I Wish!

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 05:29:26 -0600


Bill,

At 20:28 03/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>I went to a recital last Friday night where Andrās Schiff played a 
>Bosendorfer Imperial Concert Grand.     He played Beethoven's Moonlight 
>Sonata, the first movement with the damper pedal down the whole way through.
>
>Anybody have any ideas on why an artist of his supposed caliber would do 
>this?



Other than the instructions at the beginning of the movement saying "senza 
sordino", I can't think of a reason.



Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu

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It's gone right now and didn't leave a forwarding address.



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