Heifetz As I Knew Him (Ayke Agus)
Publisher : Amadeus Press (February 15, 2001) Language : English Paperback : 260 pages ISBN-10 : 157467062X ISBN-13 : 978-1574670622 Borrowed from Anne Potter Wilson Music Library at Vanderbilt University Feedback : [Page 34] To be fair, Heifetz didn't expect a perfect note-for-note reading, only that I would recognize and play the essential parts of the score, but always in the proper tempo, using the proper dynamics, and always making music, never just reading notes . I felt good that I could take it all without complaint, for I soon realized that he recognized only two kinds of musicians: the ones who could do it and the rest who could not. The latter always complained, explained, and justified why something was impossible to do, which all amounted to nothing with him . [Page 35] The proper attitude toward his demands was, in music and in everything else, to try the impossible and see if you could beat the odds. "Do it or else" was his pri...