Pianist Arthur Loesser was the brother of Broadway composer Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls), and he once referred to himself as the Evil of Two Loessers. He had a remarkable career that included a concert debut in Berlin before the Great War; a paleontology degree; mastery of the Japanese language and a post-World War II stint as a U.S. agent in Japan; authorship of the still fabulously readable book Men, Women, and Pianos; long residence as a teacher and performer in Cleveland, OH; and a deep preoccupation with the question ...
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Pianist Arthur Loesser was the brother of Broadway composer Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls), and he once referred to himself as the Evil of Two Loessers. He had a remarkable career that included a concert debut in Berlin before the Great War; a paleontology degree; mastery of the Japanese language and a post-World War II stint as a U.S. agent in Japan; authorship of the still fabulously readable book Men, Women, and Pianos; long residence as a teacher and performer in Cleveland, OH; and a deep preoccupation with the question of how to play Bach on a modern piano, how to stay true to the spirit of his music at a time before most performers bothered to worry about the question at all. This complete traversal of both books of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, recorded in 1964, gives an example of his conclusions. His playing may be seen as representative of a frame of mind that also produced Glenn Gould -- one that approached Bach (and still does) on his own terms rather than viewing him as a proto-Romantic,...
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