Word: clavierubung
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be a long time before another student plays Bach as well as Joseph Ponte did in Paine Hall, Tuesday night. The Lowell House pianist has chosen for his two senior recitals the first part of Bach's moving Clavierubung. Tuesday he played the Partitas in C minor, A minor, and D major. Tonight in Paine Hall he will play the other three of the series...
...great works of art, mere descriptions are futile. These dance suites must be heard many times, studied, and lived with before they yield all their secrets. Still, they can be rewarding to the casual listener. Given a sensitive performance, the humor, the dignity, and the enormous energy of the Clavierubung are immediately evident...
...notes which have equal time values in the score are not played equally. Determining the precise relationship of these "notes inegales" involved a great deal of research into the musical conventions of the Eighteenth Century. This investigation was more than musical pendantry. It enables us to hear the Clavierubung the way Bach wanted us to hear it. The question of which version is better must be left to the individual listener...
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