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Carl Tausig

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Carl Tausig · Arts & Literature

What

Pianist and composer

When

1841, Warsaw, Poland — 1871, Leipzig, Germany

Where

Poland · Germany

Biography

Carl Tausig is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pianist and composer

How & why

Carl Tausig was a Polish pianist and composer, widely regarded as the most gifted pupil of Franz Liszt and one of the greatest virtuosos of the 19th century before his death at just 29. Born to a Jewish family in Warsaw, he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Pianist and composer

1841

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music