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Rosenthal recorded less than three hours' worth of music. What he did record, however, is considered some of the most legendary piano-playing ever captured.<ref>''Cf.'' [[Harold C. Schonberg]], ''The Great Pianists'' and many other sources.{{verification needed|date=May 2015}}</ref> Surviving examples include, in addition to conventional discs, a considerable quantity of [[American Piano Company|American Piano Company (Ampico)]] [[piano rolls]]. |
Rosenthal recorded less than three hours' worth of music. What he did record, however, is considered some of the most legendary piano-playing ever captured.<ref>''Cf.'' [[Harold C. Schonberg]], ''The Great Pianists'' and many other sources.{{verification needed|date=May 2015}}</ref> Surviving examples include, in addition to conventional discs, a considerable quantity of [[American Piano Company|American Piano Company (Ampico)]] [[piano rolls]]. |
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Rosenthal's usually malicious wit was legendary. When he heard [[Vladimir Horowitz]] blaze through the octave passages of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|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".<ref>Harold C. Schonberg, ''The Great Pianists'', p. 284.</ref> A colleague once played Rosenthal's arrangement of [[Frédéric Chopin|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".<ref>[http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/rosenthal.html Arbiter Records]</ref> |
Rosenthal's usually malicious wit was legendary. When he heard [[Vladimir Horowitz]] blaze through the octave passages of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|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".<ref>Harold C. Schonberg, ''The Great Pianists'', p. 284.</ref> A colleague once played Rosenthal's arrangement of [[Frédéric Chopin|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".<ref>[http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/rosenthal.html Arbiter Records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904023357/http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/rosenthal.html |date=2009-09-04 }}</ref> |
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His pupils included [[Charles Rosen]] and [[Robert Goldsand]]. An anthology of Rosenthal's autobiographical writings was published as ''Moriz Rosenthal: In Word and Music'' (ed. Mark Mitchell, [[Allan Evans (record producer)|Allan Evans]]. Indiana University Press, 2006), which also contains a CD of representative and unpublished recordings. |
His pupils included [[Charles Rosen]] and [[Robert Goldsand]]. An anthology of Rosenthal's autobiographical writings was published as ''Moriz Rosenthal: In Word and Music'' (ed. Mark Mitchell, [[Allan Evans (record producer)|Allan Evans]]. Indiana University Press, 2006), which also contains a CD of representative and unpublished recordings. |
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* [http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/rosenthal.html Biographical details about Rosenthal by Allan Evans] |
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* [http://www.rprf.org/Rollography.html Piano Rolls] ([http://www.rprf.org/ The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation]) |
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Revision as of 21:18, 29 November 2017
Moriz Rosenthal (17 December 1862 – 3 September 1946) was a
Biography
Rosenthal was born in Lemberg,
In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil of
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 in Boston, where he made his U.S. debut in 1888,[1] and subsequently in England in 1895. He taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1926-1928. 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. What he did record, however, is considered some of the most legendary piano-playing ever captured.
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".[3] 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".[4]
His pupils included Charles Rosen and Robert Goldsand. 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 C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists and many other sources.[verification needed]
- ^ Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists, p. 284.
- ^ Arbiter Records Archived 2009-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Works by Moriz Rosenthal at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Moriz Rosenthal at Internet Archive
- Discography
- Free scores by Moriz Rosenthal at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Biographical details about Rosenthal by Allan Evans
- Piano Rolls (The Reproducing Piano Roll Foundation)