At the Concert
I do not know what it is to be nervous at concerts. I have played so much and I am always so sure of what I am going to play that nervousness is out of the question. Of course, I am anxious about the way in which audiences will receive my playing. I want to please them so much and don't want them to applaud me because I am a boy, but would rather have them come as real music-lovers to enjoy the music itself. If I cannot bring pleasure to them in that way I do not deserve to be before the public.
My concerts are usually about one hour in length, although I sometimes play encores for some time after the concert. I make it a practice not to eat for a few hours before the concert, as doctors have told my mother that my mind will be in better shape. I want to thank the many friends I have made among the students who have come to my concerts, and I hope that I may have told them some things which will help them in their work.
Questions in Style, Interpretation, Expression
and Technic of Pianoforte Playing
SERIES I
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| 1. | Should the talented child be urged or pushed ahead? |
| 2. | In what period of time should a very talented child master the elementary outlines of technic? |
| 3. | Can Liszt be regarded as a pianistic composer in the same sense as that in which Chopin is considered pianistic? |
| 4. | How should a very talented child's practice time be divided? |
| 5. | What part does right thinking play in execution? |
| 6. | How should the child's general education be conducted? |
| 7. | Should the education be confined to the classroom? |
| 8. | Should the musical child be encouraged to read fiction? |
| 9. | Does music resemble poetry? |
| 10. | Should one be careful about the body before concerts? |
