Moritz Moszkowski

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Moritz Moszkowski (also under the first name Maurice ) (born August 23, 1854 in Breslau ; † March 4, 1925 in Paris ) was a German composer and pianist . He is the brother of the writer and satirist Alexander Moszkowski .

Moritz Moszkowski

Life

Coming from a middle-class Polish-Jewish family, he received his first music lessons in Breslau and Dresden . Later in Berlin he received his training at the Stern and especially at the Kullak Conservatory . His teachers here were in particular Richard Wüerst and Theodor Kullak . During his training he began to teach at the New Academy of Music in Berlin (formerly the Kullak Conservatory). Concert tours as a piano virtuoso and conductor followed in 1873. These took him all over Europe, where he soon made a name for himself as a pianist, composer and also as a teacher. a. at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin. His most famous students included the later pianist Józef Hofmann and the conductor Thomas Beecham .

In 1897 Moszkowski left Berlin and went to Paris. In 1899 he was elected a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts. Moritz Moszkowski lived in Paris until his death, although he was denied any success here. After he had invested all his possessions in war bonds for Austria and Germany during the First World War , he was financially ruined after the First World War and the economic and political collapse of these two countries. He died in 1925.

His compositional work includes operas , chamber music , ballet music , ballads , dances , serenades and instrumental compositions as well as symphonies . In the second half of the 19th century he was considered one of the most outstanding composers; in the following years his name and his works were almost forgotten. He is considered one of the most famous representatives of so-called salon music .

Probably his best-known work is the extremely effective, very virtuoso piano piece Étincelles ( Eng . Spark) op. 36 No. 6, which belonged to the repertoire of important pianists such as Vladimir Horowitz , Michail Pletnjow , Ilya Petrov and Yeol Eum Son .

Works (selection)

  • Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 3, MoszWV 160
  • Five waltzes op.8, MoszWV 100
  • Two concert pieces for violin and piano op.16, MoszWV 130
  • Johanna d'Arc , symphonic poem op.19, MoszWV 140
  • Album Espagnol op.21, MoszWV 103
  • Deutsche Reigen op.25, MoszWV 105
  • Violin Concerto op. 30, MoszWV 161
  • Caprice Espagnol op.37, MoszWV 21
  • Boabdil, the last Moorish king op. 49, MoszWV 201, opera in 3 acts
  • Torch dance op.51, MoszWV 202
  • Laurin , Ballet op.53, MoszWV 203
  • Polish Folk Dances op.55, MoszWV 108
  • Piano Concerto (E major) op.59, MoszWV 162
  • Spanish Dances, for piano four hands op.12, MoszWV 102
  • New Spanish Dances op.65, MoszWV 109
  • Six Morceaux op.81, MoszWV 51
  • Six Morceaux op.83, MoszWV 52
  • Prelude and Fugue for String Orchestra op.85, MoszWV 144
  • Grande Valse de Concert op.88, MoszWV 56
  • Vingt petites Études op.91, MoszWV 58
  • Valse brilliant MoszWV 65
  • Valse mignonne MoszWV 71

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SURNAME Moszkowski, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moszkowski, Maurycy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and composer of classical music
DATE OF BIRTH 23 August 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1925
Place of death Paris