In Reply to: RE: Did you mean Schubert, rather than Schumann? posted by rbolaw on September 11, 2014 at 19:21:50:
"Too easy for amateurs, too hard for professionals."
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I will be shocked--SHOCKED! if it turns out not to be original to him.
Maestro Goldovsky was as far as I know the only Schnabel student who would every now and then play the piano using a grapefruit held in his left hand.
It can be done, as long as what you want is boogie-woogie.
ATB,
jm
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Follow Ups
- 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)