pianolist

The metrostyle may, in fact, be called the pianolist's "coach," giving him the kind of hints and directions which even the greatest players and singers value.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

The work of Beethoven's which seems most to appeal to the pianolist is the "Moonlight" sonata.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

The piece to which I now desire to call the pianolist's attention belongs to the dawn of the romantic period in music.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

I can do no more than call the pianolist's attention to their existence and advise him not to neglect them.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

But the works which I cite and describe in more or less detail, should suffice to stimulate the pianolist to explore more fully the range of the composers I mention, and of others.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

In fact by varying the degree of pressure of the feet on the pumping pedals the pianolist can vary the degree of sound from a whispered pianissimo to the strongest fortissimo.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

"Gradus ad Parnassum," the difficulties which Clementi piled up in the pianist's path, the pianolist overleaps as lightly and casually as if wholly unaware of their existence.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

His "Witches 'Dance" is highly descriptive, and in whatever direction the pianolist may familiarize himself with the music of MacDowell, he will be found a highly original, eloquent and expressive composer, whose fame, already established, is bound to grow with the lapse of time.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

Therefore I begin with him, although he is a thoroughly modern composer, my aim being gradually to lead the pianolist from enjoyment of lighter works, of the kind, however, which possess genuine musical merit, to an appreciation of the greater masterpieces.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887

And so, having begun this chapter with Nevin, one of the lighter composers of pronounced merit, the pianolist already finds himself playing a work by Weber and another by Liszt, two of the most famous figures in musical history.

The Pianolist A Guide for Pianola Players Gustav Kobb�� 1887