The slow time (Lento) shows the great importance which
is to be attached to it. They who have followed thus far and
agree with what has been said cannot be in doubt concerning
the proper artistic delivery. To execute the passages quite in
the rapid time prescribed one must possess a finished
technique. Great facility, lightness of touch, equality,
strength and endurance in the forte passages, together with
the clearest distinctness in the piano and pianissimo--all of
this must have been already achieved, for the interpreter must
devote his whole attention to the poetic contents of the
composition, especially to the delivery of the march-like
rhythms, which possess a life of their own, appearing now calm
and circumspect, and anon bold and challenging. The march-like
element naturally requires strict playing in time.
This study is magnificent, and moreover it is music.
In bar fifteen Von Bulow makes B natural the second note of the
last group, although all other editions, except Klindworth, use a
B flat.
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