The Art of Performance

Heribert Esser has had a long and distinguished career as a conductor. He was music director of the Braunschweig State Theater and has been a guest conductor on every continent, conducting a wide repertoire of symphonic music as well as opera. Irene Schreier is a pianist who has performed widely in Europe, Israel, and the Americas. She is Artist-Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Music.

Translator's Introduction
Editor's Introduction
Sources and Editorial Procedure
Plates
1: Musical Composition and Performance
2: Mode of Notation and Performance
3: The Technique of Playing the Piano
4: Non Legato
5: Legato
6: Staccato
7: Fingering
8: Dynamics
9: Tempo and Tempo Modifications
10: Rests
11: The Performance of Older Music
12: On Practicing
Appendixes
Notes
Selected Bibliography with Annotations
Index of Musical Examples