Description

ALFRED GRÜNFELD (PRAGUE, JULY 4, 1852 – VIENNA, JANUARY 4, 1924)

 

 

 

 

Grünfeld was born as the second of ten children in a family of a Jewish leather merchant Moses Grünfeld and his wife Regina, born Pick in Prague – New Town. He received his first music lessons at the age of four. Later he studied with Josef Krejčí at the Prague Conservatory and with Theodor Kullak and J. T. Hoyer at the New Academy of Music in Berlin. In 1873 he settled at Vienna, where he received the title of “Kammervirtuose”, and held a concert tour throughout Europe and the United States. During a visit to Germany Grünfeld was appointed court pianist to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany. For his concert performances he received many titles, medals and decorations. From 1897 he was a professor at the Vienna Conservatory. His brother was musician Heinrich Grünfeld. His Viennese house is at Getreidemarkt 10, and has a plaque above the door, created by the Viennes sculptor Florian Josephu. His grave can be visited in the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Gavotte caprice (Grünfeld) G&T 45525 1074h 1902

Gavotte in D-Moll (6th English Suite) (Bach) G&T 45559 13299u 1908

Guitarre Op. 45 (Moszkowski) G&T 45579 13101L 19-10-11

Hungarian Rhapsody (Grünfeld) The Edison Wangemann Recording Series, 1/4, 18th November, 1889

Hungarische Fantasie Op. 55 (Grünfeld) G&T 045507 465c 1905

Ich liebe dich Op. 41 Nr. 3 (Grieg) G&T 45546 10906u 6-07

Impromptu in Es-Dur Op. 90 Nr. 2 (Schubert) G&T 045537 578m 19-10-11

Impromptu Op. 23 (Grünfeld) G&T 45589 15414L 30- 4-13

Kinderszenen Op. 15 Nr. 7 – Träumerei (Schumann) Gramophone  45587 15412L 30- 4-13

Konzert-Paraphrase aus ‘Aschenbrödel’ ballet (Johann Strauss II) Hupfeld Animatic 51500

Mazurka à la viennoise Op 51 A Grünfeld G&T 45537 6714b 1905

Mazurka H moll Op. 44 No. 4 (Chopin) G&T 45539 6712 05

Mazurka in A min Op. 67 (Chopin) G&T 45506  2521B 02

Mazurka in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 4 (Chopin)

Mazurka in F-Moll Op. 17 (Grünfeld) G&T 45576 13098L 19-10-11