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For those who may not be aware, Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils, by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, is a wonderful and very significant contribution to the canon of contemporary writings about Chopin, his practices and his methods. Eigeldinger is a distinguished Chopin scholar who, along with the equally eminent John Rink and Jim Samson as co-editors, is preparing new urtext editions for Edition Peters. kbk, thanks for the birthday wishes. Steven
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Could it be that Chopin's approach to technique is not the only valid approach to piano playing? Liszt's approach seems to have been much different - observers were quick to point out his use of the arms. In fact I would go further and suggest the job of a pianist is to know, and where possible reproduce, a composer's technical approach. Here's an interesting picture by Maurice Sand, It shows Chopin discussing this very topic!
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Which begs the question - Did Chopin alter his approach to the piano when playing the works of Liszt or Schumann?
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Some how I doubt it besides, I don't think you'd have caught him playing Schumann. More importantly, what, of the many approaches, to take for beginners?
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Which begs the question - Did Chopin alter his approach to the piano when playing the works of Liszt or Schumann? I'm not sure if you're asking whether Chopin altered his approach to play the music of other composers in general—or just composers whose music he didn't find especially appealing. Steven
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