Kolisch Fingering

Ronald Bruce Smith wrote:

''I am very curious as to whether Kolisch's fingerings employed many openstrings.''

I called Heinz-Klaus Metzger on this one. He said that Kolisch played
classical repertoire close to the nut and new music (in his case,
especially Schoenberg and Berg) as the composer specified. So, open strings
were normal technique for classical pieces, and used as special effects for
new music. Kolisch believed that he was maintaining traditional Viennese
technique.

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