It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians ….

On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one who is still alive..

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose..

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors..

[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist..

Pianists of extraordinary talent, such as Christina Petrowska,spend a large part of their early lives perfecting technique…Miss Petrowska,a Canadian ….

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists..

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task..

The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads fro….

Miss Petrowska,an excellent pianist, held the audience transfixed with Chou Wen-chung’s work. Miss Petrowska was coolness itself in getting the hardw….