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Mr. Floyd Robbins.
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The
Horner Institute of Fine Arts is very happy to
announce the re-engagement of Mr. Floyd
Robbins as principal teacher in the Piano
Department.
Mr. Robbins is a man
of broad general education as well as a
musician and pianist of distinction. He
is a university man and spent three years in
study in Europe. His principal
instruction has been received under that
master educator, Vernon Spencer, at the Sterns
Conservatory, Berlin.
In his playing, Mr.
Robbins combines to a marked degree the
qualities of brilliance and refinement.
He has developed a remarkable technical
mastery of his instrument, but it is governed
by the good taste to make his virtuosity a
vehicle for artistic expression.
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MR. FLOYD ROBBINS
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To
his artistry Mr. Robbins couples a really extraordinary
memory, which gives him and unusually large
repertoire.
Mr. Robbins devoted
the summer of 1916 to advanced study of
repertoire with his former teacher, Vernon
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NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL
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"Pianists who visit Lincoln have
rarely proved so altogether
satisfying. Mr. Robbins has an
astonishing amount of technical equipment,
but he played with such ease and unpretentiousness
that only the beauty and poetry of his
performance were noted. His first
group, including numbers by Mozart, Brahms
and three etudes of Chopin, fairly bewitched
the audience. The beauty of the
phrasing of the F minor etude of Chopin with
its tricky rhythm, was particularly enjoyed
by those familiar with that selection.
His second group was made up of big concert
pieces of phenomenal difficulty. The
simplicity with which these were played made
even those who knew the works forget the
technical side. Mr. Robbins added two
encores." |
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KANSAS CITY TIMES (KANSAS
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"Pianists who visit Lincoln have
rarely proved so altogether
satisfying. Mr. Robbins has an
astonishing amount of technical equipment,
but he played with such ease and unpretentiousness
that only the beauty and poetry of his
performance were noted. His first
group, including numbers by Mozart, Brahms
and three etudes of Chopin, fairly bewitched
the audience. The beauty of the
phrasing of the F minor etude of Chopin with
its tricky rhythm, was particularly enjoyed
by those familiar with that selection.
His second group was made up of big concert
pieces of phenomenal difficulty. The
simplicity with which these were played made
even those who knew the works forget the
technical side. Mr. Robbins added two
encores." |
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