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Group: rec.music.makers.piano · Group Profile
Author: Richard SchultzRichard Schultz Date: Feb 11, 2008 23:12
In article comcast.dca.giganews.com>, John Rethorst nowhere.net> wrote:
:> I just started in on the Appassionata by Beethoven,
:> and I do not see many pedal marks. Should I
:> stick to the music or should pedal as I see fit.
:>
:> I have not played much Beethoven and his music
:> is sort of new to me.
Beethoven was well-known in his time for pedalling far more frequently than
he indicated in the scores to his music. You have to play it in the way
that makes the most musical sense to you, which is basically the option that
he was leaving to the performer -- despite his having in general given a
*lot* more specific instruction to the performer regarding interpretation
than was customary prior to his time.
I am a little surprised, however, that you have managed to develop a technique
sufficient to be able to play the "Appassionata" without having encountered
much Beethoven previously. You really ought to play more of his sonatas,
even the non-famous ones, for your own sake.
: I would get Rubenstein's CD of the Appassionata, Moonlight, Pathetique and
: Les Adieux sonatas.
Take my advice: Rubinstein's is better.
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Richard Schultz schultr@mail.biu.ac.il
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"You go on playing Bach your way, and I'll go on playing him *his* way."
-- Wanda Landowska
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