Previous posts for October 15th are here: Bernhard Crusell; Gordon Young (2019), Richard Carpenter (2020), and Friedrich Nietzsche (2021)
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Alexander Dreyschock, (15 October 1818 - 1 April 1869) was a Czech pianist and composer, often compared to Liszt for technical prowess.
Two Left-Handed Compliments
Dreyschock's left hand was renowned, and his most famous technical stunt was to play the left-hand arpeggios of Chopin's Revolutionary Étude in octaves. – Wikipedia
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Herr Dreyschock brought left hand technique
To a kind of Olympian peak,
He’s embellish a score
Adding octaves galore
With a sassy insouciant cheek.
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J.B. Cramer, an English composer and virtuoso, is reported to have exclaimed, “The man has no left hand! Here are two right hands!” – encyclopedia.com
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Said Cramer on first hearing Dreyschock,
“It's hard to communicate my shock!
His total command
Of the sinister hand
Was a definite poke-in-the-eye shock.”
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