One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain … - Frederic Chopin

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

It never occurs to me that I'd be intimidating to anybody. Maybe I should consider that.

Frederic Chopin

One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds, to know how to play long notes and short notes and to achieve certain unlimited dexterity. A well formed technique, it seems to me, can control and vary a beautiful sound quality.

Beautiful, Sound Quality, Play, Achieve, Certain

Same Author Quotes

The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.

Death, Health, Islands, Dead, Doctors, See

Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess).

Hallowed, Life, Mistake, Philosophy, Pretensions, Think

My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices.

Death, Health, Sleep, Covered, Poultices

Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.

Flower, Gentleman, Mazurkas, North, Simple, Threatened

Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.

Stars, Ciphers, Helping, Like, Astronomer