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color=#0000ff>On the other hand, I would point out that some music for piano
that is technically of exceptional difficulty can also be gorgeous and
wonderful, like what I feel the Rach Piano sonata 1 to be. Some music that
is just overly technical like a lot of Saint Saens, sounds boring to my
ears. But these are my personal tastes and recall my mantra "there are no
absolutes" in the way we express our likes and dislikes. They are just
personal preferences. Though, I am at a loss as to what is attractive
about Liszt or Schumann's organ music or most organ music of the 20'th
century? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=382162213-01092010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>We could start up a parallel list of easy but beautiful sounding
music. Perhaps an entry would be a simple Mozart ditty for piano?
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=382162213-01092010><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Fred</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org
[mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>michael
macelletti<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:18 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.; pzumst@bluewin.ch; gail
paynter<BR><B>Subject:</B> [f_minor] cheer up<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>take heart pat !! we're just having a
little harmless fun with this current thread of conversation. i'm sure most of
us know that many of the really difficult works, such as the fugue from
hammerklavier, ALL of prokofiev and boulez, and certainly godowsky and
sorabji , are just garbage. ( the sheet music for the sorabji would be
particularly absorbent as a garbage liner because of all the ink ! ) .
but, be encouraged! many of the really difficult works contain entry
level sections, or compositions, within them which are quite accessible.
i.e. the aria and a few of the variations in goldberg ;
op.10 no.6 in chopin etudes, numerous chopin preludes. you just have to listen
to these works before, and get inspired to go where you were afraid to go (
before ). </DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> James Atkins Pritchard
<jamesatkinspritchard@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pzumst@bluewin.ch; Discussion of the
Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. <f_minor@glenngould.org><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, August 31, 2010 9:32:46
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [f_minor]
Kontrapunkt Thread Of Easy Stuph<BR></FONT><BR>The Schumann Kinderszenen are
wonderful pieces and some are quite easy to play.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 31 August 2010 19:15, <A
href="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch" target=_blank rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch">pzumst@bluewin.ch</A> <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch" target=_blank rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch">pzumst@bluewin.ch</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">My fellow
Gouldians</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">There is currently a short list of very difficult
piano pieces doing the rounds on f_minor as a fun
off-topic.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I
consider this as elitist and bragging. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Like
the blokes down at the pub talking about their engines and tractors and
tuning. Or like playing Quartet. I got a Chopin Sonata, you only have Satie,
hand over your card. GG would dissaprove of such "competitions" I reckon. At
least in theory he would.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I
suspect that there might be people around who are inspired by GG and who would
like to take piano lessons so I decided to create a Kontrapunkt Thread for a
short list of easy piano pieces.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=7><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">I'll start with Louie Louie and the Klavierbüchlein
für Anna Magdalena. Now you may go ahead. Give the beginners a
go</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36px"> </SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">and inspire courious people to try the piano or learn
an instrument in general. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Pat</SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV>
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