Willy Bardas
Willy Bardas (born February 17, 1887 in Vienna , Austria ; † September 29, 1924 in Naples , Italy ) was an Austrian pianist and music teacher.
Live and act
Bardas studied in Berlin with Artur Schnabel and Max Bruch . He worked as a pianist in Berlin and from 1923 as a piano teacher at the State Music Academy in Tokyo. His most famous student was the composer Moroi Saburō .
"In relation to the physiological methods, Bardas points out the importance of the correct psychological attitude towards the technical difficulty."
In an obituary it says: "Bardas was also a refined essayist and brought German music culture to Japan as a teacher."
On the return journey from Japan to Berlin, he was the victim of a car accident in Naples in September 1924 and suffered a fractured skull.
Works
- “Comments on Busoni's question: What did Beethoven give us?” Die Musik (Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt) 1922, pp. 203ff
- On the psychology of piano technique . From the estate of Willy Bardas edited by Professor Artur Schnabel. Berlin: Werk-Verlag 1927 (reprint: Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-932976-17-7 )
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt Schubert: The technique of playing the piano from the spirit of the musical work of art . Berlin 1954, p. 103
- ^ Siegmund Kaznelson: Jews in the German cultural area . Jüdischer Verlag 1962, p. 181
- ^ Vossische Zeitung, September 30, 1924, p. 2.
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SURNAME | Bardas, Willy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian pianist and music teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1887 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1924 |
Place of death | Naples , Italy |