Word: waldstein
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...named vice-president, Joseph Cooper '55 secretary, and Humphrey Fisher '55 treasurer. Other officers chosen include: Phillipe Villers '55, Political Action Chairman; Christopher Niebuhr '56, Harvard Affairs Chairman; Charles Edson '56, Membership Chairman; Anthony Beilenson '54, Public Relations Director; Lew Smith '54, Michael Jorrin '54, Gordon Graham '55, Peter Waldstein '55, members at large...
Beethoven's "Waldstein" and "Appassionata" Sonatas are two of those pieces which every pianist plays, but few can play well. Paul Knudson '53, tried them both last night, with only moderate success...
Despite his technical proficiency, the Eliot House junior failed to produce the singing tones so essential in music of this kind. Particularly in the third movement of the "Waldstein," he did not do full justice to the poetic thematic material because of his brittle tone and inept pedaling. Knudson's big trouble is a simple case of artistic immaturity, and this is understandable. He has been playing for less than five years, and is subject to the usual difficulties of inexperienced musicians. His tendency to play the fast parts too fast, to over-pedal, and to ignore the composer...