The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Miss Petrowska,an excellent pianist, held the audience transfixed with Chou Wen-chung’s work. Miss Petrowska was coolness itself in getting the hardware into the piano… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in a Midwestern motel. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
On the subject of wild mushrooms, it is easy to tell who is an expert and who is not: The expert is the one… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
[Rubinstein was] a fountain from which music spouted, not a recitalist. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant, soaring tone-that and the blinding, high-beam-headlight smile that she… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Pianists of extraordinary talent, such as Christina Petrowska,spend a large part of their early lives perfecting technique…Miss Petrowska,a Canadian with a phenomenal ability to… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists. — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image
The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads… — Donal Henahan Copy Share Image