James Francis Cooke Great Pianists on Piano Playing (1917) The psychical phase of his work interests him immensely, particularly the phenomena of personal attraction-often called magnetism."
He penetrates the various mystic problems which surround piano playing by the infallible process of persistent study and reflection. He is interested in everything that contributes to his artistry, whether it be literature, science, history, art or the technic of his own interpretative development. "The artist’s life is wrapped up in making his readings of master works more significant, more eloquent, more beautiful. Sergei Rachmaninov in James Francis Cooke's Great Pianists on Piano Playing Of course, there may be individual passages which require some special technical study, but, generally speaking, technic is worthless unless the hands and the mind of the player are so trained that they can encompass the principal difficulties found in modern compositions." The technical ability of the performer should be of such a nature that it can be applied immediately to all the artistic demands of the composition to be interpreted. It is impossible to conceive of fine playing that is not marked by clean, fluent, distinct, elastic technic.
📖 "It goes without saying, that technical proficiency should be one of the first acquisitions of the student who would become a fine pianist. All mechanical brilliance fades over time technical skill is of value only when it serves a higher purpose." Try to recreate the spirit intended by the composer, nothing more anything else is a caricature. 📖 "Do not aim for mere dexterity, or the so-called 'bravura'. In this way he, like the composer, is a creator, for he must have within himself those passions that he wishes to bring so intensely to life.” 📖 “For the virtuoso, musical works are in fact nothing but tragic and moving materializations of his emotions he is called upon to make them speak, weep, sing and sigh, to recreate them in accordance with his own consciousness. IMSLP is a good starting point for finding older editions but it is always a good idea to buy the music you play which you willl spend a lot of time with. There is a lot of music on Amazon but much is also missing. ! This page does not work on mobile devices - please use a computer ! Where to Get Music (online & music shops):
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