The Art of Piano Pedalling - Any good?

[nomis]

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/048642782X/qid=1112124595/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-8370942-6079829?v=glance&s=books

I was wondering if this book is any good. If not, are there any other books on pedalling?

[bernhard]

I don't know about this book  , but this one:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253207320/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-4063310-2661461?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance


is excellent!

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[nomis]

Thank you. I'll see if I can get it here in London.

[classicarts]

I didn't know it was that complicated to pedal.   

[xvimbi]

I didn't know it was that complicated to pedal.   

Then I would not recommend you look into the book that Bernhard has mentioned. Scary! Sometimes, ignorance is bliss!

[iumonito]

The Rubinstein and Carreno essays are absolute classics.  Very important documents on performance practice of the period.

Look for Christiani's book too.

[invictus]

No, not those books. They are a waste of money IMO

The pedalling of piano depends on your interpretation, and it varies. Books will try to stiffen the art and make it their style

Just integrate yourself into the music and you will find yourself pedalling naturally according to your style

[Siberian Husky]

i must admit..my pedaling is choppy at times and noticable..my chopin will never spread its wings if i dont clean it up..

[sportsmonster]

try to pedal the revolutionary etude. it is just to bang the pedal up and down in max speed and see what happens .....if you know any better

[ahinton]

I don't know about this book  , but this one:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253207320/ref=pd_sim_b_3/103-4063310-2661461?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

is excellent!

Indeed, this work by Joseph Banowetz should be standard fare for pianists; if I have one tiny reservation, it is that Mr Banowetz goes into insufficient detail about the 3rd pedal, of whose use he is nevertheless a master (witness, for example, his splendid performances of Ronald Stevenson's piano music on Altarus AIR-CD-9089) - tghis is an especial pity, since so many pianists and teachers are just plain lazy about it, despite its having been around for well over a century and a quarter (and for almost a century in its present form which allows legato pedalling). I write as a composer for the piano rather than as a pianist, so the fact that i value Mr Banowetz's book as I do should give an even finer impression of it than might otherwise have been the case.

Bdest,

Alistair