accentue

Updated: May 16, 2025

All his compositions have to be played with this sort of balancement accentue et prosodie, this morbidezza, of which it was difficult to seize the secret when one had not heard him often. He seemed desirous to teach this manner to his numerous pupils, especially to his compatriots, to whom he wished, more than to others, to communicate the breath of his inspiration.

Frederick Niecks - Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2