Felix Fox

Felix Fox (b. May 25, 1876 [ "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984] , Breslau, Germany [International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918] – d. March 24, 1947, Boston, Massachusetts) ["New York Times" obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert pianist had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25] [Chronology of Western Classical Music, By Charles J. Hall, page 892, Taylor & Francis, 2002, ISBN:0415942160] was a German-born concert pianist and educator.

Mr. Fox studied piano with Carl Reinecke in Leipzig, and Hungarian-French pianist Isidor Philipp in Paris, and studied music theory with Salomon Jadassohn. Fox graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Leipzig where he made his debut in 1896. [ "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schirmer Books, New York, 1984] He made his Paris debut in 1897, his Boston debut in 1898, and his London debut in 1907. Fox performed concerts with the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dannreuther String Quartet and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. [International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918] ["New York Times" obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert pianist had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25]

Mr. Fox moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1897, and in 1898 co-founded the Fox-Buonamici School of Pianoforte Playing with pianist Carlo Buonamici at 403 Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay. After Buonamici's death, in 1920, the school became the Felix Fox School of Pianoforte Playing. The school was closed in 1935. [From "A Handbook of American Private Schools," by Hesperides, Sargent's Handbook Series, orig. published 1916 by Hesperides. Republished by Read Books, 2007, page 218; Source: Google Books Search] [ "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schimer Books, New York, 1984]

Fox composed a number of songs and works for solo piano and also made transcriptions of works by composer and pianist Edward MacDowell. [ "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians", Seventh Edition, Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, Schimer Books, New York, 1984]

Fox was named a Chevalier in the Legion of Honor for his service to French Music. ["New York Times" obituary, "Felix Fox, Concert pianist had been soloist with Symphony orchestras," March 26, 1947, page 25]

Mr. Fox married Mary Vincent Pratt in 1910; they had one child. [International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: "A contemporary biographical dictionary and a record of the world's musical activity," by César Saerchinger, page 200, Current Literature Publishing Company, 1918]

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