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MORIZ ROSENTHAL (LEMBERG, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY (LATER LWÓW, POLAND, NOW LVIV, UKRAINE) 17 DECEMBER 1862 – NEW YORK CITY, USA 3 SEPTEMBER 1946)

Rosenthal was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (later Lwów, Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine) into a Jewish family, where his father was professor at the chief academy. At eight years of age he commenced his piano studies under Galoth (1869–1872). In 1872, Rosenthal became a pupil of Karol Mikuli, Chopin’s pupil and editor, who trained him along more academic lines at Lviv Conservatory. At the age of twelve he became a pupil of Rafael Joseffy in Vienna. His debut occurred in Vienna in 1876. He had immediate success and after a tour of Romania he was made Court Pianist of Romania when he was fourteen years of age. From 1878 to 1879 he studied with Liszt at Weimar and Rome. He was associated with the great Hungarian master until 1886, when Liszt died at Bayreuth. Having the conviction that a well-rounded classical education was necessary in his work as an interpreter, he studied at the Staats Gymnasium in Vienna and at the University, where he was a pupil in philosophy under Von Zimmerman and Brentano and in esthetics under Hanslick. His virtuosity guided by a probing intellect was nonpareil. In 1912 he was made Kammervirtuoso for the Emperor of Austria. As Liszt’s pupil, Rosenthal made appearances in St. Petersburg, Paris, and elsewhere. His general education, however, was not neglected, and in 1880 Rosenthal qualified to take the philosophical course at the University of Vienna. Six years later he resumed his career with the piano, achieving brilliant success in Leipzig, and in Boston, where he made his U.S. debut in 1888, and subsequently in England in 1895. He taught at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1926-1928. From 1939, he taught in his own piano school in New York City, where he died in 1946.

TRACKLIST

1. Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted); Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
2. Prelude in B major Op 28 No 11 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted)
3. Prelude in A major Op 28 No 7 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted); Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
4. Prelude in F major Op 28 No 23 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted)
5. Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6 (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (five takes) Edison 19149 (vertical) & N842 (lateral) unpublished
6. Prelude in B major Op 28 No 11 (Chopin) Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
7. Prelude in A major Op 28 No 7 (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (five takes) Edison 19149 (vertical) & N842 (lateral) unpublished
8. Prelude in F major Op 28 No 23 (Chopin) Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
9. Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 63 No 3 (Chopin) March 2, 1929, (four takes) N755 (lateral)
10. Mazurka in A flat major Op 24 No 3 (Chopin) March 2, 1929, (four takes), N755 (lateral)
11. Mazurka in G major Op 67 No 1 (Chopin) March 2, 1929, Edison 19064 unpublished
12. Mazurka in C sharp minor Op 63 No 3 (Chopin) 19064 (vertical) Edison unpublished
13. Mazurka in A flat major Op 24 No 3 (Chopin) 19064 (vertical) Edison unpublished
14. Mazurka in G major Op 67 No 1 (Chopin) March 2, 1929, Edison 19064 unpublished
15. Waltz in A flat major Op 42 (Chopin) March 2, 1929, (four takes) Edison N756 (lateral)
16. Waltz in A flat major Op 42 (Chopin) 19065 (vertical) unpublished
17. Chant polonais No 1 (The Maiden’s Wish) (Chopin-Liszt-Rosenthal) March 2, 1929, (four takes), Edison N757 (lateral)
18. Chant polonais No 1 (The Maiden’s Wish) (Chopin-Liszt-Rosenthal) 19066 (vertical) unpublished
19. Nouvelle étude No 3 in A flat major (Chopin) April 4, 1929, (¤ve takes), N838 (lateral) Edison 47004 (take A), 19145 (vertical) Edison 82353 (take B)
20. Étude in C major Op 10 No 1 (Chopin) April 4, 1929, (¤ve takes), N838 (lateral) Edison 47004 (take A), 19145 (vertical) Edison 82353 (take B)
21. Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted); Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
22. Prelude in A major Op 28 No 7 (Chopin) March 1, 1929, N754 (two takes—lateral, B accepted); Edison 47004 & 19063 (two takes—vertical, B accepted) Edison 82353
23. Étude in G flat major Op 10 No 5 (Black Keys) (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (¤ve takes), Edison 19149 (vertical) & N842 (lateral) unpublished
24. Prelude in B minor Op 28 No 6 (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (five takes) Edison 19149 (vertical) & N842 (lateral) unpublished
25. Prelude in A major Op 28 No 7 (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (¤ve takes) Edison 19149 (vertical) & N842 (lateral) unpublished
26. Étude in G flat major Op 10 No 5 (Black Keys) (Chopin) May 2, 1930, 2-21703 unissued
27. Nocturne in E flat major Op 9 No 2 (Chopin) April 8, 1929, (¤ve takes), Edison 19150 (vertical)
28. Nocturne in E flat major Op 9 No 2 (Chopin) M843 (lateral) unpublished