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Topic: Kullak Octave Technique - english?  (Read 1612 times)

Offline gr8ape

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Kullak Octave Technique - english?
on: April 20, 2015, 03:08:55 PM
Hi, there is a version of Kullaks Octave School on imslp but its in german and russian. Would anyone have an english version? Or is the text somewhat useless?

Thanks

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Re: Kullak Octave Technique - english?
Reply #1 on: April 20, 2015, 03:51:21 PM
Hi, you could try this version, but I got problems downloading it at the moment. It SEEMS to be the english version. Perhaps it will work if you try it?

https://ia601407.us.archive.org/30/items/schoolofoctavepl00kull/schoolofoctavepl00kull.pdf

Cordially, 8_oct!



"Never be afraid to play before an artist.
The artist listens for that which is well done,
the person who knows nothing listens for the faults." (T. Carreño, quoting her 2nd teacher, Gottschalk.)

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Offline 8_octaves

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Re: Kullak Octave Technique - english?
Reply #3 on: April 20, 2015, 04:19:01 PM
Thanks, found this also

https://pianoexercises.org/exercises/kullak/kullak-the-school-of-octave-playing-op-48.pdf

That's a nice site! Thank you, too! ( I've managed my download-issue, and finally got the archive-version. But the site u mentioned is interesting! )

Cordially, 8_oct!
"Never be afraid to play before an artist.
The artist listens for that which is well done,
the person who knows nothing listens for the faults." (T. Carreño, quoting her 2nd teacher, Gottschalk.)
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