Publisher's Synopsis
Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer, and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura.
His dazzling intellect, profound humor, and acute insights into music and musical life make his lectures as relevant today as they were at the time. Schnabel was an artist who reflected upon the value of music in a modern society like no other practicing musician, and who foresaw developments decades ago that are only now becoming fully apparent. Artur Schnabel was born in 1882, grew up in Vienna, and studied with Theodor Leschetizky. From 1898 to 1933 he lived in Berlin where his international career as a pianist began. Schnabel's residence from 1933 to 1938 was at Lake Como, Italy; he emigrated to the United States in 1939. Aside from his legendary recordings of Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart, and Brahms, Schnabel's legacy comprises several remarkable compositions of his own.
