Artur Schnabel | |
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 Schnabel c. 1906 | |
| Born | 17 April 1882 Kunzendorf, Austria-Hungary (now Lipnik, Poland) |
| Died | 15 August 1951 (aged 69) Axenstein, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Schwyz, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist and composer |
Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.
Music critic Harold C. Schonberg described Schnabel as "the man who invented Beethoven".[1] Between 1932 and 1935, he produced the first recording of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. In 2018, the Library of Congress selected this recording to be placed in the National Recording Registry for its historical significance.[2]
- ^ Schonberg, Harold C. The Great Pianists, 1987 (revised edition)
- ^ "National Recording Registry Reaches 500". Library of Congress. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2019.