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Much of the transcribed literature for all the musical instruments was created by instrumentalists. Transcriptions are another way for performers to express their creativity. Through transcriptions, performers have traditionally expanded their repertoire and expressed their technical ability. The practice of using old materials has been part of the musical life since the middle ages. Especially nowadays, when historically informed performances are so popular it is important t

I ended my lecture at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance with the following statement: “Musical analysis is like a detective story: there is always a dead body and there is always a murderer. The interesting is, how he did it and why”. I (the detective) started my investigation of the Hindemith sonata for double bass and piano, as one of my students played it and experienced intonation problems. This student was outstanding in all theory and ear training classes and he

Everybody sings to me: "It's all about the bass" and I tell them: no, it is all about the people! It is the people who have made 2015 so special: All my new friends from the Mexico String Teacher Workshop, my new friends from the Michigan Opera production of Weinberg's "The Passenger", my new and old friends I saw in my masterclasses in Prague, Mannheim, Kraków and Sifnos and my new friends at the Washington Teachers College. Of course my family, my old friends and my coll