19th-century women went nuts for Franz Liszt, music's first celebrity

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@hecep

I recall reading something (per Oscar Peterson) about the great Art Tatum’s unique style of playing (fluid, flat handed… not curled).

@DonatellaNobody

By the time he had lessons, he had already developed his technique, and undoing it would do more harm than good.

Thinking back on my lessons, it’s hard to watch some performances and consider how many times using the same methods would’ve led to my hands being poked with a pencil…

Horowitz in Moscow 1986