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Artur Schnabel


Born
Lipnik (Kunzendorf) near Bielitz, Galicia (today a part of Bielsko-Biała), Poland
Genre
Music


Artur Schnabel (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-born classical pianist, composer and pedagogue.

Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

His performances of these compositions have often been hailed as models of interpretative penetration, and his best-known recordings are those of the Beethoven piano sonatas. Harold C. Schonberg referred to Schnabel as "the man who invented Beethoven".

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My Life and Music (Dover Bo...
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Music, Wit, and Wisdom - Th...
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Music and the Line of Most ...
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Reflections On Music
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Sonata for Violin and Piano
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“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.”
― Artur Schnabel
tags: art, piano, silence
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“I only know two kinds of audiences - one coughing, and one not coughing.”
― Artur Schnabel, My Life and Music
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“The notes I can handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes-ah, that is where the art resides.”
― Artur Schnabel
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