“Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!” WayLifeFeelsSoulPhilosophyPlayMotivationalMusicYour SoulPianoComposerPianist Author:Frederic Chopin
“Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous and played as I play when I am alone. It went well... and I had to come back and bow four times.” PeopleKnowsWellsPlayBitsFourPerformancesYesterdayNervousConcertsBowsLordship Author:Frederic Chopin
“One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds, to know how to play long notes and short notes and to achieve certain unlimited dexterity. A well formed technique, it seems to me, can control and vary a beautiful sound quality.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsLongPlayHandsSeemsBeautifulCertainSoundQualityKnow HowStudyAchieveKeysPerformancesRelationNotesTechniqueEaseConcertsUnlimitedVaryDexteritySound Quality Author:Frederic Chopin
“Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get huge applause; and if they play a Quodlibet, or jumble of opera, song and dance, the hearers are so overjoyed that they don't know what to do with themselves. It shows the corrupt taste of the Viennese public.” PeopleIfsKnowsPlayShowsSongPleasureHugeTasteEveningHotelConcertsOperaApplauseSupperViennaWaltzSong And DanceOverjoyed Author:Frederic Chopin
“Here, waltzes are called works! And Strauss and Lanner, who play them for dancing, are called Kapellmeistern. This does not mean that everyone thinks like that; indeed, nearly everyone laughs about it; but only waltzes get printed.” PeopleThinkingMeanDoePlayLaughingDancingConcertsPrinted Book:Chopin's Letters Source: Chopin's Letters
