Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose
Leonard Rosewas an American cellist and pedagogue...
attention basically center dad father ham life managing mom neurotic opposite quite sad terrific tremendous
My father was a tremendous extrovert, always managing to be the center of attention and the life of the party. Mom was just the opposite - quiet, suffering, and neurotic as Hell. Quite a combination, those two. Dad was a terrific ham and Mom was very introverted, and basically sad and self-conscious.
beethoven figure fourth played
You played very well but I would like you to take the Fourth Sonata of Beethoven and figure it out for yourself.
guess handled house
She said go ahead, I handled the house before while you was gone, I guess I can do it again.
american-musician fire house playing
Playing to me, in those years, sounded like a house on fire.
play people important
Performers should realize they not only have to prepare themselves for concert purposes as far as memorizing their programs goes, but for the business of just walking out before the people …. It is important to play before an imaginary audience too. Before I play in public I very often play a program three or four times as though I were seated before a actual audience.