Menahem Pressler: artistry in piano teaching

I. A life in teaching 1. A brief biography

2.The studio

3. Pressler's early training

4.The Debussy competition

5. Opportunities in America

6. Bloomington

7. General aspects of Pressler's teaching

8. The technical approach

9. Principles of expressive performance

10. Guides for practicing

11. Technical instructions 12. Pressler's humor

13. Pressler at the Met : Beethoven's Sonata op. 110

14. Pressler at the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute.

II. The music 15. Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita no. 2 in C minor, S. 826

16. Béla Bartók, Out of doors

17. Ludwig van Beethoven, Concerto no. 5 in E- flat major, op. 73, "Emperor", Sonata, op. 81a "Les adieux"

18. Johannes Brahms, Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 2, Piano trio in B major, op. 8

19. Frédéric Chopin, Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58, Nocturne in E major, op. 62 no. 2

20. Claude Debussy, Prélude, "Les collines d'Anacapri," book 1, no. 5, Prélude, "Feux d'artifice," book 2, no. 12

L'isle joyeuse

21. Joseph Haydn, Sonata in C major, Hob.XVI:50

22. Franz Liszt, Après une lecture du Dante

23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 281

24. Serge Prokofiev, Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83

25. Maurice Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit, Le tombeau de Couperin, Piano trio in A minor

26. Franz Schubert, Fantasie in C major, D. 760, "Wanderer"

27. Robert Schumann, Kreisleriana, op. 16, Concerto in A minor, op. 54

28. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano concerto in B-flat minor, op. 23

29. Carl Maria von Weber, "Perpetual motion" : sonata in C major, op. 24, Finale.

Appendix A: Menahem Pressler's musical ancestry

Appendix B: Lineage of piano teachers

Appendix C: Tributes to Pressler

Appendix D: Pressler's studio rosters (1955-2008)

Bibliography

Index of compositions

Index of names and concepts.