rose up to a sudden happiness on realizing that the Hob. numbers for Haydn are short for Hoboken, not whatever I thought they were, like Hobshawm or Hobbiton or some fucking thing. then a swift descent as soon as I found out it was for Anthony von Hoboken & not New Jersey
old anthony von hoboken came from Rotterdam they say. off on a bad foot to begin with: confusing. but do they mean Rotterdam, NY, in Schenectady county? no they absolutely do not.
after all this man is nothing to me
after all this man is nothing to me
what's the whole thing with pogorelich? like what's his deal
I mean why did he record two haydn sonatas and then stop
why would you do that
I mean why did he record two haydn sonatas and then stop
why would you do that
they're very good but I am watching an old clip of him playing one of them & he has to curl his smallest FINGER up like a snail to keep it off the keys when not in use. sure he is also hand-showboating but the joints are the joints. too much fingers. nobody needs so many. absurd 
yes yes I am a tiresome hand obsessive, yes a 19th century me would have stuck both of mine into the same bone-folding quack stretching-machine that got schumann, yes
well, I am not the only one
"many things have been said about her hands, completely uncertain"
well, I am not the only one
"many things have been said about her hands, completely uncertain"
"'People cannot forgive me for being good-looking,'' he mourns"
in this we are the same, Ivo & I
"I was called a Frankenstein of the piano; devil of the keyboard; a pianist who performed in leather trousers. I've never owned a pair."
the other accusations he does not deny
in this we are the same, Ivo & I
"I was called a Frankenstein of the piano; devil of the keyboard; a pianist who performed in leather trousers. I've never owned a pair."
the other accusations he does not deny
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