Arthur Gold | |
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Born | February 6, 1917 |
Died | January 3, 1990 (aged 72) |
Resting place | Oakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)[1] |
Education | Juilliard School |
Robert Fizdale | |
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Born | April 12, 1920 |
Died | December 6, 1995 (aged 75) |
Resting place | Oakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York) |
Education | Juilliard School |
Arthur Gold (6 February 1917 – 3 January 1990) and Robert Fizdale (12 April 1920 – 6 December 1995)[2] were an American two-piano ensemble; they were also authors and television cooking show hosts.
Gold and Fizdale met during their student years at the Juilliard School; where Gold was a pupil of Rosina Lhévinne and her husband Josef and Fizdale was a pupil of Ernest Hutcheson.[2][3] They formed a lifelong gay partnership and shared interests in music (forming one of the most important piano duos of the 20th century),[4] travel, and cooking.