They are noted separately to make you aware of the different voices. The pianist should try to make the descending melody stand out as phrase (as opposed to the C octaves)
the pianist doesn't follow the music in a lot of places, it seems. The rhythm he uses in the left hand in variation IX is a bit bizarre.... It's like he turns the eight note into a 16th note and moves the lower note of the next whole note forward a 16th. I suppose he's decided to do this because of how far the whole and dotted whole notes are from one another and he didn't like to roll them. I'm not certain i care for his solution, though.
Awesome!! As a pianist playing this for the first time, with no knowledge of the piece, how would I know that those introductory chords are to be broken in that way and not simply played as solid chords? There are no instructions to the pianist on this manuscript that I can see...
This is just an artistic choice made by the pianist. You can play them unbroken, as written, if you want, although I think Schäfer’s choice is quite true to the nature of the theme
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...Although, the fact there are two Cs in both hands of the opening bar might be a clue...lol!! 😅
They are noted separately to make you aware of the different voices. The pianist should try to make the descending melody stand out as phrase (as opposed to the C octaves)
the pianist doesn't follow the music in a lot of places, it seems. The rhythm he uses in the left hand in variation IX is a bit bizarre.... It's like he turns the eight note into a 16th note and moves the lower note of the next whole note forward a 16th. I suppose he's decided to do this because of how far the whole and dotted whole notes are from one another and he didn't like to roll them. I'm not certain i care for his solution, though.
Awesome!! As a pianist playing this for the first time, with no knowledge of the piece, how would I know that those introductory chords are to be broken in that way and not simply played as solid chords? There are no instructions to the pianist on this manuscript that I can see...
It's just what the pianist wants to do. It's not notated in the score.
This is just an artistic choice made by the pianist. You can play them unbroken, as written, if you want, although I think Schäfer’s choice is quite true to the nature of the theme
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