Moszkowski, Moritz. (1854-1925)

"Suite for Orchestra, op. 47" - Autograph Musical Quotation

AMQS from the German-Jewish composer, pianist, and teacher known for his great output of piano works. Moszkowski has penned the first two bars of a theme from his second Suite for Orchestra, op. 47, on a Boticelli postcard. Dated Paris, May 21, 1905. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Patricio Otaño, with the original French stamp and postmark. One slight smudge; overall in very fine condition. 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14.2 x 9.1 cm).
Moszkowski began his studies in Dresden and continued in Berlin, taking his first teaching position at Theodor Kullak's Neue Akademie der Tonkunst in 1871. His students in Berlin and later in Paris included Frank Damrosch, Vlado Perlemuter, Thomas Beecham (who took private lessons in orchestration with him on the advice of André Messager in 1904), Josef Hofmann (of whom he claimed once that there was nothing anyone could teach him),and Wanda Landowska. Ignacy Paderewski said: "After Chopin, Moszkowski best understands how to write for the piano, and his writing embraces the whole gamut of piano technique." (13480)

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