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Outstanding Alexander Tolmachev Authors New Book in Russian/English - Russiaby Alexander Selivanov |
September 28, 2018 was the 80th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding figure of Russian bayan art, Alexander Tolmachev. During his long career, Alexander released many music collections for accordion, radio programs about the performers, records and CDs of the best representatives of the Russian school of Bayan art. You can see the books, records and CDs of Alexander Tolmachev at: https://vk.com/tolmachevbayan Newly published by Alexander Tolmachev, is his book titled "Russian Bayan School and its Prominent Representatives" / outstanding performers. The book tells not only about the achievements of Alexander Ivanovich, the best Russian performers, composers and masters-creators of musical instruments, but also about the history of the instrument, the history of formation and development of professional training playing the accordion. The author writes: "Memoirs are usually written by the people who have already completed the major part of their life’s journey, and they are meant to be read by following generations. Many good old friends of mine, who know me well, have been urging me for a long time to write my memoirs. When I was thinking over how to approach this work, I decided that it should focus on the topic of the RUSSIAN BAYAN SCHOOL, which I have been consistently advocating for a couple of decades." Thanks to the greatly appreciated generosity of the author, Alexander Tolmachev, you can download this new book FREE, 316 pages of pictures and text, (298 MB) at: RussianBayanByTolmachev.pdf The accordion world sincerely thanks the venerated Alexander Tolmachev for this important gift to the history of our beloved instrument. |