Robert Goldsand
Robert Goldsand (March 17, 1911 – September 16, 1991) was an Austrian-American classical pianist.
Life
Goldsand was born in
Upon leaving Vienna to flee the Nazis — his parents were both
Pedagogy
Goldsand taught many students during his long tenure at the Manhattan School including Suezenne Fordham [5], Neil Galanter, Harris Goldsmith [6], Donald Isler, Anne Koscielny [7], Thomas Schumacher [8], and Ralph Votapek [9]. According to Henry Edmundson, a student for one year not long before Goldsand's death, Goldsand was "a stickler for tradition" and demanded that the student adhere to Goldsand's way of playing a piece. [10] Harris Goldsmith recalls Goldsand as a "pianistic charmer" with "debonair technical ease," citing an instance when Goldsand demonstrated with his left hand how to obtain the desired legato in the coda of Chopin's fourth ballade. [11] Goldsand's passion for Beethoven had a major influence on his pupils, particularly in the case of Dr. Kevin Moore, a prominent professor of piano at Onondaga Community College in upstate New York. Dr. Moore has performed all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas, in local performances to the public, which have become immensely popular.[citation needed]
Recordings
Most of Goldsand's recordings appeared on the American
Death
He died of diabetes in a Danbury, Connecticut nursing home, in 1991.
References
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
Sources
- Album notes to Franz Schubert: Sonata in A Major, opus 120; Moments Musicaux, Concert Hall Society CHS 1148, 12" mono LP
- Biographical sketch at International Piano Archivesat Maryland. Retrieved 26 Jul 2013.
- Dubal, David, program notes for Nimbus Records, The New Golden Era—Vladimir Horowitz, Shura Cherkassky, Abram Chasins, Robert Goldsand
- Ivry, Benjamin, A Music Critic Performs, Practices What He Preaches, published in The New York Observer on September 10, 2006
- Koscielny, Anne, recitalist biography for Matthay Festival 2002 at Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
- Manhattan School of Music chronology
- Robert Goldsand, 80, Pianist and Teacher, obituary published in The New York Times on September 17, 1991
- Schumacher, Thomas, faculty biography at Eastman School of Music
- Votapek, Ralph, artist biography for Ivory Classics CD-72007 Ralph Votapek: Fire and Passion
External links
- Robert Goldsand (in German) from the Österreichische Mediathek