BEETHOVEN’S KEYBOARD FINGERINGS: A MASTER CLASS FOR TODAY’S PIANISTS?
Keywords:
piano, teaching, piano teacher, Archduke RudolphAbstract
The paper summarises four selected research publications relevant to the topic and briefly examines three works in which Beethoven’s keyboard fingerings can be found, including one by his student Archduke Rudolph. The selection of these pieces is intentional, as it shows different facets of Beethoven’s work: that of a piano teacher, a pianist-composer, and a composition tutor who provided specific fingerings for his student’s work. The paper concludes by suggesting that, whether or not one chooses to use Beethoven’s fingerings today, they offer an insight into his pianism and musical priorities.
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