{"product_id":"in-search-of-alberto-guerrero-paperback-softback-9781554584420","title":"In Search of Alberto Guerrero (Paperback \/ softback) 9781554584420","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn Search of Alberto Guerrero\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Beckwith (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781554584420\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages, 16 images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Alberto Guerrero\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full biography of the influential Chilean-Canadian pianist and teacher (1886-1959), describing Guerrero's long career as virtuoso recitalist, chamber music collaborator, concerto soloist, and teacher. Written by composer John Beckwith, who was a student of Guerrero, the book blends research and memoir to piece together the life of a man who once insisted he had no story. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Guerrero was part of the intellectual scene that introduced Chileans to Debussy, Ravel, Cyril Scott, Scriabin, and Schoenberg. He and his brother played an active role in founding the Sociedad Bach in Santiago. In 1918 Guerrero moved to Toronto, making the Hambourg Conservatory, and later the Toronto (now Royal) Conservatory, his new base. He soon became one of Canada's most active pianists. In what was then a novel activity, he played regular radio recitals from the mid-1920s to the early 1950s. He was also deeply engaged with issues in piano pedagogy, and worked with young talents including Canada's much-acclaimed Glenn Gould. But unlike the shadowy role Guerrero is assigned in Gould biographies, here he is given proper credit for his technical and aesthetic influence on the young Gould and on other notable musicians and composers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Guerrero left few written records, and documentation of his work by others is incomplete and often erroneous. Aiming for a fuller and more accurate account of this remarkably influential and well-loved man, Beckwith's \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Alberto Guerrero\u003c\/i\u003e gives an insider's story of the Canadian classical music scene in mid-twentieth-century Toronto, and pays homage to the influential musician William Aide has called an \"\"unsung progenitor.\"\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Alberto Guerrero\u003c\/i\u003e by John Beckwith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Chile \/ Canada —\u003cbr\u003e Beginnings in La Serena —\u003cbr\u003e Young Pianist, Young Composer —\u003cbr\u003e A Composer for the Stage —\u003cbr\u003e Two Composer-Associates —\u003cbr\u003e Writings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: A Wedding, a Tour —\u003cbr\u003e New York and Back: A Farewell —\u003cbr\u003e Why?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Toronto: The Hambourgs —\u003cbr\u003e El có\u003cbr\u003ensul —\u003cbr\u003e Personal Crises —\u003cbr\u003e Toronto: The Late 1920s and Early '30s —\u003cbr\u003e The TCM —\u003cbr\u003e Performances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: The Andison Concerts\u003cbr\u003e Malloney's —\u003cbr\u003e Friendships —\u003cbr\u003e \"\"A Great Piano Town\"\": The Five Piano Ensemble —\u003cbr\u003e The 1940s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Lessons —\u003cbr\u003e Changes —\u003cbr\u003e Glenn Gould —\u003cbr\u003e A Letter —\u003cbr\u003e The Final Public Recital\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: The 1950s —\u003cbr\u003e A Funeral —\u003cbr\u003e \"\"Boswell\"\" —\u003cbr\u003e Legacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 1: Alberto Guerrero, \"\"The Discrepancy between Performance and Technique\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 2: Boyd Neel, \"\"Alberto Guerrero\"\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 3: Reunion: Participants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix 4: Excerpts from the Prgoram Note for the Symposium \"\"Remembering Alberto Guerrero,\"\" Toronto, 25 October 1990 (by John Beckwith)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619275141400,"sku":"9781554584420","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-search-of-alberto-guerrero-paperback-softback-9781554584420","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}