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The great contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861 - 1936) sings Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht. It is said that her 1911 Victor recording popularized this carol in the United States. This is her 1926 electrical recording. It was on Christmas Eve of that year when Schumann Heink began singing this carol every Christmas Eve over the National Broadcasting Company network. This tradition continued nearly until her death. Recorded November 3, 1926 (Stewart Wille, organist)

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Transcribed from Bach"s Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio) by Clarence Lucas. Recorded November 1934.

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Recorded live St. Johns, Smith Squire, London, March 20, 1989

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Along with Alexander Goldenweiser, and Heinrich Neuhaus, Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948), "dominated the Russian/Soviet tuition during the first half of the twentieth century." His teachers included Nikolai Zverev (Rachmaninov's teacher), Paul Pabst www.youtube.com and Alexander Siloti. www.youtube.com He completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory with a gold medal in 1892. Igumnov premiered Rachmaninov's Sonata No. 1 and gained a reputation as an interpreter of Beethoven's last sonatas ...

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Along with Alexander Goldenweiser, and Heinrich Neuhaus, Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948), "dominated the Russian/Soviet tuition during the first half of the twentieth century." His teachers included Nikolai Zverev (Rachmaninov's teacher), Paul Pabst www.youtube.com and Alexander Siloti. www.youtube.com He completed his studies at the Moscow Conservatory with a gold medal in 1892. Igumnov premiered Rachmaninov's Sonata No. 1 and gained a reputation as an interpreter of Beethoven's last sonatas ...

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Heinrich Neuhaus (1888-1964) studied with Blumenfeld and Michalowski in Russia and with Godowskv in Vienna. He taught at the Kiev Conservatory and later at the Moscow Conservatory. He was the cousin of Szymanowski and the nephew of Blumenfeld. Neuhaus became one of the most famous teachers of the century; his classes at the Moscow Conservatory were crowded with students hoping to gain inspiration. He taught some of the outstanding pianists of Russia including Gilels and Richter, both of whom ...

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Heinrich Neuhaus (1888-1964) studied with Blumenfeld and Michalowski in Russia and with Godowskv in Vienna. He taught at the Kiev Conservatory and later at the Moscow Conservatory. He was the cousin of Szymanowski and the nephew of Blumenfeld. Neuhaus became one of the most famous teachers of the century; his classes at the Moscow Conservatory were crowded with students hoping to gain inspiration. He taught some of the outstanding pianists of Russia including Gilels and Richter, both of whom ...

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Alexander Goldenweiser (1875-1961), began his studies with Vassili Prokunin before entering the Moscow Conservatory. There, he continued his piano studies with Pabst, and composition with Arensky, Taneyev and Ippolitov-Ivanov all of whom, with the exception of Pabst, had been students of Tchaikovsky. Among Goldenweisers fellow students were Scriabin, Rachmaninov and later, Medtner. (Rachmaninov dedicated his Suite No.2 for Two Pianos to Goldenweiser). After graduating (piano1895, composition ...

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Alexander Goldenweiser (1875-1961), began his studies with Vassili Prokunin before entering the Moscow Conservatory. There, he continued his piano studies with Pabst, and composition with Arensky, Taneyev and Ippolitov-Ivanov all of whom, with the exception of Pabst, had been students of Tchaikovsky. Among Goldenweisers fellow students were Scriabin, Rachmaninov and later, Medtner. (Rachmaninov dedicated his Suite No.2 for Two Pianos to Goldenweiser). After graduating (piano1895, composition ...

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A pupil of Carl Reinecke, Ignaz Moscheles, Carl Tausig and Karl Mikuli (Chopins pupil), Alexander Michalowski (1851-1938), spent most of his long career as a teacher at the Warsaw Conservatory where he imparted the Polish tradition of piano playing and the interpretation of Chopins music to his students. In his teaching, Michalowski emphasized the importance of contrapuntal playing and required his students to study and play the keyboard works of Bach. (Chopin revered Bach and his influence ...

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