Arthur Rubinstein (1887–1982) Polish-American classical pianist
Franz Mohr, A Conversation with Bruce Duffie http://www.bruceduffie.com/mohr.html (1992) <br class="br">About
“I wouldn’t play it in public — you need different muscles, you can’t use the upper arm, just the fingers. But the sound has a glow, because the strings aren’t damped, as on a piano. I wanted to visit Bach’s sound world, then apply those ideas to the piano.”
Of playing the harpsichord. <br class="br"> Jewish Chronicle interview http://thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m14s150&AId=57994&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=murray%20perahia&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=1&srchsandp=1&scsrch=999 (8 February 2008)
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