{"product_id":"2940013017238","title":"BESTSELLING PIANO GUIDE: ADVICE TO YOUNG MUSICIANS (Worldwide Bestseller) by ROBERT SCHUMANN [Influence on Brahms, Liszt, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Many Others] NOOKBook by Robert Schumann Classical Music Press Nook Edition","description":"BESTSELLING PIANO GUIDE: ADVICE TO YOUNG MUSICIANS (Worldwide Bestseller) \u003cbr\u003eby ROBERT SCHUMANN \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Influence on Brahms, Liszt, Elgar, Mendelssohn, Wagner and Many Others)\u003cbr\u003eNOOKBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Robert Schumann Classical Music Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis enormously influential short guide was written by the great Romantic composer and pianist, and was initially intended to form part of his Album for the Young, op. 68.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed as both a masterpiece of concision, wit and wisdom this little book has inspired and influenced countless generations of musicians and listeners alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance; that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Play always as if in the presence of a master.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Let your intimate friends be chosen from such as are better informed than yourself.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What is it to be musical? You will not be so, if your eyes are fixed on the notes with anxiety and you play your piece laboriously through; you will not be so, if (supposing that somebody should turn over two pages at once) you stop short and cannot proceed. But you will be so if you can almost foresee in a new piece what is to follow, or remember it in an old one,--in a word, if you have not only music in your fingers, but also in your head and heart.\"","brand":"Classical Music Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158354968816,"sku":"2940013017238","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013017238_p0.jpg?v=1763575815","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013017238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}