Allegretto Grazioso E Dolceerzando - Music
Allegretto Grazioso E Dolceerzando by Leopold Godowsky
Leopold Godowsky
Artist Biography For Leopold Godowsky
Godowsky Born On 13 February 1870 Was A Famed Pianist Composer And Teacher. He Has Been Described As The "Pianist Of Pianists". He Became A Naturalised American But Was Born To Polish Parents In Sozły Near Wilno In What Was Then Russian Territory But Is Now Part Of Lithuania. He Considered Himself Of Polish Heritage. Godowsky Had Studied Under Ernst Rudorff At The Berlin High School For Music But Left After Three Months. Otherwise He Was Self-Taught. His Career As A Concert Pianist Which Eventually Would Take Him To Every Continent Except Australia Began At Age Ten.Godowsky Made His Debut In America On 7 December In Boston. Later Moving To France To Study With Liszt Who Unfortunately Died A Few Days Before Godowsky's Arrival There He Played For Tchaikovsky And Could Count Among His Acquaintances Charles Gounod Jules Massenet Amboise Thomas Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Pierné Charles-Marie Widor And Leo Delibes. He Died Of Stomach Cancer In New York On November 21 1938. As A Composer Godowsky Has Been Best Known For His Paraphrases Of Piano Pieces By Other Composers Which He Enhanced With Ingenious Contrapuntal Devices And Rich Chromatic Harmonies. His Most Famous Work In This Genre Is The 53 Studies On Chopin's Etudes In Which He Varies The Already Challenging Originals By Introducing Countermelodies. He Also Transcribed For The Piano A Number Of Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin And Solo Cello By Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Piano Sonata The Passacaglia And Triakontameron Are Amongst Other Works Of His That Have Become More Well-Known Of Recent Times. The Passacaglia Is Based On A Theme From Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony It Has Acquired An Undeserved Reputation For Difficulty. "Godowsky's Achievement Is Greater Than That Of The Mere Transcriber Or Arranger. He Aimed Higher And Opened Up New Vistas For Developing Our Pianistic Mechanisms...When Teachers Performers And Students Wake Up To The Possibilities And Potentials Of The Godowsky Legacy And When They Apply Themselves To Its Enormous Challenge We Will Begin Once Again To Enjoy The Music They Make To Find Recitals Less Of A Duty And More Of A Joy To Attend And To Share In The Experience Of Expressivity Through Beautiful Sounds Produced With Freedom And Ease." - Frank Cooper
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Godowsky Born On 13 February 1870 Was A Famed Pianist Composer And Teacher. He Has Been Described As The "Pianist Of Pianists". He Became A Naturalised American But Was Born To Polish Parents In Sozły Near Wilno In What Was Then Russian Territory But Is Now Part Of Lithuania. He Considered Himself Of Polish Heritage. Godowsky Had Studied Under Ernst Rudorff At The Berlin High School For Music But Left After Three Months. Otherwise He Was Self-Taught. His Career As A Concert Pianist Which Eventually Would Take Him To Every Continent Except Australia Began At Age Ten.Godowsky Made His Debut In America On 7 December In Boston. Later Moving To France To Study With Liszt Who Unfortunately Died A Few Days Before Godowsky's Arrival There He Played For Tchaikovsky And Could Count Among His Acquaintances Charles Gounod Jules Massenet Amboise Thomas Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Pierné Charles-Marie Widor And Leo Delibes. He Died Of Stomach Cancer In New York On November 21 1938. As A Composer Godowsky Has Been Best Known For His Paraphrases Of Piano Pieces By Other Composers Which He Enhanced With Ingenious Contrapuntal Devices And Rich Chromatic Harmonies. His Most Famous Work In This Genre Is The 53 Studies On Chopin's Etudes In Which He Varies The Already Challenging Originals By Introducing Countermelodies. He Also Transcribed For The Piano A Number Of Sonatas And Partitas For Solo Violin And Solo Cello By Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Piano Sonata The Passacaglia And Triakontameron Are Amongst Other Works Of His That Have Become More Well-Known Of Recent Times. The Passacaglia Is Based On A Theme From Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony It Has Acquired An Undeserved Reputation For Difficulty. "Godowsky's Achievement Is Greater Than That Of The Mere Transcriber Or Arranger. He Aimed Higher And Opened Up New Vistas For Developing Our Pianistic Mechanisms...When Teachers Performers And Students Wake Up To The Possibilities And Potentials Of The Godowsky Legacy And When They Apply Themselves To Its Enormous Challenge We Will Begin Once Again To Enjoy The Music They Make To Find Recitals Less Of A Duty And More Of A Joy To Attend And To Share In The Experience Of Expressivity Through Beautiful Sounds Produced With Freedom And Ease." - Frank Cooper read less
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The Piano Sonata The Passacaglia And Triakontameron Are Amongst Other Works Of His That Have Become More Well-Known Of Recent Times. The Passacaglia Is Based On A Theme From Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony It Has Acquired An Undeserved Reputation For Difficulty. "Godowsky's Achievement Is Greater Than That Of The Mere Transcriber Or Arranger. He Aimed Higher And Opened Up New Vistas For Developing Our Pianistic Mechanisms...When Teachers Performers And Students Wake Up To The Possibilities And Potentials Of The Godowsky Legacy And When They Apply Themselves To Its Enormous Challenge We Will Begin Once Again To Enjoy The Music They Make To Find Recitals Less Of A Duty And More Of A Joy To Attend And To Share In The Experience Of Expressivity Through Beautiful Sounds Produced With Freedom And Ease." - Frank Cooper read less
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