Lussy, Mathis

MATHIS LUSSYLUSSY, MATHISMATHIS LUSSY [* 1828-† 1910] As one of Paris's leading piano pedagogues during the second half of the nineteenth century, the Swiss author Mathis Lussy commanded the attention of a large public with his Traité de l'expression musicale (1874) and several related publications. Whereas the pitch content of a work was more or less set by the composer, the performer's role was much more influential in parameters such as accentuation, dynamics, and tempo. Lussy sought ways to…