Previous posts for February 13th are here: Eileen Farrell (2020), Dale Wood (2021), Feodor Chaliapin (2022), Leopold Godowsky (2023), Eileen Farrell (2024), and Tennessee Ernie Ford (2025)
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Ignaz Friedman (13 February 1882 – 26 January 1948) was a Polish pianist and composer, widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the early twentieth century.
Then and Now: Two Variations on a Theme of Friedman
Like many pianists of his era with outsize personalities, [Friedman's] interpretations stemmed from putting his own feelings about a particular work before those of the composer. – Jeremy Nicholas, at gramophone.co.uk
Then
In piano recitals of yore
A pianist's respect for the score
Was considered less vital
Than to play the recital
As no one had played it before.
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Now
When the Urtext is seen as essential,
And the stance toward the score reverential,
To change it ad lib
Seems distressingly glib,
And damningly undeferential.
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