 Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard." He originated the subsequently abused scheme of dividing a central melody between the two thumbs, and enveloping it in arpeggiated ornament. His comps. include many florid transcriptions...  Well-known Piano Solos: How to Play Them - Page 270by Charles W. Wilkinson - 1915 - 284 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Grove - Music - 1889 - 842 pages
...very persevering study enabled Thalberg to produce such wonderful legatos, that Liszt said of him, ' Thalberg is the only artist, who can play the violin on the keyboard.' When he played for the first time in public, at Vienna, 1829, his touch and expression at once conquered... | |
 | Music - 1890 - 840 pages
...very persevering study enabled Thalberg to produce such wonderful legatos, that Liszt said of him, 'Thalberg is the only artist, who can play the violin on the keyboard.' When he played for the first time in public, at Vienna. 1829, his touch and expression at once conquered... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1892 - 940 pages
...which were used with such effect in producing wonderful legatos that Liszt once made the remark : ' Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard.' 'I'll Jilt's, an early Greek philosopher, founder of the Ionic or physical school of philosophy, and... | |
 | Anna (Dunphy) comtesse de Brémont, Comtesse Anna de Brémont - Composers - 1892 - 276 pages
...him above Liszt. Even Liszt himself was deceived by the tricks. At first hearing he said, ' Thaiberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard ' — an opinion which he modified in an extraordinary degree as soon as he discovered all the force... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1896 - 864 pages
...which were used with such effect in producing wonderful legatos that Liszt once made the remark : ' Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard.' Thaïes, an early Greek philosopher, founder of the Ionic or physical school of philosophy, and one... | |
 | Comtesse Anna de Brémont - Cellists - 1902 - 280 pages
...defiantly placed him above Liszt. Even Liszt himself was deceived by the tricks. At first hearing he said, ' Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard'—an opinion which he modified in an extraordinary degree as soon as he discovered all the... | |
 | Rupert Hughes - Music - 1903 - 456 pages
...retired again. He was remarkable for his legato effects and for the singing-tone, Liszt saying ' ' Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard." He originated the subsequently abused scheme of dividing a central melody between the two thumbs, and... | |
 | Rupert Hughes - Music - 1912 - 1014 pages
...1864, retired again. He was remarkable for his legato effects and for the singing-tone, Liszt saying " Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard." He originated the subsequently abused scheme of dividing a central melody between the two thumbs, and... | |
 | Herbert Westerby - Music - 1924 - 438 pages
...held his own as an interpreter of Salon music. His command of the keyboard caused Liszt to remark, " Thalberg is the only artist who can play the violin on the keyboard ; " his style being calm, clear, faultless and full of expression as compared with the frenzy and aplomb... | |
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