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pianism|ˈpiːənɪz(ə)m|
[f. piano n.2 + -ism.]
a. The art of pianoforte playing, especially in its technical aspect; execution on the piano.
b. The art of composing for the piano, spec. the particular skill or characteristic style of a composer of music for the piano; the action or art of arranging a musical composition for performance on the piano.
1844H. F. Chorley Music & Manners III. 52 Will M. Liszt found a college of poetical pianism? 1883American VII. 158 The reverent student of Beethoven, who would never for a moment subordinate the musical idea to mere ‘pianism’. 1889Athenæum 26 Oct. 569/1 A link between the pianism of the Hummel school and that of Franz Liszt. 1889Cent. Dict., Pianism,..the adaptation of a piece of music to effective performance on the pianoforte. 1892G. B. Shaw Music in London 1890–94 (1931) II. 37 Her fault now is that her pianism has outstripped her musicianship. 1934S. R. Nelson All about Jazz ii. 41 The diatonic and chromatic figurations that occur..in ordinary piano compositions..have no counterpart in dance pianism. 1946R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (1949) ii. xiii. 299 George Zack is as successful at this underworld pianism as any. 1960[see haute école]. 1961Listener 19 Oct. 627/1 Liszt's pianism (his writing for the instrument as well as the style of performance) is perhaps the least problematic. 1964Ibid. 27 Feb. 373/1 It is worth noting that pure pianism as such came into its own in the Romantic age, and that mastery of the new technical resources of Chopin and Liszt does not necessarily benefit the performance of earlier music. 1971Daily Tel. 8 Mar. 10/2 Mr Lill's pianism was admirable, but its very virtues underlined the absence of a lively interpreting personality. 1971[see pianistically adv.]. 1977Listener 17 Nov. 655/1 Young Sorabji seems to have been a composer..who thought in terms of the most stratospheric achievements of transcendental pianism. |