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Polish pianist and composer

Moriz Rosenthal (17 December &#;&#; 3 September ) was a Polish pianist and composer. He was an outstanding pupil of Franz Liszt^[1] and a friend and colleague of some of the greatest musicians of his age, including Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, Anton Rubinstein, Hans von Bülow, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jules Massenet and Isaac Albéniz.

Moriz rosenthal biography of barack biden Moriz Rosenthal 17 December — 3 September was a Polish pianist and composer. Rosenthal was born in Lemberg, Austrian Empire into a Jewish family, where his father was professor at the chief academy. At eight years of age he commenced his piano studies under Galoth — In , Rosenthal became a pupil of Karol Mikuli , Chopin 's pupil and editor, who trained him along more academic lines at Lviv Conservatory. At the age of twelve he became a pupil of Rafael Joseffy in Vienna.

Biography

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

In , Rosenthal became a pupil of Karol Mikuli, Chopin's pupil and editor, who trained him along more academic lines at Lviv Conservatory.

At the age of twelve he became a pupil of Rafael Joseffy in Vienna. His debut occurred in Vienna in He had immediate success and after a tour of Romania he was made Court Pianist of Romania when he was fourteen years of age.

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He began playing the piano at the age of eight, and in entered the Academy, where he studied with its director, Karol Mikuli, from to In the following year, Rosenthal's family moved to Vienna, where he continued his studies with Joseffy and he gave his first recital in He then began to tour, finishing his studies with Liszt at Weimar, and in Rome. For six years, he abandoned the concert platform, dedicating himself to a study of philosophy. In , he published with Schytte the manual, Schule des hoeheren Klavierspiels.

From to he studied with Liszt at Weimar and Rome. He was associated with the great Hungarian master until , when Liszt died in Bayreuth. Having the conviction that a well-rounded classical education was necessary in his work as an interpreter, he studied at the Staats Gymnasium in Vienna and at the University, where he was a pupil in philosophy under Von Zimmerman and Franz Brentano and in esthetics under Eduard Hanslick.

His virtuosity guided by a probing intellect was nonpareil.

Moriz rosenthal biography of barack Important pupils: Robert Goldsand , Jorge Bolet. Moriz Rosenthal stands now, as he did when last he was in this country eight years ago, for the extremest development of the technique of the piano. In everything that the wizards of modern technical skill have been able to exploit upon the keyboard of the instrument, in all that they have been able to make the human hand, wrist, arm, achieve, he stands among the chief wizards. It seemed, when he was here before, that he had no further to go. If he has moved forward in these eight years it has been in this direction.

In he was made Kammervirtuoso for the Emperor of Austria.

As Liszt's pupil, Rosenthal made appearances in St. Petersburg, Paris, and elsewhere. His general education, however, was not neglected, and in 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 in Boston, where he made his U.S.

debut in ,^[2] and subsequently in England in He taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from From , he taught in his own piano school in New York City, where he died in

Rosenthal recorded around three hours' worth of music between and , for Columbia, Edison, Ultraphon, EMI, and RCA Victor.

Moriz Rosenthal - Discography of American Historical Recordings

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Several of the discs are often regarded as among the finest piano recordings from his time.^[4] In addition to rpm records, a number of American Piano Company (Ampico)piano rolls also exist.

Rosenthal's usually malicious wit was legendary. When he heard Vladimir Horowitz blaze through the octave passages of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto at his Vienna debut, he remarked: "He is an Octavian, but not Caesar." In similar vein, after hearing Ignacy Jan Paderewski, whose reputation had preceded him, Rosenthal said: "Yes, he plays well, I suppose, but he's no Paderewski".^[5] A colleague once played Rosenthal's arrangement of Chopin's Minute Waltz in thirds at a recital, after which Rosenthal thanked the pianist "for the most enjoyable quarter of an hour of my life".

Towards the end of his life Rosenthal lived at the Great Northern Hotel in New York, which he referred to as "more Northern than Great".^[6]

His pupils included Charles Rosen, Robert Goldsand, and Jorge Bolet.

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Moriz Rosenthal - Discography of American Historical Recordings

An anthology of Rosenthal's autobiographical writings was published as Moriz Rosenthal: In Word and Music (ed. Mark Mitchell, Allan Evans. Indiana University Press, ), which also contains a CD of representative and unpublished recordings.

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