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Pachmann

[ pahk-muhn; Russian pahkh-muhn ]

noun

  1. Vlad·i·mir de [vlad, -, uh, -meer d, uh, vluh-, dyee, -myi, r, de], 1848–1933, Russian pianist.


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There is the rich poetry of Paderewski, the antic grace and delicious poetry of De Pachmann.

He has not the technic of Rosenthal, nor that pianist's brilliancy and power; he is not as subtle as Joseffy, nor yet as plastic in his play; the morbid witchery of De Pachmann is not his; yet no one since Rubinstein—in America at least—can create such climaxes of enthusiasm.

But in the larghetto of the F-minor concerto, in the nocturnes and preludes—not of course the big one in D minor—�tudes, valses, ah! there is then but one De Pachmann.

Less edifying are De Pachmann's mannerisms.

His touch is crystal-like in its clearness, therefore his tone lacks the sensuousness of Paderewski and De Pachmann.

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