Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31 No. 2
Kempff was born (1895 in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, Germany) in a family of distinguished church musicians. His father was his first teacher....
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31 No. 2
Kempff was born (1895 in Jüterbog, Brandenburg, Germany) in a family of distinguished church musicians. His father was his first teacher. He entered the Hochschule für Musik Berlin at age nine (deeply impressing the directors with his playing, improvisation and compositions) did furthur study in Potsdam, and finished up in Berlin 1916 also studying philosopy and music history.
His first appearance as a soloist was with the Berlin Phil Orch in 1918, Beethovens G major piano concerto under Arthur Nikisch.....Scandinavian tours continued after the war, culminating in a award bestowed on him by King Gustav of Sweden.
He was music director of Musikhochschule Stuttgart 1924-1929, and married piano pupil Helene Freiin Hiller in 1926. In 1927 took his first trip to Turkey and met with president Atatürk offering advice on appointments to Ankara college of music.
Then taught at Potsdam 1931-1941 with Edwin Fischer and Walter Gieseking. Premiere of his second opera "family Gozzi" in 1934 to good notices. He composed many works for orchestra, piano, organ, chamber ensembles and songs.
In 1951 he published his autobiography, ""Unter dem Zimbelstern, das Werden eines Musikers"
His first London concert in 1951 launched his strong international career (tho his first of many trips to Japan took place in 1936)
His first visit to US was for concerts in New York City, 1964
1969 TV broadcast of Beethoven's Piano Concerto G major with Rafael Kubelik (someone post that!!)
UNESCO Concert (1974) in Paris with Yehudi Menuhin and Mstislav Rostropovitch.
1979 was his last concert with orchestra, Beethovens piano concerto G major with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy.
1981 his second book came out "Was ich hörte, was ich sah".
23 May 1991, William Kempff died. He is buried in the private forest cemetery of the Baron von Künssberg at Upper Franconia.
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I learned the moonlight sonata on guitar. Not very good, but wen I got a piano I easily transfered it to piano. Within like a month I was able to play my first classical piece on Piano.
In Pathetique I you have this tremolo phrase which is quite hard to control when played in right tempo, and you have a few other parts which are quite difficult. So I´d say, just to estimate the time you need to practice the pieces - if Moonlight III is your 10, then Pathetique I is 8.5 and Tempest III is 5 or 6. Just a guess... In any case you need a lot of experience to start either of these.
I´ve played all of them, so I´ll try to explain: You can´t really compare, but this piece (Tempest III) is by far easier than Moonlight III or Pathetique I. Here´s why: To play Tempest III accurately, you´ll have to learn the pattern which is repeated throughout the movement and understand its idea and rhythm (and one variation of the rhythm).
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just joking i like this so much
He's inspiring.