Piano and Song - How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Piano and Song, by Friedrich Wieck This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Author: Friedrich Wieck Translator: Mary P. Nichols Release Date: September 5, 2005 [EBook #16658] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PIANO AND SONG *** Produced by David Newman, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net PIANO AND SONG HOW TO TEACH, HOW TO LEARN, AND HOW TO FORM A JUDGMENT OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. Translated from the German OF FRIEDRICH WIECK. BOSTON: LOCKWOOD, BROOKS, & COMPANY. 1875. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by NOYES, HOLMES, AND COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son. CONTENTS. Translator's Preface. Preface to the First Edition. Chapter I. On Elementary Piano-forte Instruction 1 Chapter II. An Evening Entertainment at Herr 17 Chapter III. Many Students of the Piano and Few 24 Chapter IV. A Conversation with Mrs. Solid, and 31 Chapter V. On the Pedal 59 Chapter VI. The Soft-Pedal Sentiment 65 Chapter VII.