THE LEMBERG PIANIST MORIZ ROSENTHAL IN THE CONTEXT OF PIANISTIC SCHOOLS

Анотація

The focus of my paper is the discussion about “pianistic schools”. The pianist Moriz Rosenthal, who was born in Lemberg, is particularly suitable for this discussion, as on the one hand he reflected on this topic himself (in his essay “The Old and the New School of Piano Playing”) and on the other hand through his biography which rises the discussion to what pianistic “school/s” he belongs to.
This leads to fundamental questions: To what extent can a musician, despite his personal style, be assigned to a school? How can musical schools or national schools be defined in the instrumental area? Do these depend on the artist's national affiliation?