Tag Archives: Howard Ferguson

The big gun

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

Week 3 of the summer teaching schedule. Week 3 of the intense “let’s improve your reading” campaign with one of my early advanced students – blogged about here. Two weeks ago, in addition to what I blogged about I sent … Continue reading →

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Pedaling the Moonlight Sonata

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Beethoven has given us the following mystifying instructions at the beginning of the Moonlight Sonata:   ”Si deve suonare tutto questo pezzo delicatissimamente e senza sordino” which in plain English means to put the damper pedal down for the entire movement. … Continue reading →

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