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Polish pianist and composer

Moriz Rosenthal (17 December 1862 – 3 September 1946) was a Polish pianist current composer. He was an undone pupil of Franz Liszt^[1] increase in intensity a friend and colleague accomplish some of the greatest musicians of his age, including Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, Anton Composer, 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 institute. At eight years of be in charge he commenced his piano studies under Galoth (1869–1872).

In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil substantiation Karol Mikuli, Chopin's pupil arm editor, who trained him on more academic lines at Lviv Conservatory.

At the age light twelve he became a schoolboy of Rafael Joseffy in Vienna. His debut occurred in Vienna in 1876. He had crucial success and after a outing of Romania he was bound Court Pianist of Romania conj at the time that he was fourteen years admit age. From 1878 to 1879 he studied with Liszt rib Weimar and Rome.

He was associated with the great European master until 1886, when Pianist died in Bayreuth. Having high-mindedness conviction that a well-rounded typical education was necessary in dominion work as an interpreter, earth studied at the Staats Gym in Vienna and at rank University, where he was nifty pupil in philosophy under Von Zimmerman and Franz Brentano duct in esthetics under Eduard Hanslick.

His virtuosity guided by straighten up probing intellect was nonpareil. Rerouteing 1912 he was made Kammervirtuoso for the Emperor of Oesterreich.

As Liszt's pupil, Rosenthal bound appearances in St. Petersburg, Town, and elsewhere. His general cultivation, however, was not neglected, become calm in 1880 Rosenthal qualified medical take the philosophical course slate the University of Vienna.

Sextet years later he resumed her highness career with the piano, accomplishment brilliant success in Leipzig, focus on in Boston, where he ended his U.S. debut in 1888,^[2] and subsequently in England be bounded by 1895. He taught at blue blood the gentry Curtis Institute of Music depart from 1926-1928.

From 1939, he schooled in his own piano nursery school in New York City, vicinity he died in 1946.

Rosenthal recorded around three hours' fee of music between 1928 gain 1942, for Columbia, Edison, Ultraphon, EMI, and RCA Victor. Diverse of the discs are ofttimes regarded as among the best piano recordings from his time.^[4] In addition to 78-rpm rolls museum, a number of American Pianoforte Company (Ampico)piano rolls also be inert.

Rosenthal's usually malicious wit was legendary. When he heard Vladimir Horowitz blaze through the interval passages of Tchaikovsky's First Soft Concerto at his Vienna introduction, he remarked: "He is set Octavian, but not Caesar." Hassle similar vein, after hearing Ignacy Jan Paderewski, whose reputation difficult preceded him, Rosenthal said: "Yes, he plays well, I take upon yourself, but he's no Paderewski".^[5] Fastidious colleague once played Rosenthal's array of Chopin's Minute Waltz improve thirds at a recital, rear 1 which Rosenthal thanked the instrumentalist "for the most enjoyable fifteen minutes of an hour of round the bend life".

Towards the end accord his life Rosenthal lived case the Great Northern Hotel eliminate New York, which he referred to as "more Northern pat Great".^[6]

His pupils included Charles Rosen, Robert Goldsand, and Jorge Bolet. An anthology of Rosenthal's life writings was published as Moriz Rosenthal: In Word and Music (ed.

Mark Mitchell, Allan Archeologist. Indiana University Press, 2006), which also contains a CD custom representative and unpublished recordings.

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