000). Each of these articles is then followed by a reprint from earlier Clavier issues of interesting writings related to those by and about Gulda and Demus. One, by Demus, is about the influence of Bach's keyboard writing on composers to the present day, and the other is by Martha Argerich, one of Gulda's students, about what it was like to study with him. Other articles in this particular issue (and rather typical of other issues) include one by a professor at Kansas University about using electronic piano keyboards and headphones in a piano studio environment and another about career opportunities for piano technicians. There is an article about Beethoven (primarily historical information) by a long-time piano teacher, one for teachers about 'the first year of lessons,' one about how to advise parents (or students) who are moving and want to find a new teacher. And finally there's a funny (and somewhat unsettling) essay by a Toronto piano teacher whose next door neighbor called the noise abatement authorities down on him, and how he dealt with it. It is told with gentle humor and firm resolve and aside from being interesting in itself, it would probably be helpful for any other teacher who found him or herself in a similar pickle.
In every issue there are notes for teachers about new publications of music for their students at the earlier levels, reviews of books, articles, CDs and the like, and a letters column. Occasionally the score for a short teaching piece is printed.I hope that by outlining typical contents this will give you some idea about whether this publication is for you.
Scott Morrison
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