Why Ravel Wrote a Concerto... For Only One Hand??
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 01:48 last edited by
One of my favorite concertos.
Link to videoRavel: "Performers are slaves to the composer. Play it as I wrote it or not at all."
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 01:56 last edited by
By the way, you need some Yuja, right?
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 11:05 last edited by
Paul Wittgenstein was Ludwig’s brother.
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 11:24 last edited by
@Jon said in Why Ravel Wrote a Concerto... For Only One Hand??:
Paul Wittgenstein was Ludwig’s brother.
Yup. The first video mentions that, as well as how he lost his right arm.
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 11:28 last edited by
I didn’t watch the video because I’m already familiar with Ravel, the Wittgenstein family, and the backstory of the concerto. The Prok 4 was commissioned by him also.
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wrote on 29 May 2023, 12:21 last edited by
Like some parts of pop culture turn against white actors playing the parts of non-white characters, will the classical music world revolt against two-handed pianists playing the part of music written for one-handed pianists?
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Like some parts of pop culture turn against white actors playing the parts of non-white characters, will the classical music world revolt against two-handed pianists playing the part of music written for one-handed pianists?
wrote on 29 May 2023, 21:49 last edited by@Axtremus said in Why Ravel Wrote a Concerto... For Only One Hand??:
Like some parts of pop culture turn against white actors playing the parts of non-white characters, will the classical music world revolt against two-handed pianists playing the part of music written for one-handed pianists?
A simple surgical intervention can solve that issue for a two handed pianist who wishes to play a one handed concerto in a socially acceptable way.