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Topic: The People United Will Never Be Defeated (Im learning some variations) Tips?  (Read 1703 times)

Offline presto agitato

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Frederic Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated (Thema, Variations 1,13,20,23,25,28 and Final Thema)

Tips?
The masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the cocomposer what he ought to have composed.

--Alfred Brendel--

Offline tompilk

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make it more profound than what i did... the theme sounded gimmicky when I play it...
Tom
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Offline musicsdarkangel

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Tom took the words right out of my mouth

that's my advice as well

 ;D


Offline pies

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don't forget 27

Play it like Rzewski.  I think his recording is better than Hamelin's.

Offline jre58591

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which variations, specifically, will you be looking at? and will you improvise a cadenza?
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