Gold and Fizdale

Arthur Gold
Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale, 1952
BornFebruary 6, 1917
DiedJanuary 3, 1990 (aged 72)
Resting placeOakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)[1]
EducationJuilliard School
Robert Fizdale
BornApril 12, 1920
DiedDecember 6, 1995 (aged 75)
Resting placeOakland Cemetery (Sag Harbor, New York)
EducationJuilliard 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.

  1. ^ Permanent Residents of Oakland Cemetery. Sag Harbor Partnership.
  2. ^ a b Michael Steinberg, revised by Ruth B. Hilton (2001). "Fizdale, Robert". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09767. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  3. ^ accessed August 25, 2006
  4. ^ Jean-Pierre Thiollet, 88 notes pour piano solo, « Solo de duo », Neva Editions, 2015, pages 97-98. ISBN 978-2-3505-5192-0