The Many Stories of Bill Fitzpatrick: Bach Partita and Ms DelayA funny story about learning to play BachIn this video, Prof. Fitzpatrick tells a story about Bach and his teacher Ms. Delay with an unexpected ending. Released on December 1, 2021 DISCLAIMER: The views and the opinions expressed in this video are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Virtual Sheet Music and its employees. Video TranscriptionI played the Allemande from the Bach D-minor Partita for Ms Delay. When I finished she looked at me and asked if I had read Donnington on Bach. I said no and she suggested that I should look at it to get a better understanding on playing Bach. So I did and also looked up Dolmetcsh, Leopold Mozart and Quantz. The next lesson I played the Bach again and she asked, "Did you look into Donnington book?," I said, yes and a few others as well. She was surprised as I played it exactly as I had before. "So what did you learn?" she asked and I said that I learned how to explain to her why everything that I had done the week before was right. I really don't know how she put up with me! Automatic video-to-text transcription by DaDaScribe.com Comments, Questions, Requests: Tosh Hayashi * VSM MEMBER * on December 2, 2021 @1:31 pm PST
This is a rather puzzling anecdote. Did Ms Delay agree with you?
Did she suggest a different interpretation? What was the ultimate outcome of that lesson? |
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