Moritz moszkowski biography of george michael
Although more or less forgotten by most musicians, Moritz Moszkowski () was a celebrated composer, conductor, teacher, editor, and performer.!
Moritz Moszkowski
German composer, pianist and teacher
Musical artist
Moritz Moszkowski (23 August 1854 – 3 March 1925[1]) was a German-Polish composer, pianist, and teacher.[2][n 1][3] His brother Alexander Moszkowski was a famous writer and satirist in Berlin.
Moritz (Maurice, Maurycy) Moszkowski (23 August – 4 March ) was a German-Jewish composer, pianist and teacher of Polish descent on his paternal.
Ignacy Paderewski said: "After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique." Although less known today, Moszkowski was well respected and popular during the late nineteenth century.
Life and career
He was born in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland), into a wealthy Polish-Jewish family whose parents had come to Breslau from Pilica, near Zawiercie, in 1854. He was an ardent Jew at a time when many Jews downplayed their Jewishness.[4] He showed early talent from a very tender age, beginning his musical training at home until 1865, when his family moved to Dr