MR
Arts & Literature

Moritz Rosenthal

Share
Who

Moritz Rosenthal · Arts & Literature

What

Classical pianist

When

1862, Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) — 1946, New York City, USA

Where

Austria-Hungary · Austria · United States

Biography

Moritz Rosenthal is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Classical pianist

How & why

Moritz Rosenthal was a celebrated pianist and pupil of Franz Liszt, famed for a dazzling technique that earned him the nickname 'little giant of the piano' and for his refined Chopin playing. He fled Europe for the United States around the Second World War. He was Jewish, born in Lemberg.

Sources & external links

Verify and go deeper with these external references.

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.

Contributions & Sources

Classical pianist

1862

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music