Godowsky ,born on 13 February 1870,was a famed pianist, composer, and teach… Read Full Bio ↴Godowsky ,born on 13 February 1870,was a famed pianist, composer, and teacher. He has been described as the "Pianist of Pianists".
He became a naturalised American, but was born to Polish parents in Sozły, near Wilno, in what was then Russian territory but is now part of Lithuania. He considered himself of Polish heritage.
Godowsky had studied under Ernst Rudorff at the Berlin High School for Music,but left after three months. Otherwise, he was self-taught.
His career as a concert pianist, which eventually would take him to every continent except Australia, began at age ten.Godowsky made his debut in America on 7 December in Boston.
Later,moving to France to study with Liszt ( who unfortunately died a few days before Godowsky's arrival there), he played for Tchaikovsky, and could count among his acquaintances Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Amboise Thomas, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Pierné, Charles-Marie Widor and Leo Delibes.
He died of stomach cancer in New York on November 21, 1938.
As a composer, Godowsky has been best known for his paraphrases of piano pieces by other composers, which he enhanced with ingenious contrapuntal devices and rich chromatic harmonies. His most famous work in this genre is the 53 Studies on Chopin's Etudes, in which he varies the already challenging originals by: introducing countermelodies.
He also transcribed for the piano a number of sonatas and partitas for solo violin and solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Piano Sonata, the Passacaglia, and Triakontameron are amongst other works of his that have become more well-known of recent times. The Passacaglia is based on a theme from Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony;it has acquired an undeserved reputation for difficulty.
"Godowsky's achievement is greater than that of the mere transcriber or arranger. He aimed higher and opened up new vistas for developing our pianistic mechanisms...When teachers, performers and students wake up to the possibilities and potentials of the Godowsky legacy, and when they apply themselves to its enormous challenge, we will begin once again to enjoy the music they make, to find recitals less of a duty and more of a joy to attend, and to share in the experience of expressivity through beautiful sounds produced with freedom and ease."
- Frank Cooper
He became a naturalised American, but was born to Polish parents in Sozły, near Wilno, in what was then Russian territory but is now part of Lithuania. He considered himself of Polish heritage.
Godowsky had studied under Ernst Rudorff at the Berlin High School for Music,but left after three months. Otherwise, he was self-taught.
His career as a concert pianist, which eventually would take him to every continent except Australia, began at age ten.Godowsky made his debut in America on 7 December in Boston.
Later,moving to France to study with Liszt ( who unfortunately died a few days before Godowsky's arrival there), he played for Tchaikovsky, and could count among his acquaintances Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Amboise Thomas, Gabriel Fauré, Gabriel Pierné, Charles-Marie Widor and Leo Delibes.
He died of stomach cancer in New York on November 21, 1938.
As a composer, Godowsky has been best known for his paraphrases of piano pieces by other composers, which he enhanced with ingenious contrapuntal devices and rich chromatic harmonies. His most famous work in this genre is the 53 Studies on Chopin's Etudes, in which he varies the already challenging originals by: introducing countermelodies.
He also transcribed for the piano a number of sonatas and partitas for solo violin and solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The Piano Sonata, the Passacaglia, and Triakontameron are amongst other works of his that have become more well-known of recent times. The Passacaglia is based on a theme from Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony;it has acquired an undeserved reputation for difficulty.
"Godowsky's achievement is greater than that of the mere transcriber or arranger. He aimed higher and opened up new vistas for developing our pianistic mechanisms...When teachers, performers and students wake up to the possibilities and potentials of the Godowsky legacy, and when they apply themselves to its enormous challenge, we will begin once again to enjoy the music they make, to find recitals less of a duty and more of a joy to attend, and to share in the experience of expressivity through beautiful sounds produced with freedom and ease."
- Frank Cooper
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Courante In E Minor Allegro For Piano
Leopold Godowsky Lyrics
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@joshscores3360
0:01 - Sarabande in E Major, after Rameau
3:26 - Rigaudon in E Major, after Rameau
8:05 - Menuet in A Minor, after Rameau
12:49 - Menuet in G Minor, after Rameau
18:44 - Elegie in E Minor (Deux Gigues No. 1), after Rameau
24:25 - Tambourin in E Minor, after Rameau
27:36 - Menuet in E-flat Major, after Schobert
35:21 - Pastorale (Angelus) in G Major, after Corelli
41:03 - Sarabande in E Minor, after Lully
46:46 - Courante in E Minor, after Lully
50:20 - Capriccio in E Major (Le Caquet), after Dandrieu
52:57 - Gigue in E Minor, after Loeilly
57:26 - Sarabande in A Minor, after Rameau
1:03:38 - Musette en Rondeau in E Major, after Rameau
1:07:47 - Gavotte in A Minor, after Rameau
1:12:52 - Concert-Allegro in A Major, after Scarlatti
@christianbouvier513
Godowski est la parfaite illustration du pianiste compositeur.
@arno_grnfld455
The elegie after the two gigues is absolutely gorgeous
@joshscores3360
0:01 - Sarabande in E Major, after Rameau
3:26 - Rigaudon in E Major, after Rameau
8:05 - Menuet in A Minor, after Rameau
12:49 - Menuet in G Minor, after Rameau
18:44 - Elegie in E Minor (Deux Gigues No. 1), after Rameau
24:25 - Tambourin in E Minor, after Rameau
27:36 - Menuet in E-flat Major, after Schobert
35:21 - Pastorale (Angelus) in G Major, after Corelli
41:03 - Sarabande in E Minor, after Lully
46:46 - Courante in E Minor, after Lully
50:20 - Capriccio in E Major (Le Caquet), after Dandrieu
52:57 - Gigue in E Minor, after Loeilly
57:26 - Sarabande in A Minor, after Rameau
1:03:38 - Musette en Rondeau in E Major, after Rameau
1:07:47 - Gavotte in A Minor, after Rameau
1:12:52 - Concert-Allegro in A Major, after Scarlatti
@SPscorevideos
@Le Sheet Music Boi If you set the first one as 0:00:00 instead of 0:00:01, YouTube will automatically create sections. :)
@skylerpretto1221
Sarabande in E is beautiful!
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
I'm not thaaaaaaaaat great a fan of Rameau but it's a safe bet to say that Godowsky made these masterpieces!!!
@RagtimeDorianHenry
un ouvrage absolument remarquable
@ferguscullen8451
Great, great, great, thanks! LG has picked my two favourite John Loeillet pieces (10 and 12 here). I'm sure the misattribution to Lully did humble "John Loeillet of London's" music some good in terms of exposure.
@levicopp3224
As a ballet pianist this music would divinely fit adage
@cbooth2004
Wonderful. Thank you.