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The same sequence of events later occurred with the ‘vorsetzer’ and the reproducing piano. Each of the various player piano bran ...

Reubke’s performance of his piano sonata at the Altenburg was recalled by Richard Pohl: ‘Playing us his sonata, seated in his ch ...

A number of extracts form Charles Rosen’s book ‘Piano Notes’ (Penguin Books, 2002) are set out, in slightly edited form: ‘Chapte ...

A pupil should decide on a tempo not because it is accepted by the academy, but because it suits his or her individual sensibili ...

The few examples of fingering that have come down to us from Bach himself show that his style of playing was considerably more d ...

He was taken to Liszt in 1876, as a boy of fourteen, and he remained at the centre of Liszt’s circle until Liszt’s death. Rosent ...

the pedal when the hands are raised, or there is no continuity of sound. Even Liszt achieved his triumphs in spite of a bad use ...

monment with a remark like this: “Now look at this kind of bass, it is the first time that Chopin uses it.” Liszt would explain ...

The ‘ritardandos’ sometimes marked by Schumann at the ends of his phrases in his piano music may be described as examples of the ...

‘It was the first time I had heard this great artist play. He was most amiable at the rehearsal. To this day I can recall how Ru ...

muscular relaxation at the piano to a singer’s deep breathing. He would remark to his students about ‘what deep breaths Rubinste ...

his nature. He had learned quickly that audiences came to hear him thunder so he accommodated them. Rubinstein’s forceful playin ...

prophet’ was inimitable in poetic refinement: to describe the diminuendo of the pianissimo at the end of the “fluttering away of ...

Tchaikovsky whistled part of a tune, and he and others engaged in various snatches of conversation. Rubinstein said, in Russian: ...

Rubinstein’s playing had a massive strength, grandeur and monumentality, coupled with simplicity and naturalness, although with ...

lived and taught in the USA. Granados dedicated the first piece in his ‘Goyescas’ to Sauer. He retired in 1936 and died in Vienn ...

June 13 Bellini-Liszt Reminiscences de Norma [Liszt then played part, went into detail on accents, correct embellishments, advis ...

‘Liszt did not give piano lessons in the way it had been done from Czerny to the present; rather he would wax eloquent on the hi ...

the Villa d’Este outside Rome, where Liszt was staying as a guest of Cardinal Hohenlohe. Having discovered the hour at which Lis ...

Xaver Scharwenka’s playing on the Welte reproducing piano roll of Liszt’s Ricordanza (Remembrance) may give us some idea of how ...