With apologies to his cult, here’s a sound bite version of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later philosophy: A concept is good when it’s exactly as rigorous as it needs to be. If your concept is too vague, it ...

In 1923, a brilliant Austrian pianist commissioned a revered German composer to pen a most unusual work: a piano concerto that would be played not with two hands but with one, while a symphony ...

Still from All in One Hand: The Pianist Paul Wittgenstein Occasionally, a musician grappling with an injury can end up making a permanent impact on his or her field. Such was the case of Paul ...

Once a classical instrumentalist has injured or lost a hand or arm, there's often little that can be done to reclaim his performance career. But the Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein found a ...

History has many tales to tell of adversity overcome. Among them, the story of Paul Wittgenstein takes some beating. He's remembered in the world of music as an aspiring concert pianist who fulfilled ...

Paul Wittgenstein was an Austrian-born concert pianist who became famous for his ability to play with just his left hand, after losing his right arm during the First World War. He devised unusual ...

The descendants of legendary one-armed New York concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein — once heir to one of Europe’s wealthiest families — will get more than $6 million as repayment for money stolen by ...

https://doi.org/10.1525/jm.2010.27.2.135 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/jm.2010.27.2.135 Copy URL Paul Wittgenstein's one-handedness has typically been ...