Janotha, Natalia. (1856 - 1932)
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AMQS from the Polish pianist and composer, a student of Johannes Brahms and Clara Shumann. "Ave Maria," 4 bars in B flat major signed and inscribed to the composer Miss Caroline Moseley, adding her own title of "Court Pianist to...the German Emperor King of Prussia." Another AMQS on the verso from the soprano Johanna Levier (Wiegenlied from Brahms, 1875). 18 x 10.5 cm. Fine."She performed with great success at the Prussian and English courts, and also won the recognition of the ruling houses of Italy and Spain; in 1885 she was appointed court pianist in Berlin. For many years she lived in London, but was deported in 1916 (under suspicion of being an enemy alien) and settled in The Hague...Janotha gave concerts throughout Europe and was regarded as one of the finest pianists of her time. She was particularly known as an interpreter of Chopin. Personal contacts with Chopin’s relations provided her with ready access to materials he had left: she published for the first time his Fugue in A minor (Leipzig, 1898), and supplemented and translated Polish books on Chopin...Janotha wrote about 400 piano works, clearly influenced by Chopin. She was a member of several academies in England, Germany, Italy and Austria, and of the Accademia di S Cecilia in Rome." (Zofia Chechlinska, Grove Online) (11108)
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