Godowsky Elegy for the Left Hand Alone (1929) Talk-through #PianoPractice #Pianist #LeftHandPiano
Channel: Makiko Hirata
Date: 18/01/2022

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In this video, I guide the viewers through Godowsky's Elegy for the Left Hand Alone (1929) as I decipher his notation as well as his musical indications as clues into the emotional background behind this piece. 

For a complete performance of this piece by me, please go to: https://youtu.be/JHXF494k0j8

0:00 introduction
0:39 The opening: Moderato and 60 per quarter metronome marking
1:10 Composer's metronome markings need an interpretation too
1:30 Music in mind is faster than music in the air
2:32 The polyphonic texture, the juxtaposition of multiple melodies
2:43 The first measure, line-by-line analysis
4:04 The second measure, line-by-line
4:47 The third measure, line-by-line
5:38 The fourth measure, line-by-line
6:32 The first four measures played through
7:11 The fifth to the eighth measure 
8:07 The ninth to the twelfth measure (11th measure Climax!)
8:44 The return of the opening theme (13th measure)
8:59 Skip to the 19th measure
9:15 Meno Mosso (21st measure)
9:31 22nd measure
9:40 23rd measure (quasi apex) 
9:50 24th measure (calmando = calm down)
9:58 25th measure
10:16 26th measure 
10:23 27th measure (nadir) 
10:33 28th measure (piu piano) 
10:51 29th, the last measure (pianissimo piu rallentando to pianississimo)