Hi!
I have been studying Rubinsteins songs and have found he uses the octave motive very often, almost so much that I wonder if he uses it as a sort of "signature" (like b.a.c.h.). Does anyone have an opinion on this?
I am not quite sure what you mean but will try to see- could you isolate instances in particular pieces? A particular motive, sounded in octaves when it is heard?
Thanks for answering!
Very often in the beginning of songs and as 8th's motive "jumping up and down" (this is difficult to describe!), but also "in between", in places where I feel it could have something to do with the text... In one song a passage goes something like " so ziehts in mir zu dir...und nur im Menschen der Verstand..hält mich fest mit kalter Hand"- on the word "kalt" an octave motiv; this time as 2 simultaneously hit 4ths in the right hand in the piano.
Maybe it's just a thing he likes?