Polish-born prodigy Theodor Leschetizky achieved an international career as a pianist and conductor and became the most celebrated Piano instructor of his era. Marie Prentner a prize student of the famed teacher recorded the principles and techniques of the Leschetizky method - hereby presented in this new authoritative edition.The two-part method begins with finger and hand positions before discussing the pianist's touch covering such topics as diatonic and chromatic scales trills chords arpeggios double notes thirds fifths and octaves.The second part focuses on performance and interpretation offering advice on playing Bach and Handel and explaining thefundamentals of rhythm pedaling melody and musical culture.

Franz Liszt - Carl Czerny - Theodor Leschetizky für Klavier oder Orgel-In this essential collection John W. Schaum has distilled Czerny's well-known etudes down to short studies using them to illuminate all 24 keys. The resulting selection represents a broad cross-section of Czerny's works giving the student the opportunity to profit from these varied technical studies while saving time and getting right to the heart of each exercise.