Jonas Master School Of Virtuoso Piano Playing: Volume I - Finger Exercises

Volume I of this multi-part treatise features precise but creative
exercises for serious pianists looking to build flexibility and skill.
All of these original exercises were written specifically for this
book by world-famous masters - including Leopold Godowsky, Joseph
Lhevinne, Ignaz Friedman, Ernst von Dohnnyi, and Emil von Sauer - who
also share their ideas about technique, pedaling, fingering, and other
methods.
These creative finger exercises include some with a fixed position of
the hand, exercises for flexibility and dexterity of the thumbs,
diatonic and chromatic exercises, special exercises with held notes,
exercises for the strengthening of individual fingers, and exercises
for lateral motion of the fingers. Additional exercises involve
diminished sevenths, combined legato and staccato touch for one hand,
the crossing of the hands, and development of speed and lightness of
fingers. Introductory material is presented in English, German,
Italian, and French. This new edition from a long out-of-print series
includes a new Introduction and Foreword, plus rare photos by the
author's last living student.
Reprint of Master School of Modern Piano Playing and Virtuosity, Carl
Fischer Publishing, New York, 1922.