Fingers, Fragility and Freedom: Christian Wolff’s Pianist: Pieces

Philip Thomas

doi:10.5920/divp.2016.04

Fingers, Fragility and Freedom: Christian Wolff’s Pianist: Pieces

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This article examines two movements of Christian Wolff’s Pianist: Pieces (2001) to illustrate how in this work the physiology of the pianist’s hands limit and shape the music both in terms of what is played (which sounds are heard) and how they are played. Specifically it looks at how my hands and my interpretative preferences determine what is played and heard when I am the pianist in these pieces.

Original language	English
Journal	Divergence Press
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5920/divp.2016.04
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2016

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Thomas, P. (2016). Fingers, Fragility and Freedom: Christian Wolff’s Pianist: Pieces. Divergence Press, (5). https://doi.org/10.5920/divp.2016.04

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