OC 3/1-2: Oct 1912-Jun 1913 - Sofie Deutsch: lesson: Thursday, January 16, 1913
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16. I. Deutsch † : vertiefte Oktaven-Studien; legato per Anschlag; rechts 5 versenken, Daumen locker u. so spät als möglich die Taste verlassen, um die nächste zu erreichen: [diagram] ebenso links mit führendem Daumen; Abstufung der Anschlagsnüancen; Artikulirung von legato gebundenen Oktaven wie bei einzelnen Tönen; Hand u. Arm streben immer in die Höhe. 1 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, ed. Ian Bent, 2007, 2022-23 |
January 16, [1913] Deutsch † : Advanced octave studies; legato by way of attack; in the right hand, sink the 5th finger keeping the thumb loose, and [the thumb should] release the key as late as possible in order to reach the next [key]: [diagram] likewise in the left hand, with the thumb leading; gradation of the nuances of attack; articulation of octaves connected by legato as with single tones; hand and arm strive ever higher. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2022-23 |
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16. I. Deutsch † : vertiefte Oktaven-Studien; legato per Anschlag; rechts 5 versenken, Daumen locker u. so spät als möglich die Taste verlassen, um die nächste zu erreichen: [diagram] ebenso links mit führendem Daumen; Abstufung der Anschlagsnüancen; Artikulirung von legato gebundenen Oktaven wie bei einzelnen Tönen; Hand u. Arm streben immer in die Höhe. 1 © Transcription Robert Kosovsky, ed. Ian Bent, 2007, 2022-23 |
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January 16, [1913] Deutsch † : Advanced octave studies; legato by way of attack; in the right hand, sink the 5th finger keeping the thumb loose, and [the thumb should] release the key as late as possible in order to reach the next [key]: [diagram] likewise in the left hand, with the thumb leading; gradation of the nuances of attack; articulation of octaves connected by legato as with single tones; hand and arm strive ever higher. 1 © Translation Ian Bent, 2022-23 |
Footnotes1 The passage illustrated occurs in the right hand of the piano at bar 60 of Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, first movement. — Schenker describes various techniques of legato playing in chapter 5 of his unpublished Die Kunst des Vortrags , see Heinrich Schenker, The Art of Performance, ed. Heribert Esser, Eng. transl. Irene Schreier Scott (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 21–30. |
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Format† Double underlined |