New Pathways to Piano Technique
ByPublisher Description
In 1931, composer, artist, and inventor Luigi Bonpensiere began exploring piano technique through a series of mind-body experiments. He devoted the next twelve years of his life to examining, recording, interpreting, and applying his findings.
contains Bonpensiere's notes toward a piano practice grounded in ideokinesis. This revolutionary approach combines the somatic experience of the musician with visual imagery to improve musical skill fluidly and rapidly.
With a foreword by Aldous Huxley, who calls Bonpensiere a "remarkably gifted author," this pioneering work offers valuable philosophical and psychological insights on the practice of piano to contemporary music lovers and pianists.
Download the free Fable app
Stay organized
Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.
Build a better TBR
Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building tool
Rate and review
Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tags
Curate your feed
Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communitiesStay organized
Keep track of what you’re reading, what you’ve finished, and what’s next.Build a better TBR
Swipe, skip, and save with our smart list-building toolRate and review
Share your take with other readers with half stars, emojis, and tagsCurate your feed
Meet readers like you in the Fable For You feed, designed to build bookish communitiesNo Reviews
About Luigi Bonpensiere
Luigi Bonpensiere (1876–1944) was a creative force who believed that he could design anything he set his mind to. After the 1920s, Bonpensiere wrote a highly controversial book on his ‘mind over matter’ pseudo-psychological ideas for piano called
. In the last twenty years of the artist’s life, he created piano scores and wrote music that was untrained and ‘from his mind.’
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly fifty books—both novels and nonfiction works—as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems. Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with an undergraduate degree in English literature.
Other books by Aldous Huxley
Start a Book Club
Start a public or private book club with this book on the Fable app today!FAQ
Do I have to buy the ebook to participate in a book club?
Why can’t I buy the ebook on the app?
How is Fable’s reader different from Kindle?
Do you sell physical books too?
Are book clubs free to join on Fable?
How do I start a book club with this book on Fable?
