Charles Herman Steinway

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Charles Herman Steinway (born June 3, 1857 in New York City ; † October 31, 1919 there ) was an American industrialist, piano maker and amateur composer and pianist.

Charles H. Steinway was the second son of Carl Steinway, who died in 1865. He first went to school in New York and later attended a high school in Berlin . In 1874 he began his apprenticeship in the family business, traditionally regarded as piano maker - apprentice . After completing his apprenticeship, he joined the sales department. After the death of William Steinway , who was then head of the company, he succeeded him. He was very successful as a businessman, led Steinway & Sons out of a crisis into an upswing and revitalized European business by founding exclusive sales magazines with demonstration rooms, the Steinway stores in Hamburg (1904) and Berlin (1909).

Since Steinway was one of the main business partners of M. Welte & Sons in the piano sector, the esteemed business friend was given the opportunity in July 1913 to record and publish 10 of his own compositions in Freiburg for Welte-Mignon . As early as 1909, one of his compositions, Madeleine-Valse poétique , was recorded by the English accompanist Edward Brightwell. Charles Steinway grew up in the USA and Germany and felt very close to both countries and Berlin. One of his compositions is the waltz "Die Spreekönigin".

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Theodore Steinway: People and pianos: a century of service to music . New York: Steinway, 1953. 3rd Edition, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Amadeus Pr. LLC, 2005. ISBN 1-57467-112-X
  2. ^ Robert V. Ratcliffe: Steinway & Sons . San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1989. ISBN 0-8118-3389-5
  3. ↑ Gerhard Dangel and Hans-W. Schmitz: Welte-Mignon piano rolls: complete catalog of the European recordings 1904–1932 for the Welte-Mignon reproduction piano / Welte-Mignon piano rolls: complete library of the European recordings 1904–1932 for the Welte-Mignon reproducing piano , p. 388. Stuttgart 2006 . ISBN 3-00-017110-X
personal data
SURNAME Steinway, Charles Herman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steinway, Charles H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American piano maker and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1919
Place of death New York City