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Wilhelm Backhaus – Technical Problems Discussed

September 25th, 2008 in Articles by | 1 comment

The legendary German pianist Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) shares his thoughts on piano technique in an interview with Harriette Brower, published in her book Piano Mastery (1915): – How do I produce the effects which I obtain from the piano? The young German artist, Willielm Backhaus, was comfortably seated in his spacious apartments at the Ritz, New York, when this question […]

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