The interpretation between modernism and hermeneutic

From the representation of beauty we have passed to the communication of the most intimate and profound emotions. 

The modernist ideology that guided the interpretation of music in the second half of the twentieth century tried in every way to understand the will and the intentions of the author so that the interpreter would carry them out scrupulously and faithfully. 

Today, in the first half of the following century, this ideology is …

Rudolf Breithaupt The Natural Piano-Technic

What is the Natural Manner of Playing the Piano by utilizing the Weight of the Arm? It was theorized since 1905.

This blog takes its name from a monumental treaty of piano technique written in 1905 by Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (1873-1945), The Natural Piano-Technic, that had vast echo and widespread diffusion in all Europe.

The treaty falls into the heated controversy on the analysis of the piano technique occurred at the …