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#427141 - 09/26/08 02:39 PM
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So the whole student/teacher thread made sparked my interest in old school piano playing. I found this article that you guys might find interesting. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/02/classicalmusicandopera.stage
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#427143 - 09/26/08 06:50 PM
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Registered: 05/08/06
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Loc: Chicago, IL
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I especially like this part:
"If your memory failed utterly, Theodor Leschetizky advised you to turn angrily to the audience and complain that a certain note was disgracefully out of tune, then leave the stage demanding a tuner. "The pianist," Hamilton tells us, "could then surreptitiously consult his score in the artist's room while the tuner dealt with the allegedly offending note."
:rolleyes:
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#427144 - 09/26/08 08:16 PM
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Registered: 01/06/08
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This is the best:
"Hans von Bülow almost instructed his students to make mistakes: "In large leaps, now and then you must claw a wrong note; otherwise no one will notice that it is difficult."
This is officially my new excuse if I should make a slip during leaps. I wonder if anyone will believe it though...probably not!
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#427145 - 09/26/08 11:56 PM
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Registered: 06/07/03
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Loc: Oakland
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"If your memory failed utterly, Theodor Leschetizky advised you to turn angrily to the audience and complain that a certain note was disgracefully out of tune, then leave the stage demanding a tuner. "The pianist," Hamilton tells us, "could then surreptitiously consult his score in the artist's room while the tuner dealt with the allegedly offending note." Yeah, blame it on us!  
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#427146 - 09/27/08 01:03 AM
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Registered: 09/08/08
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Loc: Philippines
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Wrong notes, we are told, were considered a sign of genius. Eugen d'Albert was celebrated for the wild inaccuracy of his playing. Busoni told one player who had ventured to demur: "If you put as much conviction into your right notes as d'Albert does into his wrong ones, then you'd have cause to criticise." Quoted for the win. I wonder where I could buy the book here in our area.
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#427147 - 09/27/08 01:29 AM
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Registered: 09/18/08
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Originally posted by T.S.R.:  I especially like this part: "If your memory failed utterly, Theodor Leschetizky advised you to turn angrily to the audience and complain that a certain note was disgracefully out of tune, then leave the stage demanding a tuner. "The pianist," Hamilton tells us, "could then surreptitiously consult his score in the artist's room while the tuner dealt with the allegedly offending note." :rolleyes: [/b] I'm sure this advice gives techs everywhere good feelings.  
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