{"id":6026,"date":"2020-09-14T21:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emotemuse.com\/g\/?p=6026"},"modified":"2021-07-11T06:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T20:40:53","slug":"rubinsteins-youthful-practice-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedgebillmusic.com\/?p=6026","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Rubinstein’s youthful practice habits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interviewer:<\/em> So many children hate to take music lessons. Can you understand this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Rubinstein: <\/em>Oh, yes, I was one of them. You see, music lessons mean always this horrible dictatorial attitude of the professors. They slap four fingers and aarh<\/em>; they shout <\/span>at you: “Can’t you learn that? You must practice scales!” I mean, it is the same kind of thing children dislike from parents. They are all the time pushed around: “You must do this. Sit straight. You must go now. Brush your teeth again, and now again brush your teeth.” I hated to be pushed and ordered to my piano. I’ll tell you my story about how I studied with closed doors, with cherries and chocolates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Interviewer: <\/em>Please do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Rubinstein: <\/em>Well, it was when I was living with a private family in Berlin, They were not musical. I had my orders to do two hours practicing. I closed my doors with a key \u2014 not to be disturbed. I would put a novel of Zola, or some other writer I was not allowed to read, on the music stand in front of me. Then I had some chocolates to my right and cherries to my left, and I played with my left hand, doodle, doodle, doodle; then I did diddle, diddle, diddle, and chocolates, yum, yum. And, I was reading my book. Then they would say, “Today you really studied with one hand all the time.” Oh, yes. (With mock gravity<\/em>). <\/p>“Rubinstein talks about life, love, music and miracles with Louis Biancolli and Selma Robinson.” Souvenir program (ed. Martin Feinstein). New York: Hurok Publications. https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjrgeyDvOjrAhUGeisKHdpKBFoQFjAAegQIAxAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cervantesvirtual.com%2FdescargaPdf%2Fmccalls–a-talk-with-artur-arthur-rubinstein%2F&usg=AOvVaw1BTnzmD6UaJDWXelctUkYk<\/a>, accessed 14 September 2020.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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