Research Catalog

Title

Karel Pachta collection of piano master lessons [sound recordings]

Author

Pachta, Karel.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

26 sound tape reels : analog, stereo.; 7 in.

Summary

Collection consists of recorded "master lessons" given by New York piano teacher Karel Pachta to various students. According to the letter written by Pachta to accompany the original gift, the collection "includes, besides some titles of the concert literature, many titles of the student's literature, which are much more likely to be used and played by the huge majority of students, serving thus those who are more numerous and need more help, rather than those few ones who deserve and can afford personal lessons of high standard." Pachta gives the students advice on the performance of works including those of Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bartok, Poulenc, Clementi, Schubert, Tcherepnin, Kabalevsky, Shostakovich, Brahms, Liszt, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Villoldo, Rubenstein, and Schumann. Beethoven's Sonata no. 5 in C min. op. 10 no. 1 and Schumann's Kinderszenen, op. 15 are given the most attention, with 6 tapes relating to each.

Alternative Title

Piano pedagogy

Subjects

• Sound recordings
• Piano > Instruction and study
• Piano music > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)

Genre/Form

Sound recordings.

Note

• Additional biographical information, as well as a more detailed description of the collection, its contents, and the background of its existence can be found in the Clippings files for RHA under the heading "Pachta, Karel."
• Titles from documentation relating to original gift and from catalog cards.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.
• Access to original items restricted. Some items may be available as service compact discs. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.

Terms of Use (note)

• No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Source (note)

• Karel Pachta;

Call Number

*L (Special) 67-01

OCLC

164367411

Author

Pachta, Karel.

Title

Karel Pachta collection of piano master lessons [sound recordings]

Access

Collection is open to the public. Users never directly handle sound recordings. Listening selections are transmitted through a playback system.

Access to original items restricted. Some items may be available as service compact discs. Other items which need preservation work may require advance notification for use. Refer to item descriptions in individual catalog records for more information.

Terms Of Use

No copying of private, non-commercial material is allowed without the written permission of the proprietary rights holder. For further information contact the Curator of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Biography

Karel Pachta was born in Paris, France, in 1927. He moved to Argentina after World War 2, and studied with Dr. Zbignew Neuhoff, a Doctor of Musicology of Polish decent who had taught in Germany, but had also moved to Argentina after the War. Neuhoff urged Pachta to take up piano pedagogy, having discerned a "born teacher" in him. Pachta moved to New York in 1964, and had much success there teaching students of all levels and abilities. Pachta was a member of the American Musicological Society, and of the Czechoslovak Society for Arts and Sciences in America.

Source

Gift; Karel Pachta; 1967

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Added Author

Pachta, Karel. Donor

Research Call Number

*L (Special) 67-01