Jerzy Fitelberg
Jerzy Fitelberg (born May 20, 1903 in Warsaw , † April 25, 1951 in New York City ) was a Polish composer.
Fitelberg had first lessons from his father Grzegorz Fitelberg and then studied at the conservatories in Warsaw and Moscow. From 1922 to 1926 he was a student of Walther Gmeindl and Franz Schreker at the Berlin Academy of Music .
In 1933 he emigrated to Paris and in 1940 moved to New York. He composed a. a. three orchestral suites, a ballet, several violin concertos, a cello, a clarinet and a piano concerto, a rhapsody for four pianos, chamber music works (including five string quartets) and piano pieces.
Web links
- http://www.musica-reanimata.de/verbindungen.html
- http://www.exilarchiv.de/DE/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=374%3Afitelberg-jerzy&catid=24&lang=de
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SURNAME | Fitelberg, Jerzy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1951 |
Place of death | New York City |