Description
Features the life and work of Dinu Lipatti. This book deals with Lipatti as pianist, composer and teacher. It includes many quotations from letters written by him, many musical examples, a list of works and two cadenzas for the Mozart Piano Concerto in C (K467). This publication is a valuable foundation from which to understand the complete devotion and musicianship of one of the most gifted pianists/composers the world has ever heard. Much of this book is devoted to understanding Dinu Lipatti’s music, his teaching, composing and those important in his musical development.
Contents
Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin
Preface
1. First Steps
2. Years of Apprenticeship
3. Fame
4. Finis Tragoediae
5. The Interpreter
6. The Composer
7. Dinu Lipatti – The Teacher
Footnotes
Appendices
Discography
Dinu Lipatti’s Compositions
Selected Bibliography
Two Cadenzas by Dinu Lipatti for Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C (K467)
About the Author
Musicologist Dragos Tanasescu is a former Professor at the Bucharest Music Academy and Honorary President of the Rumanian Society of Music Teachers. Grigore Bargauanu is a former Professor of Theory and General Musicianship at the Bucharest Music Academy and now teaches piano in Paris.
Reviews
Tanasescu and Bargauanu’s Lipatti is a unique resource, and an important one. There is a story here that deserves a place in our hearts, and a testimony that should inspire every one of us who loves the piano and its music.
Andrew Eales – pianodao.com. Read the full review here
This wonderful book will enlighten you.
Ralph Neiween – Clavier
… indispensible for all serious music lovers.
Noel Malcolm – The Spectator
… compelling passages based on Lipatti’s own letters …
Ates Orga – Literary Review
This is a valuable book
Simon Nicholls – Piano Journal
