volti subito (v.s.) – turn the page quickly
W
wenig (Ger) – a little, not much
Z
zärlzheit (Ger) – beat
zart (Ger) – tender
zartheit (Ger) – tenderness
zärtlich (Ger) – tenderly
zeichen (Ger) – sign
zeitmass (Ger) – tempo
zichen (Ger) – to draw out
zitternd (Ger) – tremolando
zögernd (Ger) – slowing down
THIRDS
In the Chopin étude opus 25 no. 6 in G sharp minor the right hand consists almost
entirely of chromatic thirds. Chopin marked the fingering 41 52 on the first two of the
chromatic thirds. Thirds are sometimes called double thirds.
THOMAN
István Thomán was born in Homonna, Hungary, on 4 November 1862 and died in
Budapest in 1940. He studied composition with Robert Volkmann, and piano with Liszt
in Weimar in 1885-86. He began to teach at the Royal Academy of music in Budapest in
- He composed songs, piano studies and solo piano works. His pupils included Béla
Bartók, Ernst von Dohnányi and Fritz Reiner. Thomán did not make any discs or rolls.
TIMANOFF
Vera Timanova was born in Ufa, Russia, on 18 February 1855 and died in St Petersburg
in 1942. She first appeared in public at the age of nine. At the age of eleven she began
studying with Anton Rubinstein, and at the age of thirteen with Carl Tausig in Berlin.
She lived in Prague in 1871 then moved to Vienna in 1872. From 1872 she was a regular
visitor to Weimar for ten summers as a pupil of Liszt. Although Carl Lachmund wrote
that she seemed to lack a deep musical education and was haughty, Liszt esteemed her
highly and called her ‘la crème de la crème’. She appeared in London in the seasons
1880-81 when her name was given as ‘Timanoff’. She toured widely from time to time
but did not care much for performing in public and settled in St Petersburg as a teacher.
Vera Timanoff did not make any discs. She made one Liszt roll which is on the CDs
which came with ‘Rediscovering the Liszt Tradition’ by Gerard Carter and published by