Walter Meyer wrote:

>And Alfred Brendel, who plays w/ adhesive bandages (called Pflaster in
>German) on his fingers, said he can't play the piano unless he's plastered.

And then there is Moritz Rosenthal, who after hearing a serious German
pianist play Chopin paid him the complement of calling his performance
worthy of a Schopenhauer.

Felix Delbruck
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