Word: wittgenstein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Concerto was written for Paul Wittgenstein, the one-armed pianist, and had its first American performances by him under Koussevitzky's direction...
Under the auspices of the Longy School of Music, the Chardon String Quartette is presenting on Wednesday evening, December 19, a program of chamber music which includes numbers by Goossens, Sibelius, and Korngold. In the latter suite, Paul Wittgenstein, distinguished one-armed Viennese pianist, will be the accompanying artist. The concert will be held at Brattle Hall at 8.30 o'clock. Tickets may be procured at the Longy School on Church...
...Paul Wittgenstein, famed one-armed Austrian pianist, had made his U. S. debut with the Boston Symphony, playing a Concerto especially composed for him by Maurice Ravel. Bostonians closed their eyes because it seemed incredible that a single left hand could compass a keyboard so quickly and completely, make the treble sound clear and strong while the bass poured out a seething undercurrent. Compared with most pianists, Paul Wittgenstein has a fairly small hand. His trick was to train it to lightning speed, to develop his pedal technique so that he could cover transitions gracefully and subtly, give a solid...
...Wittgenstein was once a prize pupil of the Master Leschitizky who taught Paderewski. In those days he had two hands. Year after his Viennese debut came the War. Like any loyal 25-year-old Austrian, he went off to fight. On the way to the Russian frontier his right arm was wounded. He lost consciousness, woke up to find himself in a Russian prison camp. He was shunted about behind the lines, spent six months in Siberia before his group was exchanged for Russian prisoners in Austria...
...left Countess d'Agoult and met her successor, the cigar-smoking Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein. Although love affairs continued to play through his life like tarantellas, she remained his nominal mistress until his death. Only a last minute refusal from Rome to grant her a divorce prevented their marriage...