‘Charming the the audience’. Artur Rubinstein's music and literary strategies

Abstract

The article discusses the autobiographical work of Artur Rubinstein entitled My Many Years. The author of the article is interested in how the virtuoso pianist writes about music and his inspiring performances. On the one hand, Rubinstein defends the right to a certain freedom in realizing the score, the other hand, he is ashamed to admit ignoring the role of practising the piano. The author of the article treats the pianist’s declarations as a kind of autocreation literary game.