Albert Fuller

Many years after the passing of Albert Fuller and even more years as a student in his class, I quote him to my students all the time. When I was in his class, Madonna has just released her book (1992) and Prof. Fuller spent a good deal of time telling us how Madonna "tells a story - you've got to tell a story, you've got to have the 'frisson.'"" Many people have no story and so I think this quote is something worth passing on to every student.

I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Albert Fuller. I studied at Juilliard and sat in his famous "Performance Practice" Course. Of course this went way beyond performance practice; it was truly a course in the practice of being a performer. More than any teacher I have ever had, Albert Fuller broke down the bonds of tradition and challenged us to be ourselves and to speak from our deepest depths what we had to say through music. I remember at one jury he simply wrote: this did...

Albert Fuller was remarkable in many respects. To think of him exclusively as
a brilliant harpsichordist is to fall short of a full appreciation of
his many gifts and accomplishments.
His recordings and particularly his scholarly writings
speak to this. He was also an exceedingly nice person who had a
keen interest in hard working students desirous of
playing well. He was a tireless teacher whom this student will remember
with much gratitude and affection.
--Peter...