FANNIE BLOOMFIELD
ZEISLER (JULY 16, 1863, BIELSKO, POLAND – AUGUST 20, 1927, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
UNITED STATES)
Zeisler was born Fannie
Blumenfeld on July 16, 1863, in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia to Jewish parents.
She emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 4 in 1867. The
family settled in Chicago, Illinois where they later changed their name to
Bloomfield. She was the sister of Maurice Bloomfield and the aunt of Leonard
Bloomfield. At the age of six, before receiving any musical instruction, she
began picking out tunes on the piano. Her first teachers were in Chicago;
Bernard Ziehn and Carl Wolfsohn. In 1877, Annette Essipova, then on tour in the
United States, heard her play and advised that she became a pupil of Theodor
Leschetizky. She made her debut at the age of 11 in February 1875. In 1878, she
returned to Austria to study in Vienna, under Leschetizky. While in Austria,
she changed her name from Blumenfeld to Bloomfield. She returned to Chicago in
1883. Bloomfield performed in concert in Chicago in April 1884. In January
1885, she debuted in New York City. Around the turn of the century, she made
piano rolls of various piano compositions, Chopin's Waltz No. 11 in G minor
being among them. Bloomfeld married the attorney Sigmund Zeisler in 1885 and
had three sons: Leonard, Paul and Ernest. In 1888, she returned to Vienna to
study with Leschetizky. She also began to tour in Europe and the United States,
with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her last performance was in February 1925
in Chicago. She played the Beethoven Andante Favori and concertos by Chopin and
Schumann. Zeisler died in Chicago, Illinois on August 20, 1927.
TRACKLIST
1. WELTE-MIGNON 2597 Croquis et silhouettes Op. 87, No. 4 (Schütt)
2. WELTE-MIGNON 1461 Dance of the blessed spirits from Orfeo
(Gluck-Sgambati) Welte-Mignon
3. WELTE-MIGNON 1469 Gondoliera Op.41 (Moszkowski) Welte-Mignon
4. WELTE-MIGNON 6963 Juggleress Op.52 No.4 (Moszkowski) Welte-Mignon
5. WELTE-MIGNON 6979 Love-Waltz Op.57 No. 5 (Moszkowski) Welte-Mignon
6. WELTE-MIGNON 6960 Nocturne C Minor Op. 48 No 1 (Chopin)
Welte-Mignon
7. WELTE-MIGNON 6978 Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op.27 No.1 (Chopin)
Welte-Mignon
8. WELTE-MIGNON 7002 Nocturne In D Flat Major Op.27 No.2 (Chopin)
Welte-Mignon
9. WELTE-MIGNON Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35 In B Flat Minor- 1st Movement
- Grave... Doppio Movim 2586
10. WELTE-MIGNON Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35 In B Flat Minor- 2nd Movement
- Scherzo Welte-Mignon 2587
11. WELTE-MIGNON Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35 In B Flat Minor- 3rd Movement
- Lento; Marche Funebr 2588
12. WELTE-MIGNON 2589 Piano Sonata No.2 Op.35 In B Flat Minor- 4th
Movement Welte-Mignon
13. WELTE-MIGNON 1464 Scherzo in B Flat Minor Op.31 (Chopin)
Welte-Mignon
14. WELTE-MIGNON 6961 Serenade Op. 28. (Brockway) Welte-Mignon
15. WELTE-MIGNON 2593 Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (Bach-Tausig)
