- Walter Morse Rummel
Walter Morse Rummel (
July 19 ,1887 –May 2 ,1953 ) was a prominentpianist , especially associated withClaude Debussy 's works, as well as a composer and music editor. He was of German-English descent and active mainly inFrance .Rummel was born in
Berlin toFranz Rummel and Cornelia "Leila" Morse Rummel. His father was from a prominent family of German musicians, and his mother was a daughter of telegraph inventorSamuel F. B. Morse . He studied piano withLeopold Godowsky and composition withHugo Kaun , before moving toParis in 1908. On his way to Paris he metIgnacy Jan Paderewski in Switzerland, who called some of his piano compositions "not far from masterpieces" and invited him to stay for a year as a pupil; Rummel however turned down the invitation and continued to Paris. While in Paris he metClaude Debussy and became a leading interpreter and proponent of Debussy's piano compositions. He died inBordeaux in 1953.In addition to his own performances and compositions, Rummel had an interest in preserving and arranging earlier music. He edited several volumes of early music, and published piano
arrangement s of organ works by Bach and Vivaldi, as well as four books of piano arrangements ofcantata movements of Bach.References
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