("Music is best when the heart and lips (mouth) speak together.")
Questions in Style, Interpretation, Expression
and Technic of Pianoforte Playing
SERIES XII
vladimir de pachmann
| 1. | What does originality in pianoforte playing really mean? |
| 2. | State something of the evils of the forcing methods of training applied to young children. |
| 3. | Have the compositions of the most original composers been the most enduring? |
| 4. | Name seven of the most original composers for the pianoforte. |
| 5. | Must the pupil continually help himself? |
| 6. | What is considered the most difficult scale to learn? |
| 7. | Is a great virtuoso obliged to practice years in order to secure results? |
| 8. | How may piano study be compared with the polishing of beautiful jewels? |
| 9. | Tell what characteristics a great teacher must have. |
| 10. | What lies at the foundation of pianistic greatness? |