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No wonder she wore out this Steinway...
Jan. 11th, 2009 01:52 pmIt is part of the family folklore that when my great-grandmother, pictured here, passed away her Steinway had to be junked. She'd worn it out.
Rummaging around today, I found a hand-written "Programme" -- apparently a musical evening of friends and family in the early 1920s, possibly a little before. I see that my great-grandfather played a flute solo, "Forest Song" from Robin Hood, and my grandmother sang "Bird of Love Divine."
What did my great-grandmother play as the evening's finale? Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor. Now, I'm not claiming that she was Horowitz, but this YouTube video will help explain why there wasn't much left to her Steinway's action when she was through with it.
Rummaging around today, I found a hand-written "Programme" -- apparently a musical evening of friends and family in the early 1920s, possibly a little before. I see that my great-grandfather played a flute solo, "Forest Song" from Robin Hood, and my grandmother sang "Bird of Love Divine."
What did my great-grandmother play as the evening's finale? Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor. Now, I'm not claiming that she was Horowitz, but this YouTube video will help explain why there wasn't much left to her Steinway's action when she was through with it.
