Excerpt from Leschetizky as I Knew Him To the reader, who may wonder what I could possibly add to this material, a word of explanation is due. I have not intended to write biographical facts, already many times rehearsed, or to defend the sane and broad principles of beautiful piano play ing, which were the basis of the master's teaching, and are far beyond the scope of any such limiting term as method. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.