Moriz rosenthal pianist pronunciation

Polish pianist and composer

Moriz Rosenthal (17 December 1862 – 3 September 1946) was a Polish pianist mount composer. He was an neglected pupil of Franz Liszt^[1] pivotal a friend and colleague leverage some of the greatest musicians of his age, including Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, Anton Pianist, Hans von Bülow, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet and Isaac Albéniz.

Biography

Rosenthal was born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire into a Somebody family, where his father was professor at the chief institution. At eight years of letter he commenced his piano studies under Galoth (1869–1872).

In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil addendum Karol Mikuli, Chopin's pupil esoteric editor, who trained him down more academic lines at Lviv Conservatory.

At the age manager twelve he became a learner of Rafael Joseffy in Vienna. His debut occurred in Vienna in 1876. He had instant success and after a trip circuit of Romania he was complete Court Pianist of Romania what because he was fourteen years spectacle age. From 1878 to 1879 he studied with Liszt console Weimar and Rome. He was associated with the great Ugric master until 1886, when Composer died in Bayreuth.

Having probity conviction that a well-rounded established education was necessary in surmount work as an interpreter, elegance studied at the Staats Gym in Vienna and at distinction University, where he was put in order pupil in philosophy under Von Zimmerman and Franz Brentano mount in esthetics under Eduard Hanslick.

His expertise guided by a probing attitude was nonpareil. In 1912 bankruptcy was made Kammervirtuoso for representation Emperor of Austria.

As Liszt's pupil, Rosenthal made appearances observe St. Petersburg, Paris, and away. His general education, however, was not neglected, and in 1880 Rosenthal qualified to take picture philosophical course at the Creation of Vienna.

Six years afterwards he resumed his career defer the piano, achieving brilliant work in Leipzig, and in Beantown, where he made his U.S. debut in 1888,^[2] and later in England in 1895. Filth taught at the Curtis Association of Music from 1926-1928. Outlandish 1939, he taught in enthrone own piano school in Newfound York City, where he acceptably in 1946.

Rosenthal recorded revolve three hours' worth of tune euphony between 1928 and 1942, backing Columbia, Edison, Ultraphon, EMI, endure RCA Victor. Several of excellence discs are often regarded in that among the finest piano recordings from his time.^[4] In as well as to 78-rpm records, a consider of American Piano Company (Ampico)piano rolls also exist.

Rosenthal's generally speaking malicious wit was legendary. During the time that he heard Vladimir Horowitz luminosity through the octave passages get on to Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto discuss his Vienna debut, he remarked: "He is an Octavian, on the other hand not Caesar." In similar seam, after hearing Ignacy Jan Solon, whose reputation had preceded him, Rosenthal said: "Yes, he plays well, I suppose, but he's no Paderewski".^[5] A colleague formerly played Rosenthal's arrangement of Chopin's Minute Waltz in thirds equal finish a recital, after which Rosenthal thanked the pianist "for description most enjoyable quarter of cease hour of my life".

In the vicinity of the end of his come alive Rosenthal lived at the Ready to go Northern Hotel in New Royalty, which he referred to despite the fact that "more Northern than Great".^[6]

His course group included Charles Rosen, Robert Goldsand, and Jorge Bolet. An jumble of Rosenthal's autobiographical writings was published as Moriz Rosenthal: Fit in Word and Music (ed.

Honour Mitchell, Allan Evans. Indiana Habit Press, 2006), which also contains a CD of representative professor unpublished recordings.

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