In Reply to: The point isn't our opinions. It is the judgment of history. That is done. He is legendary. One also may posted by tinear on April 8, 2014 at 08:15:05:
One also might argue that Lillian Gish or John Barrymore aren't great actors, but the fact is they were the megastars of their era, immensely popular with audiences and critics, both."
Fine, they were stars. But you're also making a critical judgement of Godowsky's playing, not just the public popularity, and when you do that guys like me will tell you that Rachmaninov, Hofmann and a few others of the era were - in their eyes - better pianists.
It's this you don't seem to be able to take.
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- Yes but I just compared Godowsky with Rach., Hofmann et al! - andy evans 00:03:24 04/09/14 (0)