Ossip Gabrilowitsch ca. 1906

Ossip Gabrilowitsch (Осип Сaломонович Габрилович, Osip Salomonovich Gabrilovich; he used the German transliteration Gabrilowitsch in the West) (o. s. 26 January/n. s 7 February 1878 – 14 September 1936) was a St. Petersburg born American pianist and conductor. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River The United States of America —commonly referred to as the ^[1]

He was born in St Petersburg. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River He studied the piano and composition at the St Petersburg Conservatory, with Anton Rubinstein, Anatoly Lyadov, Alexander Glazunov and Nikolai Medtner among others. This article is about the 19th century Russian pianist and composer Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov or Liadov (Анатолий Константинович Лядов ( May 11 (old style April 29) 1855 St Petersburg - Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (Александр Константинович Глазунов Aleksandr Konstantinovič Glazunov; Glazounov Glasunow &ndash 21 March Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Никола́й Ка́рлович Ме́тнер Nikoláj Kárlovič Métner) (&ndash13 November 1951 was a After graduating in 1894, he spent two years studying piano with Teodor Leszetycki in Vienna. Teodor Leszetycki (mostly referred to by the germanised name used by himself Theodor Leschetizky, 22 June 1830 &ndash 14 November 1915 was a Polish

In July 1905 he recorded 10 pieces for the reproducing piano Welte-Mignon, one of the first pianists to do so. The player piano is a self-playing Piano, containing a pneumatic mechanism that plays on the piano action pre-programmed Music via perforated paper rolls M Welte & Sons Freiburg and New York was a manufacturer of Orchestrions organs and Reproducing pianos From 1832 until 1932 the firm produced mechanical

From 1910 to 1914 he was conductor of the Munich Konzertverein. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. The Münchner Philharmoniker ( Munich Philharmonic) is one of three orchestras located in the city of Munich, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra He settled in the USA, and in 1918 was appointed the founding director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, while maintaining his life as a concert pianist. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO was founded in 1914 It performed the world's first radio broadcast of a symphonic concert on February 10, 1922 with pianist Before accepting the conductor's position, he demanded a new auditorium be built, and this was the impetus for the building of Orchestra Hall. Orchestra Hall, in Detroit Michigan, is a major music hall as well as the home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO

In 1909, he married Mark Twain's daughter Clara Clemens, a singer who appeared with him in recital. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud, formerly Clara Langhorne Clemens Gabrilowitsch ( June 8, 1874 &ndash November 19, 1962 He composed a few works, primarily short piano pieces for his own use. He died in Detroit in 1936 and, along with Clara and her father, is buried in the Langdon plot of the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York. Elmira is a City in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira New York Metropolitan Statistical Area

Works

• 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 1
  • No. 3 Valse lente (ca. 1897)
• Gavotte in D minor, Op. 2
• Compositions for the piano, Op. 3
  • No. 1 Caprice Burlesque (ca 1901)
  • No. 2 Mazurka Mélancolique
• Thème varié pour piano, Op. 4
• Mélodie, Op. 8, No. 1
• La Czarina, Mazurka Russe (The Tsarina, Russian Mazurka)
• Three Songs Op. 11:
  • No. 1 Good-bye (Christina Rossetti)
  • No. Christina Georgina Rossetti ( December 5, 1830 &ndash December 29, 1894) was an English Poet, who wrote a variety of romantic devotional 2 I love her gentle forehead (R. W. Gilder. )
  • No. 3 The new day (R. W. Gilder. ) (ca. 1917)
• Two Piano Pieces Op. 12
  • No. 1 Elegy
  • Mo. 2 Etude for the left land
• Near to thee . . . [Song. ] Poem by J. W. von Goethe, English version by Clara Clemens (ca. ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer 1924)

External links

• Ossip Gabrilowitsch was listed in the International Music Score Library Project

References

• Clara Clemens: My husband Gabrilowitsch. The International Music Score Library Project ( IMSLP) is a project for the creation of a virtual library of Public domain music scores, based on the Reprint of the ed. published by Harper, New York. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1979. ISBN 0-306-79563-9
• Cooke, James Francis: Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhévinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers. New York (Dover) 1999. (Reprint of the original edition 1917).

Media

• Ossip Gabrilowitsch plays for Welte-Mignon on July 4 1905 Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in C major, Op. Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer 119, No. 3 listen (help·info)