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Lessons from the Life of Pablo de Sarasate
A June 1922 article from The Etude on Pablo de Sarasate (All text – spellings, subtitles, etc. – is as in the original article by Robert Braine The photos and artwork have been added.) SPAIN has given comparatively few great artists and composers to the musical world, but the few she has given are of…
Wilhelm Backhaus: The training of the pianist of the future
A July 1912 article from The Etude by Wilhelm Backhaus (Note: All text – spellings, subtitles, etc. – is as in the original article by W.B. The photos and artwork have been added.) In 1912 a young German virtuoso – he was then only 28-years-old – was persuaded by the US music magazine The Etude…
Leopold Auer: Modern Violin Study
Ricardo Odnoposoff had originally hoped to study with Leopold Auer in New York, but that was not to be. Nonethless, the fates remained on his side and he instead trained under Carl Flesch in Berlin, a thorough preparation that stood him in good stead the rest of his playing life. The September 1921 issue of…
Practical Advice on Mastering the ‘Cello By the Most Famous Living Cellist PABLO CASALS
THE steps by which a great artist has achieved fame and fortune are always of the highest interest to the music student, as well as the general musical reader. This is the story of a man, who, from a humble beginning in a provincial city in Spain, became the greatest cellist of his generation, because,…