or…. with the knowledge of today….
Jan Deutekom / Ineke van de Craats
(meer…)”When Tchaikovsky asked two of the greatest violinists of his day to play his violin concerto, they refused, deeming the score unplayable (Platt, 1966). Today, elite violinists consider this concerto part of the standard repertory. The improvement in music training is so great that according to Roth (1982) the violin virtuoso Paganini “would indeed cut a sorry figure if placed upon the modern concert stage” (p. 23).
The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance
Ericsson, Krampe, Tesch-Romer 1993