An Intimate Portrait of Sidney Foster

Pianist... Mentor

Imelda Delgado (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

162 Seiten

2013
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-5934-5 (ISBN)

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The great American pianist Sidney Foster is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, Mr. Foster’s own words from a workshop he conducted for teachers, and his own cadenza to the Beethoven Third Concerto for piano.

The great American pianist Sidney Foster—distinguished professor of piano at Indiana University, and the first Leventritt Award winner—is remembered here by a former student for his outstanding ability and generous character. This book includes commentary by numerous students, professionals in their own right; Mr. Foster’s own words; and his own cadenza to the Third Beethoven Concerto for piano.

(Other compositions, including a song dedicated to Foster’s wife, a piano duet with narration, and a twenty-minute CD of his playing, excerpted from unedited live performances, are available for purchase separately from the author.)

Imelda Delgado earned a master’s degree in piano performance (1960) at Indiana University while studying with Sidney Foster. In addition, she was awarded the coveted Performer’s Certificate for her master’s piano recital. In 1973, the Ford Foundation awarded her a two-year graduate grant to earn her doctorate (1975) at Indiana University, again with her mentor, Sidney Foster. Her solo and chamber music performances have been in the United States, England, Mexico, Switzerland, and Italy. She has held teaching positions at Del Mar College and Corpus Christi State University (currently Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi), the University of Vermont in Burlington, Stephens College in Columbia, MO, and a one-semester guest artist teaching post at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Currently, she performs as pianist with the Camerata del Sol Trio. Her recordings are in collaboration with flutist David Aguilar and oboist Evelyn McCarty.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Charles H. Webb
Preface by Imelda Delgado
Acknowledgements

I. Beginnings

Early Years
Composer
The Leventritt
After The Leventritt: The Leroy-Foster-Scholz Trio
Sidney Foster and Norman Dello Joio
Stages Where Sidney Foster Walked
Evolution of Programming
Orchestral Soloist

II. Foster’s Pianism

Russian Roots, Russian Legacy
His Hands
His Piano Teachers
Where He Taught
The Pedagogue
Collaborator—Indiana University
The Concert Pianist and the Old World Scholar
Architect of Piano Performance Doctorate

III. Personals

John
Five Women in His Life
Anna Diamond Foster and Dorothy Foster Difazio
Mana-Zucca97
Isabelle Vengerova
Bronja
From The Grande Scale to Gourmet Dinners
A Little Potpourri

IV. Defining Performances

Memorial to Father (1937)
Concerto Highlights (1954)
From Fliere to Foster: To Russia with Love
(The Russian Tour 1964)
The Boston Première of Bartók’s
Third Piano Concerto (April 1965)

V. Finale

1976: A Bicentennial and a Centennial
The Final Curtain
A Farewell Letter
February 7, 1977

Appendices

Appendix A. In His Own Words: Piano Workshop
Appendix B. The Students Speak
Appendix C. Cadenza for the First Movement of the Beethoven Third Piano Concerto (1941)

Index

About The Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.2013
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	449 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
ISBN-10	0-7618-5934-9 / 0761859349
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-5934-5 / 9780761859345
Zustand	Neuware