Piero Weiss

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Piero Weiss (January 26, 1928 – October 2, 2011) was an Italian-American

Isabella Vengerova and Rudolf Serkin, music theory and composition with Karl Weigl, and chamber music with Adolf Busch. In 1944, at the age of 16, he began his career as a concert pianist. He performed throughout the United States and Europe up into the 1960s, and also performed for radio broadcasts. He recorded works by Debussy. Ravel, Schubert, and Schumann.[1]

Academia

Although he had a substantial career as a pianist, Weiss is chiefly remembered for his work as a scholar and college professor. A specialist in the history of Italian opera, the last of his four books was dedicated to a detailed history of 18th-century Italian opera and is scheduled for release by the Turin publishing house EDT in 2012. He authored three other books, including a widely used college text book, Music in the Western World: A History in Documents (with co-author Richard Taruskin).

Weiss earned a B.A. in Music from

Curtis Institute in Philadelphia
.

Family

He died in Baltimore in 2011, at the age of 83, due to complications of pneumonia. Weiss is survived by Carole Severson Weiss (wife), Maria Leandri (daughter), Antonio Weiss (son), Carlo Weiss (brother), and six grandchildren.

References

  1. ^ James R. Oestreich (October 8, 2011). "Piero Weiss, Pianist and Musicologist, Dies at 83". The New York Times.