Palaschko biography

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That’s why I ask so many questions in lessons, to help students think through their intentions and their process. The college years are the time to develop the foundation for self-analysis that will support a lifetime of instrumental and artistic growth; these are precious years.

In terms of specific approaches, efficiency and organization are crucial in the left hand. My teacher Michael Tree passed on to me his “obsession” (his word) with exploring every possible fingering in a given passage and trying to find the right balance between systematic organization and expressive musical intention. Knowing what position you are in at all times and what pattern the four fingers make together is the essential technical foundation to letting yourself make music with abandon.

As for the bow, I consider it our breath and voice. That’s why I encourage students to focus on the way the right-hand fingers engage the beginning of the sound in each bow stroke with the same attention actors give to the enunciation of each consonant and syllable. After all, what we are trying to do in p

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    Johannes Palaschko

    German musician

    Johannes Palaschko

    Born(1877-07-13)July 13, 1877

    Berlin

    DiedOctober 21, 1932(1932-10-21) (aged 55)

    Berlin

    Alma materBerlin Hochschule für Musik
    SpouseMartha Jürgens

    Johannes Palaschko (13 July 1877 in Berlin – 21 October 1932 in Berlin) was a German composer, violinist and violist who wrote numerous works for both violin and viola.[1] He became a violin student of Joseph Joachim in 1891, concurrently studying music theory with Ernst Eduard Taubert and composition with Heinrich von Herzogenberg.[2] In 1899 he graduated from the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.[1][3] In 1913 he became Director of the Böttscher Conservatory in Berlin; that same year he married Martha Jürgens.[3]

    Many of his viola etudes are still in print; he published 480 violin etudes and 217 viola etudes. He also published 178 works for violin and piano.[3]

    Works

    A listing by opus number is found in the German version of this article.

    Keyboard

    • Op. 29: Postludi

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