Moriz Rosenthal (December 17, 1862 - September 3, 1946) was an American pianist of Austro-Hungarian origin. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers
Rosenthal was born in Lemberg (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv, Ukraine), where his father was professor at the chief academy. Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. At eight years of age he commenced his piano studies under Galoth, who did not pay much attention to technical ability, but allowed his pupil the greatest freedom in sight reading, transposition, and modulation. Sight-reading is the reading and performing of a piece of written Music, specifically when the performer has not seen it before In Music, modulation is most commonly the act or process of changing from one key ( tonic, or tonal center) to another
In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil of Carl Mikuli, Chopin's pupil and editor, who trained him along more academic lines. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year On the advice of Rafael Joseffy, Rosenthal, still a lad, was sent to Vienna, where he became a pupil of Joseffy, who gave him a thorough grounding in the method of Liszt and Mendelssohn. Rafael Joseffy ( July 3 1852 &ndash June 25 1915) was a Hungarian Pianist and Composer. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer A tour through Romania followed when he was fourteen. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania In 1878 Rosenthal became a pupil of Liszt, with whom he studied in Weimar and Rome. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Rosenthal's own student Charles Rosen, in an interview published in the June 2007 issue of BBC Music Magazine, recalled Rosenthal's having said little of his studies with Liszt except that luring Liszt from the café to the studio at lesson time was a challenge. Charles Rosen (born May 5 1927 is an American Pianist and music theorist.
As Liszt's pupil, Rosenthal made appearances in St. Petersburg, Paris, and elsewhere. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city His general education, however, was not neglected, and in 1880 Rosenthal qualified to take the philosophical course at the University of Vienna. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The University of Vienna (Universität Wien is a Public university located in Vienna, Austria. Six years later he resumed his career with the piano, achieving brilliant success in Leipzig, and in Boston, Massachusetts, where he made his U. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong S. debut in 1888[1], and subsequently in England in 1895. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year From 1939, he taught in his own piano school in New York City, where he died in 1946. The City of New York
Rosenthal recorded less than three hours' worth of music. What he did record, however, is considered some of the most legendary piano-playing on disc. [2]
Rosenthal also recorded a large number of Ampico piano rolls. Ampico (short for "American Piano Company" was one of the leading Reproducing piano technologies of the early 20th century the others being Duo-Art and
One of his most famous pupils is the noted pianist and musicologist Charles Rosen, who relates several anecdotes about him in his book Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Musicology ( Greek: μουσική = "music" and λόγος = "word" or "reason" is the scholarly study of Music Charles Rosen (born May 5 1927 is an American Pianist and music theorist. Another was the pianist Robert Goldsand (1911-1991), who had a long performing and recording career, and taught at the Manhattan School of Music. Robert Goldsand was a classical pianist born March 17 1911 in Vienna Austria; he died of Diabetes on September 16 1991 in a Danbury Connecticut nursing
An anthology of Rosenthal's autobiographical writings was published as Moriz Rosenthal: In Word and Music. (ed. Mark Mitchell, Allan Evans. Indiana University Press, 2006), which also contains a CD of representative and unpublished recordings.
Notes
- ^ New York Times article, "Pianist at 80, Moriz Rosenthal, Who Can Look Back on Long, Distinguished Career," by Olin Downes, December 13, 1942
- ^ Cf. Harold Schonberg, The Great Pianists and many other sources. Harold Charles Schonberg (November 29 1915 - July 26 2003 was an American Music critic and Journalist, most notably for The New York Times
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This article is based on a text from the Etude magazine, prior to 1923, that is in the public domain. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works The Etude was a US Magazine dedicated to Music, which was founded by Theodore Presser (1848-1925 at Lynchburg Virginia The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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