ERNEST HUTCHESON
(MELBOURNE, 20 JULY, 1871 – NEW YORK, 9 FEBRUARY, 1951)
Ernest Hutcheson (1871–1951),
pianist, composer, and music teacher, began performing at the age of five. At
fourteen, he left his native Melbourne to study at the Leipzig Conservatorium
of Music, where he was a pupil of Carl Reinecke and Bernhard Stavenhagen, a
student of Franz Liszt. Upon graduating at nineteen, Hutcheson moved to Weimar
for further study in the Lisztian tradition.
While in Weimar, he met Baroness Irmgard Senfft von Pilsach, a
talented pianist. Her family disapproved of their relationship, and the couple
eloped to London in 1899. Between then and the outbreak of World War I,
Hutcheson was based in Europe, performing and teaching both there and in the
United States.
From 1914, Hutcheson settled permanently in New York, where he is said
to have become the first pianist to perform three concertos in a single
concert. He taught at the Peabody Institute (Johns Hopkins University) and the
Chautauqua School of Music in New York State. He later joined the faculty of
the Juilliard School of Music, serving as Dean (1926–1937) and President
(1937–1945).
As a teacher, Hutcheson was known for his rigor, requiring his
students to practice four hours daily and regularly attend concerts, operas,
and recitals. By 1932, he had taught over a thousand students, including George
Gershwin.
Hutcheson composed concertos for violin and piano, a symphony, and
numerous solo piano works. Later in life, he authored several influential music
textbooks, including The Literature of
the Piano (1950).
TRACKLIST
536 DUO-ART
MOZART - Overture to the Opera “The Magic Flute” Hutcheson and Ganz
539 DUO-ART
SIBELIUS - Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7 Arr. Two Pianos Hutcheson and Ganz
5773 DUO-ART
WAGNER-LISZT - Spinning Song from the Opera “Flying Dutchman”
5790 DUO-ART
SCHUBERT-LISZT - Du bist die Ruh (Thou Art Repose)
6907 DUO-ART
D. SCARLATTI-HUTCHESON - Capriccio, Bb (Caprice)
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