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SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
ALMOST all the existing descriptions of great musicians of the past stress the emotional appeal of their art, and its impact on their audiences to the exclusion of their technique, the swiftness, precision, purity of tone, and absolute control of the keyboard which have been captivating the...
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THE GLORY OF THE WALTZ
Underneath, in an old man's hand, it says: "First idea—to my dear nephew from his uncle Jeanny Strauss. Vienna, 6th January, 1898". The nephew was my wife's father and the uncle was Johann the Great who towers over the Strauss dynasty much as Johann Sebastian overshadows the Bachs.
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