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Chopin and the unpredictable mazurka
Chopin’s Polishness went deeper than the color of his passport. From a musical standpoint, in fact, it was of paramount importance because of the way Polish folk music shaped his whole thinking on questions of rhythm and melody. His formal … Continue reading →
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
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Tagged Alfred de Vigny, Bach, Bartok, Charles Halle, Eugene Delacroix, Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, George Sand, Heinrich Heine, Honore de Balzac, Ingres, Ivan Grigorevich Miasoedov, Mayerbeer, Michael Lunts, Stendhal, Victor Hugo
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TINKLING THE IVORY CADENZA
He played with a devilish brio at the piano. With his ”Etudes of Transcendental Execution”, he transformed the whole art of piano playing. The fierce onrush of trills, skips, and runs, the sudden blows and stormy flourishes, shattered the last … Continue reading →
Posted in Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
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Tagged Alice Miller, Bartok, Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Claudia Arrau, Elisa Ransonnet-Villez, Franz Liszt, Frederic Chopin, Heinrich Heine, Liszt, Lord Byron, Marie d'Agoult, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Niccolo Paganini, Ophra Yerushalmi, Richard Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov
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