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Artur Schnabel
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Artur Schnabel was an Austrian composer, pianist, and music educator. Born in Bielsko-Biała in 1882, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Theodor Leschetizky. He worked as a teacher at the University of Michigan and instructed students including Ferdinand Leitner, Clifford Curzon, Leon Fleisher, and Claude Frank. He spoke English, Polish, and German.
Schnabel was married to Therese Behr and had two children, Stefan Schnabel and Karl Ulrich Schnabel. He died in Morschach in 1951. His notable works include *Aus dir wird nie ein Pianist*, *Reflections on Music*, *Musik und der Weg des grössten Widerstands*, *Ein halbes Jahrhundert Musik*, and *Walking freely on firm ground*. He is associated with the piano and classical music.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Austria
- Active from
- 1882
- Active to
- 1951
Discography
- Piano Piece in Seven Movements / Piano Sonata1995
- Sonata for Violin and Piano / Sonata for Violin Solo1995
- Symphonies 1 & 31996
- The Piano Masters1999
- Piano Works Vol. 72004
- Quadromania: Artur Schnabel, Maestro espressivo2004
- String Quartet / Piano Trio / Seven Piano Pieces2004
- The Complete Schubert Recordings2005
- String Quartet no. 1 / Notturno2011
- Klavierquintet / Klaviersonate / Lieder2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,322
- Total plays
- 164,227
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Artur Schnabel (April 17, 1882 – August 15, 1951) was a composer and also a pianist and teacher. His compositions were, in Ernst Krenek's words, "of remarkable and unusual significance." Schnabel was renowned for his seriousness as a musician, avoiding anything resembling pure technical bravura. He was said to have tended to disregard his own technical limitations in pursuit of his musical ideals. However, Schnabel is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century <a
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1882-04-17 ) 17 April 1882, Kunzendorf , Austria-Hungary (now Lipnik, Poland)
- Died
- 15 August 1951 (1951-08-15) (aged 69), Axenstein , Switzerland
- Resting place
- Schwyz , Switzerland
- Occupations
- Pianist and composer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Artur
- Family name
- Schnabel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Bielsko-Biała
- Place of death
- Morschach
- Spouse
- Therese Behr
- Child
- Karl Ulrich Schnabel
- Occupation
- music educator
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Theodor Leschetizky
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Schnabel LCCN2014715786 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Artur Schnabel
- date of birth
- 1882-04-17
- date of death
- 1951-08-15
- student
- Ruth Slenczynska
- name in native language
- Artur Schnabel
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- Aach
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Artur Schnabel, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-born classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.
Music critic Harold C. Schonberg described Schnabel as "the man who invented Beethoven". Between 1932 and 1935, he made history by producing the first recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected this recording to be placed in the National Recording Registry for its historical significance.
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