Ysaye is noted, too, for sincerity of purpose and seriousness such as few of the virtuosi have possessed.
So long as virtuosi walked (or galloped) in their proper sphere, they amused by their mechanical tours de force, charmed by their finesse and did no great harm to musical taste.
Poland also contributed to this by giving up "some Italian virtuosi from his superfluity.
The many-sidedness of musical performances in Mannheim had helped to form a very original taste, and Karl Theodor himself was careful to encourage composers and virtuosi of all kinds.
Almost everywhere in Germany the idea was firmly rooted that the reputation of the musical establishments could only be upheld by summoning composers and virtuosi from Italy.
I fancy he is now one of the first organ virtuosi in the world.
He is only twenty-six years old, and is already said to be one of the greatest virtuosi living, perhaps the greatest of the romantic school, for Joachim belongs to the severe classic.
It didn't make so much difference to me, as I had already gone to Kullak, who is now the first teacher in Germany, as all the greatest virtuosi have given up teaching.
I, who imagined myself one of the first virtuosi of Germany, could not play one single bar to his satisfaction; but was obliged to repeat it ten times at least, in order in some degree to gain his approbation.
Even at a later period, Sir William Temple imagined the virtuosi to be only so many Sir Nicholas Gimcracks; and contemptuously called them, from the place of their first meeting, "the Men of Gresham!
In spite of their many differences he had loved him with all his heart, and valued him as "one of the greatest virtuosi of his day.
He has his own artistic individuality, which has won him a place among virtuosi from the very outset of his career.
Virtuosi always treat this as "a first variation" of the common type--i.
Virtuosi upon the different orchestral instruments have done excellent service, and they might have done much more in the circumstances had the conductors been competent.
Virtuosi soon came to play a role in the orchestra akin to that of the prima donna on the stage.
Here the technical figure takes precedence over the law of the phrase, and so most virtuosi place the accent on the fifth finger, regardless of the pattern.
Nearly all modern virtuosi pull to pieces the wings of this gay little butterfly.
Anton Rubinstein, as is well known, was one of the most distinguished piano virtuosi who hay appeared since Liszt.
When true pianoforte virtuosi played it was always something homogeneous, an entity; if written down it would appear as a well thought-out work.
Musical treats were offered on all hands, concerts, the church, opera, salon, virtuosi and amateurs all gave of their best.
Why laugh at the absurdities of virtuosi when poets who ought to be the first teachers of a nation, forget all else for the sake of this glitter.
He has thereby given his instruments a larger and more varied character, so that they must give greater satisfaction than the others to all virtuosi who seek something more than mere easy brilliancy in their style of playing.
The quartet, however, which was played by young virtuosi whose combined ages did not reach 40 years, by virtue of a fine, cheerful, witty and yet harmonious performance exceeded all the expectations that experienced players could gratify.
Such is the Entertainment that these wits have been able to prepare for the curious, with all the assistance of the Virtuosi which they have been long advertising to procure.
The Virtuosi will have a new Opportunity of displaying their Taste on this Occasion, by discovering the different Stile of the several Masters employed, and pointing out by what Hand each Piece is drawn.
He avoided the common error of improvising virtuosi in the introduction of long cadenzas, "making a hash in the cadenza of what had sounded well enough in the concerto," as Dittersdorf says (Selbstbiogr.
Mozart sold it to Le Gros, and kept no copy; he must have thought he could write it again from memory; but apparently cared the less to do so as there were no virtuosi in Salzburg able to perform the symphony.
A whole school of facile virtuosi arose in response to the demand.
The greatest names among these virtuosihave in fact a Jewish sound.
I wanted with this to provide piano virtuosi with a piece having sufficient scope to enable them to add to their modern repertory and display their technique.
I knew that for virtuosi there were temptations and dangers that they were not all capable of overcoming.
His wife, being one of the best harpists whom I know, is, now among the virtuosi of our orchestra, which is a sensible improvement both for opera and concerts.
Leipzig virtuoso (in Leipzig such animals as virtuosi are seldom to be met with!
It is to him, too, that we owe the privilege of hearing often virtuosi on various instruments.
There were French singers like Cazeneuve and Daraux, and French and Italian virtuosi like Henri Marteau and Ferruccio Busoni, together with German, Austrian, and Scandinavian artists.
To his prompting it is that we owe the lovely series of quartettes which Haydn wrote--still as fresh and full of serene beauty as when first tried over by the virtuosi of Weinzirl.
But oh, the other virtuosi who are waiting to be heard!
Well, the great virtuosi of my early days certainly loved playing together, and many are the instances of such joint performances, both in private and in public, which I recollect.
The two Concertos are cherished by virtuosi and audience alike, and never fail to make an instant and lasting appeal.
The boy Franz Liszt had now demonstrated that already at eleven years old, he was one of the leading virtuosi of the time; indeed his great reputation as a pianist dates from this third Vienna concert.
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