Lillian Fuchs plays the Prelude from Bach's 6th Cello Suite on the viola (in original key)
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Wow
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wow my old teacher wonderful
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good lord- almost sounds better than the cello--its arguable for sure...
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@Bubbles42313 perhaps 4'10"? Regarding the proportions of her viola, I don't recall it being particularly large. She did have what I considered a very unusual left hand technique. She insisted on the thumb being well forward of the opposing second finger, and she made use of second position far more than the norm. This was tough on my large paws (11th reach on piano), but to her, no other technique was acceptable.
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@jhertzbe how Tall was Lillian?
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After listening to this... I might just have to walk down the aisle to it at my wedding
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What a fierce player she was. She was quite short. I am 5'2" and I towered over her. However there was no way she could have played an 18" viola. My recollection was of a viola around 16", perhaps less but quite wide. She was an unique figure in string history.
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Incredible
She was so short that she used to walk completely under my instrument as I played my lessons (Aspen '74). She was as fierce a teacher as she was a performer. I remember being absolutely mortified at my second lesson when she scolded me for not improving enough in the intervening week; you *did not* want to disappoint her.
jhertzbe 8 months ago 4
I can't even imagine this live
violaXplayer 2 months ago 2