How many of you adopt the practice of working on one piece from each period?Baroque - Bach, Scarlatti, Rameau, etcClassical - Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, etcRomantic - Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, etcLate Romantic / Impressionism - Scriabin, Faure, Debussy, Ravel, etcEarly 20th century - Bartok, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Szymanowski, etcLater 20th century+ - Messiaen, John Adams, Philip Glass, Morton Feldman, Ligeti, etcThat would be 6 pieces.
I think this is an old fashioned way of teaching advanced level pianists. Which talking from the UK system is anyone beyond first diploma level (rep list page 2-3 here: https://sites.create-cdn.net/sitefiles/37/2/9/372980/ABRSM_Diploma_Syllabus.pdf)Before this level it's important to be exposed to a variety of styles and find your strengths/personal taste as well as develop knowledge of standard repertoire. But when I see pianists at the level of playing Romantic etudes to exam/concert/audition standard worrying about fitting every period into their program I can't help question if the piano education system is creating professionals capable of thinking for themselves or technically proficient parrots.
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I am with you on this one - also 20th-century music will always be ruined by Sorabji for me. I don't understand how some people like him, but if you can enjoy his compositions that makes me want to rip off my ears, mad respect.
You mean you don't touch any music from the 20th century because there is one single composer you don't like?
I am with you on this one - also 20th-century music will always be ruined by Sorabji for me.