This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...before everything--that is, knowing clearly what the music has to express and then applying the necessary technical means with which to express this. He was not interested in technical problems per se, but deeply interested in musical ones. Also he never made sentimental comparisons between the arts, which ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ...before everything--that is, knowing clearly what the music has to express and then applying the necessary technical means with which to express this. He was not interested in technical problems per se, but deeply interested in musical ones. Also he never made sentimental comparisons between the arts, which unfortunately he has often been accused of doing. He was too simple and sincere a nature to have such a pose. THE ESSENTIALS OF PIANO TECHNIC "I feel it essential to make one's equipment so good that the musical idea to be expressed can be said truly and directly without the interference of poor mechanism. It is necessary to keep in mind the fact that technic is a 'means to an end' and only a means. Not merely to say this and theorize about it; but to live it and prove it in one's artistic life. "There is, in music, an inescapable need of two things to produce good music, either as an interpreter or as a composer. These two are: --first, scientific knowledge; second, highly developed intuition. The latter is a thing of prime importance, as it is the 'spark' which gives life to a composition and without which it is an inanimate and meaningless series of notes. The former is the trained mentality by means of which one is able to express with scientific accuracy, and with the least waste of energy, all the beauty one finds in a composition. EXTERIORIZING THE MUSIC "The power of 'exteriorizing' is a most important one. I mean by that, the ability to give to the audience the exact impression of the music you desire to present to them, --thereby making the composition clear and intelligible and not muddled, --which it is bound to be if you only hear it in the inner ear and do not put the necessary technical work on it to express all your inner thoughts...
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