- Heinrich Gebhard
Heinrich Gebhard (b.
July 25 ,1878 ,Sobernheim ,Germany – d.May 5 ,1963 ,North Arlington, New Jersey ) was aGerman-American pianist ,composer and piano teacher.Performer
Gebhard was born in
Sobernheim ,Germany , but moved at the age of 10 with his parents toBoston, Massachusetts in theUnited States , where he studied piano and composition with Clayton Johns until 1895. He went toVienna, Austria for four years, where he studied underTheodor Leschetizky , and returned to Boston in 1899. He made his piano debut in 1900 with theBoston Symphony Orchestra . He enjoyed a lengthy career as one of the notable American pianists of the early 20th century. Later in his career, he became a music teacher and taught a number of other famous pianists, most notablyLeonard Bernstein . The composerAlan Hovhaness also studied with him. ["Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (3rd edition). (1919). Ed. Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy. p. 301]Composer
Gebhard composed music for piano, chamber orchestra and symphony orchestra. His "Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra" was given its first performance by the
New York Philharmonic onNovember 12 ,1925 , with the composer at the piano. Among Gebhard's other works are the symphonic poem, "Across the Hills" (1940), Divertimento for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1927), "Waltz Suite" for two pianos, the song cycle, "The Sun, Cloud and the Flower" and numerous works for piano. ["Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984, page 807]Gebhard's book, "The Art of Pedaling", was published posthumously in 1963. ["Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984, page 807]
References and Footnotes
*cite encyclopedia | title = Gebhard, Heinrich | encyclopedia =
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians | editor = Theodore Baker and Alfred Remy | edition = 3rd edition | year = 1919 | pages = p. 301 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=H2kNAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA301#PPA301,M1
*cite book | last = Laird | first = Paul R. | authorlink = Paul R. Laird | title = Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Research | year = 2002 | publisher = Routledge | id = ISBN 0815335172 | pages = p. 78
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