Ignaz Friedman's Death
the Polish pianist who died in Sydney ; on January 26, was well known to New Zealand conecert-goers. His first visit to the Dominion was made in 1927, and after he had settled in Sydney in 1939 he made three more tours under contract to the NZBS, in 1940, 1941, and 1943. Friedman was born at Podgorze, near Cracow, on February 14, 1882. At the age of eight he could transpose Bach fugues into any key, and he made several appearances as a child prodigy.-- ] GNAZ FRIEDMAN,
He was sent to Vienna to become a pupil of Leschetizky, the teacher of Paderewski and Mark Hambourg, and soon became one of his prize pupils. His first concert tour was in 1905, and for the rest of his life he toured widely in Europe and America, lived in Berlin until 1914, then in Copenhagen, and subsequently in Australia.
Friedman, who was recognised as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Chopin, edited the Breitkopf and Hartel edition of Chopin’s works (in 12 volumes) and also Neuport’s Etudes, He studied composition under Hugo Riemann, and was the composer of a piano quintet, a Passacaglia ang other piano works, several ‘cello pieces, and a considerable number of songs,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 452, 20 February 1948, Page 15
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206Ignaz Friedman's Death New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 452, 20 February 1948, Page 15
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