Piano teaching : its principles and problems . Raphael, Madonna di Foligno. — Pith Palace, Florence. with groups 1 and 3, and groups 2 and 4. The ultimate resultwill be a series of phrase-waves, which, like the waves of theocean dashing upon the shore, roll in till they break upon theirclimax-*notes, and then are swept aside by the next comers;while the simile is continued by the fact that groups of longphrase-waves are often succeeded by groups of short ones, andthese by an unusually long swell, as in the example just 108 PIANO TEACHING. Rembrandt, Portrait of a Rabbi. — National Gallery, Lon
Piano teaching : its principles and problems . Raphael, Madonna di Foligno. — Pith Palace, Florence. with groups 1 and 3, and groups 2 and 4. The ultimate resultwill be a series of phrase-waves, which, like the waves of theocean dashing upon the shore, roll in till they break upon theirclimax-*notes, and then are swept aside by the next comers;while the simile is continued by the fact that groups of longphrase-waves are often succeeded by groups of short ones, andthese by an unusually long swell, as in the example just 108 PIANO TEACHING. Rembrandt, Portrait of a Rabbi. — National Gallery, London. cited. In formal music of the classic type the regularity ofbalance is easily distinguishable. In modern music, on theother hand, the personal and dramatic character frequentlyinterferes with the natural limits of the waves, chopping themoff with a startling blow or protracting them in a strenuous,emotional crisis. Even in such cases, however, the underlyingstructure is not necessarily obliterated, but should be under-stood and suggested wherever possible. PIANO TEACHING 109 The monotony which would ensue in a long composition froman endless succession of similar balancing phrase-waves isavoided by resort to the element of contrast. The unifying fac-Hamlet soliloquizes: To be, or not to be, and tor of contrast,then proceeds to place over against each other conditions as fardifferent as day and night. So Rembrandt masses light andshade, as in his Portrait of a Rabbi; so the modern sculptor,Rodin, exhibits the delicate and et
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