Artur Rubinstein [antikvár]

1.m OUTSIDERHe couldn't take much more of this, thought teenage Arthur Rubinstein one day when his piano teacher lectured him for having left out a few notes in the étude he had just played. In a tone that verged on insult, Karl Heinrich Barth spoke of other faults, too. To himself Arthur had to admit that he did miss some of the notes. And he didn't practice as much as he should. Behind the locked door of his practice room he sometimes read novels and ate chocolates while playing with his free hand.But was he really to blame? Barth was an expert pianist and had given Arthur a solid technique, but his corrections often made the music seem mechanical. Notes that Arthur wanted to make sing and leap came out dead after Barth had his say, and then the joy in playing was gone. Should he put up with his teacher's dry, severe methods? Arthur asked himself. Or should he tell his troubles to violinist Joseph