"Once, leaving her class, I heard her calling: —Prokofiev! I turned back. —When are you going to play your compositions for me? —Anna Nikolaevna, I did not know that they interest you. She nodded. —Besides, I play them like a composer, not like a pianist. —This is all right, play like a composer. —In this case, allow me to bring it to you next Friday. —Please. I began studying my Sonata... in a very thorough way. For the first time in my life I practiced each hand separately. On November thirteenth I took the Sonata... to her.... Esipova was following with the score. —This is very interesting music, she said,—but I would like to hear it performed not by you. One can make accents, but it is impossible to play everything fortissimo. Besides, you slam on pedal without any relief. Leave it with me—I will mark the pedal...."
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Sergei Prokofiev, Dnevnik[Diary], 1907–1918, vol. 1 (Paris: sprkfv [Serge Prokofiev Foundation], 2002), 100.
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