Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . difficulty we free ourselves sufficientlyfrom their magical enthralment to judgecoldly of their theoretical value. Chopin wrote scarcely anything butpiano music, and nothing in which thepiano did not bear its part. He probedthe secrets of the piano as no one before himhad done, and he left nothing to be dis-covered regarding its legitimate use as a means of expression. After his day, as weknow, piano technic advanced upon apath which carried it toward a more orches-tral style, but although new and splendidpossibilities have thus been placed withint
Modern music and musicians : [Encyclopedic] . difficulty we free ourselves sufficientlyfrom their magical enthralment to judgecoldly of their theoretical value. Chopin wrote scarcely anything butpiano music, and nothing in which thepiano did not bear its part. He probedthe secrets of the piano as no one before himhad done, and he left nothing to be dis-covered regarding its legitimate use as a means of expression. After his day, as weknow, piano technic advanced upon apath which carried it toward a more orches-tral style, but although new and splendidpossibilities have thus been placed withinthe reach of modern pianists, they are onlyto be attained by the sacrifice of someearlier inherent qualities of the instru-ment. Chopins perfect taste assured himthat the piano was as a matter of fact moreeffective when it was content to be a pianoand did not try to imitate an orchestra. The generation that knew Chopin haspassed away, but his music, even withoutthe charm of his personal fascination, ismore widely appreciated than ever
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