Touch and Technic, Op.44 (Mason, William)

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Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1917.
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Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1892.
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Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.(ca.1889). (Vol.III)
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1904. (Vol.IV)
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Misc. Notes Vol.IV appears to be missing the preface, contents, general introduction before page 4, if these are not additions of a later edition (compare with #220642)
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Work Title Touch and Technic
Alternative. Title Touch and Technic for Artistic Piano Playing ; The Technic of Artistic Touch
Composer Mason, William
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.44
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IWM 25
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 4 volumes:
  1. Two-Finger Exercises (School of Touch)
  2. Complete School of Scales (School for Brilliant Passages)
  3. Complete School of Arpeggios (Passage School)
  4. School of Octaves and Bravoura [with excerpts from other composers' works:] [more...]
    Exercise 60a: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.11, by Chopin (IV)
    Exercise 60b: the same, arranged by Tausig
    Exercise 62: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.22, by Saint-Saëns (III)
    Exercise 107: Piano Sonata No.2 in A-flat major, Op.39, by Weber (II)
    Exercise 108: Konzertstück in F minor, Op.79, by Weber
    Exercise 109: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.2 No.2, by Beethoven (II)
    Exercise 110: Caprice sur les airs de ballet d'Alceste de Gluck by Saint-Saëns
    Exercises 112–113: by E.M. Bowman
    Exercise 115: Preludes, Op.28, by Chopin (No.20)
    Method for the Left Hand, Op.80, by Eduard Krause (No.38: Étude for the Left Hand Alone)
    25 Études caractéristiques, Op.3, by Ravina (No.3)
    12 Etudes in All the Major Keys, Op.35, by Alkan (No.5)
    Extract: Toccatina, Op.46, by William Mason
    Octave Study by Kleinmichel
    50 Etüden, Op.78, by Steibelt (No.22)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano