MOSKOWSKI
Moritz (Maurycy) Moszkowski was born August 23, 1854 in Breslau in Prussia at the time, now the Polish city of Wroc?aw a wealthy Polish family. He received his first musical instruction at home. In 1865 the family moved to Dresden where he was accepted at the conservatory. His first attempts at composition date from this period: it produces a piano quintet at thirteen. Moving to Berlin in 1869, he continued his studies, first at the conservatory of Julius Stern s with Eduard Franck for piano, and Friedrich Kiel for composition, and finally, the Neue Akademie Tonkunst Theodor Kullak, where he met, among his comrades, brothers Scharwenka: Xaver and Philipp. All three remain friends. It was in Berlin in 1873 as Moszkowski first successes as a pianist. Soon after, he traveled in provincial towns to gain experience and build its reputation. In 1875, he and Philipp Scharwenka organized a concert in which Moszkowski was a soloist in a piano concerto of his own composition. Franz Liszt, approving the work fast, just a morning to an audience invited and accompanied the young composer on a second piano concerto was never published and is now presumed lost unfortunately. It's about this time that Moszkowski publishes his first compositions, including the first set of Spanish Dances, Op. 12 originally written for piano duet and later orchestrated by Philipp Scharwenka, who assured the fame of Moszkowski. It is also a good violinist, he must often play the first violin in the orchestra of the Academy. He composed a great violin concerto, op. 30. By its base in Berlin for the next twenty years, and while maintaining his teaching position, Moszkowski travels extensively throughout Europe, giving concerts not only famous as a pianist and composer, he became famous as leader Conductor: he was invited several times as a conductor at the London Philharmonic. His great reputation assured, he moved to Paris in 1897 (43 years), married to Henrietta Chaminade, the sister of Cecile Chaminade, who bore him a son and a daughter. It is highly sought after as a teacher and, not being selective, it offers help to all young aspiring musicians careers. Around 1908, however, the fortunes of Moszkowski declined, as he begins to suffer from a disease due to the tragic loss of his wife and daughter. The views and musical tastes begin to change in this new century, but this new order has no influence on Moszkowski remains faithful to the traditions of the nineteenth century. Its popularity fades, and, although he continued to compose without losing its creative abilities, performance decreases with the loss of ambition and enthusiasm. His last years were spent in poverty, following the sale of his copyrights and investment of wealth in securities German, Polish and Russian, which become zero when the war in 1914. He died in Paris March 4, 1925. Google machine translation: MOSKOWSKI's original bio |
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