ALEXANDER RAAB DUO-ART PIANO ROLLS CDR

 

ALEXANDER RAAB (GYŐR, 14 MARCH, 1882 – ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, 2 OCTOBER, 1958)

 

 

 

 

Alexander Raab was born in Győr (also known as Raab), Hungary. He studied at the Vienna Conservatory under Hans Schmitt (1835–1907), Robert Fuchs and Theodor Leschetizky and became acquainted with Johannes Brahms. He presented recitals with the violinist Jan Kubelík in England, Russia, Germany and France. He immigrated to the US in 1915, and became Head of the Piano Department at Chicago Musical College, before moving to Berkeley, California, where he became esteemed as one of the best piano teachers on the West Coast. He performed concertos with the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Vienna, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, and London Symphony Orchestra. Leopold Godowsky dedicated his 1931 transcription of Adolf von Henselt’s Etude in F-sharp major (Si oiseau j’etais), Op. 2, No. 6, to Raab. Alexander Raab’s piano students included Ernst Bacon, Vera Bradford, George J. Buelow, Muriel Kerr, Wanda Krasoff (who had been referred to Raab by Josef Hofmann), Mortimer Markoff, Sumner Marshall, Robert Owens, and Allan Willman. His pupils also studied under teachers such as Alfred Cortot, Nadia Boulanger, Rudolph Ganz, Percy Grainger, Ernest Hutcheson, and Paul Wells.  He made a small number of early Duo-Art and Welte Mignon piano roll recordings, with music of Chopin (Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Funeral March), Liszt (Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 in E minor), Mozart, Brahms, and some salon pieces by minor composers.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. 12 Sonata In B Flat Minor Op. 35 3Rd Movement – Lento; Marche Funebre & 4Th Movement – Presto (Chopin) Duo-Art 5710

2. Fantasia In D Minor K. 397 (Mozart) Duo-Art 5677

3. Harlequin’s Serenade Op. 48 No. 2 (Schubert) Duo-Art 6127

4. Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 5 In E Minor Heroic Elegy (Liszt) Duo-Art 5640

5. Piano Sonata In B Flat Minor Op. 35 1St Movement – Grave Doppio Movimento (Chopin) Duo-Art 5692

6. Piano Sonata In B Flat Minor Op. 35 2Nd Movement – Scherzo (Chopin) Duo-Art 5702

7. Pierrot’s Dream Op. 48 No. 5 (Schuett) Duo-Art 5714

8. Reverie Op. 34 No. 5 (Schuett) Duo-Art 5672

9. Romance (Frommel) Duo-Art 5739

10. Serenade (Frommel) Duo-Art 5772

11. Soirees De Vienne No. 6 In A Major (Schubert-Liszt) Duo-Art 5651

12. Tender Aveu (Promise Op. 59 No. 2) (Schuett) Duo-Art 5631

13. Waltz In A Flat Major Op. 39 No. 15 (Brahms) Duo-Art 56428

ALEXANDER RAAB DUO-ART PIANO ROLLS CDR

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