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Rosenthal, Moriz (Piano), 1862-1946We have 1 book for this author.Moriz Rosenthal (December 18, 1862 - September 3, 1946) was a Ukrainian-born American pianist. He was generally considered one of the super-technicians of his day, in the category of Godowsky, Friedman, and Josef Lhevinne. Rosenthal was born in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine), where his father was professor at the chief academy. 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. In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil of Carl Mikuli, Chopin's pupil and editor, who trained him along more academic lines. 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. A tour through Romania followed when he was fourteen. In 1878 Rosenthal became a pupil of Liszt, with whom he studied in Weimar and Rome. 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. As Liszt's pupil, Rosenthal made appearances in St. Petersburg, Paris, and elsewhere. His general education, however, was not neglected, and in 1880 Rosenthal qualified to take the philosophical course at the University of Vienna. Six years later he resumed his career with the piano, achieving brilliant success in Leipzig and subsequently in England in 1895, and later in America, where he also met with success. From 1939, he taught in his own piano school in New York City, where he died in 1946. Rosenthal recorded less than three hours' worth of music, a pitifully small amount for a pianist of his stature. What he did record, however, is considered some of the most legendary piano-playing on disc.[1] Rosenthal also recorded a large number of Ampico piano rolls. 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. Another was the pianist Robert Goldsand (1911-1991), who had a long performing and recording career, and taught at the Manhattan School of Music. 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
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This article is based on a text from the Etude magazine, prior to 1923, that is in the public domain. This biographical information was gathered from the Moriz_Rosenthal page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project. BooksEtude Nouvelle in a Flat and Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 (Music, recorded) |
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