Development of the sostenuto is discussed in Emil Fries' book, "But You Can Feel It", which is, by the way, a very interesting read. As I recall, it was a person from Africa (or of African decent) and he developed it in Paris, I think. Alan Barnard Salem, MO Original message From: PAULREVENKOJONES To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 7/21/2007 10:33:36 AM Subject: 2nd Try on Sostenuto Research Resources All: Surely there must be some resources out there that you might refer me to--people, textual, research threads--on the development of the sostenuto and its impact on piano composition. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks, Paul Revenko-Jones "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie) All: Surely there must be some resources out there that you might refer me to--people, textual, research threads--on the development of the sostenuto and its impact on piano composition. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks, Paul Revenko-Jones "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie) All: Surely there must be some resources out there that you might refer me to--people, textual, research threads--on the development of the sostenuto and its impact on piano composition. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks, Paul Revenko-Jones "If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070721/30c6cf6c/attachment.html
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