Reminds me of hamelins triple etude, who picked up godowsky's idea of a combination of afaik three chopin studies?Anyway, not exactly my taste, but i guess well done in its kind. Nice : o)
Hamelin's triple etude is not without skill - it manages to express the simplest ideas with the greatest difficulty.
I hope that I can feel relieved at having saved you this expense but we all still await from you the specific details of time and place of this forthcoming event...
You are being extremely kind...Best,Alistair
I once played a recording of Hamelin playing one of the Chop/Gods to my teacher.He sat looking rather unimpressed and then commented that Chopin said 10 times as much with half the notes.I think he had a point.Thal
Well, i have only sold 1 ticket so far
and that was to someone who thought it was bingo night.
Anyway, it will be an open air concert so i have no idea who the Licensee is. God?
I once played a recording of Hamelin playing one of the Chop/Gods to my teacher.He sat looking rather unimpressed and then commented that Chopin said 10 times as much with half the notes.I think he had a point.
Agreed.The reason Godowsky's transcriptions raise eyebrows is because they actually *do* express original musical ideas (like the originals) whilst showcasing the transcriber's amazing grasp of composition...all the while taking piano technique to another level.Hamelin's "transcription" accomplishes none of the above"
a salient fact of which your teacher seems to have been sadly ignorant
Ok, i'll let him know.
but it's a fact nonetheless...
Of course, you have stated it.
You must have heard the Madge then
I suggest that you try to see these works as thoughtful, celebratory and profoundly enthusiastic commentaries on the originals written by a composer who never once felt that he had in any sense superseded, bettered or indeed in any other sense altered those incredibly original originals?
No, Thal, it is a fact based not upon my statement thereof but upon the specific remarks made by Godowsky himself in his copious prefatory notes and practice recommendations for those studies - unless, of course, you believe that Godowsky was a barefaced liar; it is also self-evident from the music itself, almost none of which sounds cleverly virtuosic and flashy to the average listener. for almost all those capable of grasping the full significance of the immense challenges set by those Godowsky studies are pianists. Might I suggest that you try to see these works as thoughtful, celebratory and profoundly enthusiastic commentaries on the originals written by a composer who never once felt that he had in any sense superseded, bettered or indeed in any other sense altered those incredibly original originals?
Please unstuff yourself and lighten.
But not a very good one. Godowsky probably had as much respect for Chopin's remarkable études as anyone and his paraphrases upon them are all about a celebration of Chopin's genius rather than trying to be clever with Chopin's ideas - a salient fact of which your teacher seems to have been sadly ignorant; the number of notes is simply not the point and, as you know, I have the utmost respect for Chopin's work.
I think his intentions are not the point, but rather his music, and I agree with his teachers judgement.I actually like (some) godowsky, but nevertheless, his super rich romanticism and sometimes excessive, pompous style (on a good day i just call it exaggerated) was the reason for the criticism he recieved. He has his good and bad sides. It's like a romantic poem, content-wise rather poor, but expressing infinite shades of gray in a very deliberate and varnished way. A matter of taste.
Thal's teacher's remark seemed to me to suggest a certain questioning of the latter in the case of the Chopin/Godowsky studies.
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