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Offline perprocrastinate

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The limits of Cziffra
on: June 28, 2012, 05:24:17 PM
Hypothetically, if Cziffra attempted to play Alkan's Op. 39-1 Étude, Comme Le Vent twice as fast, do you think he could do it?

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Offline perprocrastinate

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Re: The limits of Cziffra
Reply #1 on: June 29, 2012, 01:16:48 AM
Oh come on, it wasn't that stupid of a question.
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Offline j_menz

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Re: The limits of Cziffra
Reply #2 on: July 02, 2012, 01:07:01 AM
Quote from: perprocrastinate on June 29, 2012, 01:16:48 AM
Oh come on, it wasn't that stupid of a question.

Haha.  :P

In my view, his musical sensibilities would kick in and stop him.
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Offline opus10no2

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Re: The limits of Cziffra
Reply #3 on: October 19, 2012, 02:24:56 PM
No, but he'd do better than almost anyone else could.
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Offline richard black

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Re: The limits of Cziffra
Reply #4 on: October 19, 2012, 09:15:50 PM
No, he couldn't do it, not least because I'm pretty sure it would exceed the fundamental repetition speed of even the best modern piano.
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