David Dubal - The Piano in World Civilization
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- Опубликовано: 11 апр 2008
- Speaker: David Dubal
Pianist: Jung Lin
This is my favorite author and friend of the late Vladimir Horowitz, David Dubal, presenting "The Piano in World Civilization." An amazing, in-depth look at the creation, rise, and modern aspect of the piano.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
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0:26 Introduction
3:34 - Scarlatti's Sonata in D minor, Kk. 141
**7:32 (Lecture)
19:45 - Schumann's Abegg variations in F major, Op. 1
**27:32 (Lecture)
40:21 - Chopin's Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57
44:25 - Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66
**49:21 (Lecture)
1:05:42 - Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
**1:15:04 Conclusion
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**7:32 (Lecture)
-Comparison of harpsichord to piano
-Creator of the piano Bartelomio Cristofori (1655 - 1731)
-Bach, Stratoverias, C.P.E. Bach
-Death of religious music, polyphony and counterpoint
-No one cared of piano at creation
-Violin and Opera are preferred over piano
-Silberman recreates the piano, but better (Italy 1725)
-Bach doesn't know how to play with inflection!
-Frederick the Great plays piano too
**27:32 (Lecture)
-J.C. Bach is the first pianist in history
-Zumpe re-recreates the piano (England 1761)
-English musical life (1767)
-Piano enters the musical world
-Mozart gives up harpsichord for piano (8 years old)
-First piano solo at an actual concert (England 1768)
-Piano business begins
-J.C. Bach, Clementi, Mozart, Horowitz, Beethoven, Chopin
-Competition against Mozart in Vienna is a draw!
-Beethoven is given a piano
-Chopin is the poet of the piano
**49:21 (Lecture)
-Great romantic composers
-Alpheus Babcock reforms the piano (America 1832)
-Chopin, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt
-The atmosphere created by the pedal
-37,000 parts make up the piano
-Chickering pianos are a big deal
-Henry Steinway opens for business (America 1857)
-Ragtime's emergence
-Debussy, Joplin, Anton Rubenstein, Paderewski
-Rubenstein makes millions and rebuilds the St. Petersburg Conservatory
-Bosendorfer opens for business (1828)
-Bechstein opens for business
-Beethoven comes to America and plays 200 concerts from memory
-1911 piano's fame dies down
-1915 Phonograph overpowers the piano
-Letter is read speaking on the plight of woman
-Depression hits and only 29 piano companies exist
-War destroys German, American, French and English industries
-Yamaha opens for business (1897)
-Fazioli pianos are beautiful
**1:15:04 Conclusion
-Godowski and Hoffman have tiny hands yet are great virtuosi.
Woman to Godowski: "How do you play on such a level with such little hands?"
Godowski: "Madam, who ever told you you play piano with your hands?"
David Dubal is a national treasure, nothing less.
I love David Dubal
Why do you give Dubal shit? He's the man!
Wow this is very interesting! Thanks.
Dubal didn't have the paste to tell Horowitz off! He has the balls of a gnat. All he did was just throw a silent tantrum to get attention and got indifference in return. But all the same, this is a wonderful lecture.
At 15:15 Dubal quotes Beethoven as saying that Mozart "did not have enough legato", which I find hard to believe. Mozart is on record as saying that certain passages must "flow like oil", and he derided pianists who did not bother their heads with such matters. Mozart's vocal style of composition demands legato, and I have to believe that Dubal has misinterpreted Beethoven's remarks.
No, Dubal is correct. Beethoven indicated in letters and in conversations that Mozart’s playing was old-fashioned (i.e. attuned to the sound of clavichords and fortepianos, rather than the early piano). This resulted in a playing style which on early modern piano could sound dry. It is enough to compare the sonatas and concerti of Mozart and Beethoven to understand that the latter represented an enormous leap in the exploration of the possibilities afforded by the piano.
great..
Scarlatti was born in Italy moved to Spain where he composed his great sonatas
Born in Italy, but his father was not Alessandro Scarlatti, but Kails Gailis from Latvia, and his mother was a Chinese-Mongolian named Shi Zhengli. Domenico was first taught the fisarmonica by a his first adoptive parent, a Neapolitan washer-woman named Alessandraccia Fistulari and only later after her death from dropsy adopted by Alessandro Scarlatti, initially as a house-boy.
Scarlatti was the son of Allesandro Scarlatti and was born in Naples. He was Italian, not Spanish. He later became the court composer in Spain. I'm surprised Mr. Dubal would make such an error.
He had made Spain his home and was awarded Spanish knighthood. I suppose he can be called Italian Spanish.
Why doesn’t this start at the beginning?
I think you'll find that Horowitz de-friended him and felt betrayed by him.
scarlatti was italian he moved to spain as an adult.
Very stimulating lecture. So many petty comments!
Scarlatti lived most of his life in Spain and his music is full of Spanish influences, so it is considered as "spanish", you know.
He looks a bit and sounds quite a lot like F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus.
I wonder if they knew each other?...
...which Schumann piece (?) did Dubal play right in the beginning?
Fourth movement from Faschingsschwank aus Wien.
But Dubal ended up telling Horowitz off. They both used each other for various reasons.
Dubal is a bit of a put-on and not a great
pianist but he has good taste and knowledge of piano literature and performance history
and his books "Art of the Piano", "Evenings
with Horowitz", and "Rembering Horowitz" are
loaded with information and must-reads for
piano buffs.
Anyone knows what is the name of the first piece he plays?
Fourth movement from Faschingsschwank aus Wien.
Scarlatti was Italian, you know.
Oh Intermezzo in Fassingschwank aus Wien ^^
Dubal also wrote a full-length book about how much fun he had kissing Horowitz's ass over a 2-3 year period. By the end you're wondering if Horowitz ever used Dubal's head for a Pez dispenser.
haha I agree...he makes such a fool out of himself in the introduction...how can anyone take this guy seriously? ...so much for talent and big reputations coinciding...
Spanish?
This is fucking hilarious. He sounds like a broken fire engine.
Yes, he did buy that dress but why begrudge a man who has given so much pleasure to the hungry masses, searching for a juicy tidbit of gossip sanctified by authority?
Even lousier as singer!!
Dubal is hilarious. Pretty good repeated notes.
I highly disagree. An instrument can play with a harpsichord. I'm really not watching it for this long.