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Rimsky-Korsakoff's Piano Lessons PDF
Rimsky-Korsakoff's Piano Lessons PDF
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with love, without guilt and bad feel-
ings, a student ready to move on! She
Rimsky-Korsakoff's had played her role better than she ever
knew.
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Rimsky-Korsakoff's Piano Lessons
From page 30
Hartt
sense of the word. I studied somewhat
lazily under Ulikh, improving but little
as a pianist; but I was extremely fond of
playing four-hands" (p.13). Ulikh also
arranged for his pupil to accompany
a R T i s Tiry
other instrumentalists in Beethoven
sonatas, for example (p. 12). In short,
the teacher seems to have provided
encouragement and a variety of musi-
cai opportunities in a situtation which
afforded almost no opportunity for real
piano lessons and no time at all for 9 DEGREE CHOICES: Bachelor of Music * Master of Music
* Master of Music Education * Doctor of Musical Arts
practice. * Artist Diploma
Finally Ulikh, "of his own accord,
refused to give me lessons, saying that PROGRAMS: Applied Instrumental, Piano Accompanying and Ensemble,
• Voice, Opera, Music Theater, Jazz, Music Education, Theory,
I ought to go to a real pianist. F.A. • Composition, Music History, Music Management, Electives in Sound Technology,
Kanille was engaged as my teacher.. .In • •
•• Electronic and Computer Music.
the fall of 1860 I began to take lessons
. ' • CHALLENGING PER
from him" (p. 14). Rimsky-Korsakoff • 8 instrumental organiz
was by then sixteen. . competitions, Emerson S
A world of Bach fugues, Schumann • tours, radio and television performances, concerts in major halls
(Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral)
and Beethoven no sooner opened with •
Kanille than the cadet's family, "finding HARTT SCHOOL OF MUSIC OFFERS: A renowned artist faculty
that I played well enough, decided I no - performers, teachers and educators * Conservatory training in a university se
# * A solid preparation for a professional career
longer needed lessons" (p. 15). * Talent Scholarships * Graduate Assistantships
Although formal piano lessons ceased
in the early fall of 1861 , Kanille gener- AUDITION SCHEDULE: On Campus: Nov. 21; Jan. 30; Feb. 6, 13, 27; Mar. 5.
Regional Auditions: Jan. 7-8, Tampa, FLA; Jan. 9, Sarasota, FLA;
ously encouraged the student to con- Jan. 11, Miami, FLA; Jan. 13, Atlanta, GA; Jan. 14, Charlotte, NC;
tinue working with him on Sundays, Jan. 18, Buffalo, NY; Jan. 19, Cleveland, OH; Jan. 20, Pittsburgh, PA;
particularly in composition and arrang- Feb. 17, Washington, DC; Feb. 19, Philadelphia, PA; Feb. 20, New York City
Graduate applicants: For audition information, contact the address below
ing; and it was Kanille who introduced
the teenager to the influential pianist For Information: James Jacobs, Director of Admission
Hartt School of Music •
and composer Balakireff and his circle.
University of Hartford #
In summary, we can take more than West Hartford, Ct. 06117
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1987 43
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