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Xaver Scharwenka
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Franz Xaver Scharwenka (6 January 1850, Samter, Prussia (now Szamotuły, Poland) - 8 December 1924, Berlin, Germany) was a German pianist and composer. He founded his own music school in Berlin and New York City, and also organised concert series. He was generally known by his middle name Xaver. With his family, he moved to Berlin in 1865 where he studied music under Theodor Kullak. His older brother (Ludwig) Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917) was also a composer and teacher of music. Scharwenka did not start formal music studies until he was 15, although he began learning to play the piano by ear when he was 3. He began touring as a concert pianist at 24, in 1874, and was praised for the beauty of his tone. He was a renowned interpreter of the music of Chopin. In 1881 Scharwenka founded his own music schools in Berlin, and from 1891 to 1898 directed his Scharwenka Music School in New York City. In 1893 the Berlin Scharwenka Conservatory was united with the Klindworth Conservatory, and in 1898 he returned there as Director, from New York. In 1914, with W. Petzet, he opened a School of Music with pianoforte teachers' seminary attached. Among pianists who received some instruction from him were José Vianna da Motta, Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl and Selmar Jansen. His Methodik des Klavierspiels was published in Leipzig in 1907. In addition to his activities as a pianist, composer and founder of a music school, he also organized a series of concerts, focusing mainly on works by promin
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 56: II. Adagio
2,6072Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 82: I. Allegro patetico
6163Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Theme. Andante
4134Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 10. Molto più lento
3715Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 1. Un poco più mosso
3546Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 11. Quasi Fantasia – Lento
3107Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 13. Finale
3098Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 7. Andante
3049Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 12. Allegretto
30310Variations on a Theme by C.H., Op. 57: Var. 2. L'istesso tempo
282albums
Scharwenka: Complete Piano Concertos
Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Polish Dances - Mataswintha: Overture - Andante religioso
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Scharwenka: Piano Music, Vol. 4
Elle Danse. Piano Essentials from the Golden Age (Extended Edition)
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Scharwenka: Piano Music, Vol. 3
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Schmetterling. Piano Music by Chopin, Schumann and Legacy
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Scharwenka, X.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
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Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 4 - Polish Dances - Mataswintha: Overture - Andante religios
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BBC Scottish Symphony
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Scharwenka: Deutsche Romantiker, Vol. 6
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Scharwenka: The Piano Works, Vol. 1
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Xaver Scharwenka - piano & chamber music