In Reply to: We all have our quirks and foibles, and mine is... posted by John Marks on September 11, 2014 at 14:22:18:
Part of the reason for that (speaking from the amateur side) is that a good amount of Schumann is easily playable by ordinary people. Not so for most of the other major romantics, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
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- RE: We all have our quirks and foibles, and mine is... - rbolaw 14:49:10 09/11/14 (6)
- Did you mean Schubert, rather than Schumann? - Chris from Lafayette 17:42:26 09/11/14 (5)
- RE: Did you mean Schubert, rather than Schumann? - rbolaw 19:21:50 09/11/14 (4)
- Boris Goldovsky on Mozart's Piano Music: - John Marks 08:51:53 09/12/14 (3)
- RE: Boris Goldovsky on Mozart's Piano Music: - rbolaw 11:43:30 09/12/14 (2)
- Yes - I always heard it attributed to Schnabel. It figures he'd say something like that! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:51:18 09/12/14 (0)
- Schnabel to Goldovsky to Tinker to Evers to Chance to Berra! J'y suis! - John Marks 14:19:58 09/12/14 (0)