Chopin's Pedagogy: A Practical Approach

David Korevaar

Resources

 

Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. Chopin: pianist and teacher as seen by his pupils. Translated by Naomi Shohet with Krysia Osostowicz and Roy Howat. Edited by Roy Howat. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1986.

 

Chopin Early Editions http://chopin.lib.uchicago.edu/ accessed March 10, 2010.

 

Carl Mikuli. "Chopin as Pianist and Teacher." Excerpt from the forward to his edition of ChopinÕs works for F. Kistner, 1879. http://www.oocities.com/vienna/2217/mikuli.htm accessed March 10, 2010.

 

Joao Paulo Casaroti. "Chopin the Teacher." http://www.forte-piano-pianissimo.com/ChopintheTeacher.html accessed March 10, 2010.

David Korevaar. "Chopin's Pedagogy: A Practical Approach." Presentation for MTNA Pedagogy Saturday, Albuquerque 2010.

 

Historical recordings of grand-pupils of Chopin available on YouTube:

 

Moritz Rosenthal (1862-1946) (Pupil of Mikuli from age of 10, later worked with Joseffy and Liszt)

Etude op. 10, no. 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s2q5E_Mfbc

Nocturne in D-flat op. 27, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roN3aPBGoVs

Waltz in C-sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmpbwCCm7Ws

Mazurka, op. 33, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwG5EhkMmM

Mazurka op. 24, no. 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRZe1qnOgfg

B-minor Sonata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=452q_6va-Eo

Nocturne in E-flat, op. 9, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X77Nm1nrcG8

 

Raoul Pugno (1852-1914) (Pupil of Mathias)

Chopin Impromptu in A-flat major http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x4R8jU5zv4

Chopin Berceuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8tLnXw_rcI

Chopin Funeral March http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mYqyPdKHOU

Chopin Nocturne op. 15, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3nq2WSxdTQ

 

Raoul Koczalski (1884-1948) (Pupil of Mikuli)

Nocturne op. 9, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRmek8kADWA

3 Ecossaises http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB_I9teLrPk

Trois Nouvelles Etudes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zBDTIdWcTk

Prelude in D minor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnlqDeDoEs

Ballade No. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fac0bzmASgY

Ballade No. 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S53kvtRQ-wg

Waltz op. 18 and op. 34, no. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWpHK_9glEE