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Arthur De Greef (10 October 1862  29 August 1940) was a Belgian pianist and composer.

Arthur De Greef
Arthur De Greef

Life and career


Born in Louvain, he won first prize in a local music competition at the age of 11 and subsequently enrolled at the Brussels Conservatoire. His main teacher there was Louis Brassin, a former pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, although he also took lessons from other staffers at the institution, including Joseph Dupont, François-Auguste Gevaert and Fernand Kufferath.[1]

After graduating with high distinction from the Conservatoire at the age of 17, De Greef went to Weimar to complete his studies under Franz Liszt. He was a pupil of Liszt for two years.[2]

Following the Weimar sojourn, De Greef embarked on a career as a concert pianist, travelling widely. He was a friend of Edvard Grieg, whose Piano Concerto he had played publicly in 1898, and who called him "the best performer of my music I have met with". In addition, he enjoyed the endorsement of Camille Saint-Saëns. British critic Jonathan Woolf has written: "De Greef was, in all respects, an intensely musical, non-sensationalist, eloquent and impressive musician and whilst not being averse to some of the interventionist tactics of his contemporaries (retouching of the score) remained sympathetically self-effacing".[2]

De Greef composed a sizeable quantity of music, virtually all of which is now unknown. Among his works are two piano concertos. He was a devoted teacher, and taught piano at the Brussels Conservatoire for many years.[2]


Honours


Memorial plaque of Arthur De Greef in Brussels
Memorial plaque of Arthur De Greef in Brussels

Selected compositions



Orchestral



Concertante works



Chamber music



Piano



Recordings


His was the first complete recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor, but he had earlier recorded a cut version. He also recorded with Isolde Menges.[5]

Other recorded works included

Liszt:

Chopin

Schubert

Moszkowski

Saint-Saëns

A complete discography can be found Earthlink here.




References


  1. Naxos
  2. Musicweb International
  3. Royal Decree of H.M. King Albert I on 14.11.1919
  4. Several sources list this piece as being in B-flat minor, but a scan of the original handwritten score available at https://uurl.kbr.be/1842245 reveals that it is in B minor. (Its original title specifies "si mineur" and its key signature is two sharps.)
  5. Answers.com

На других языках


[de] Arthur De Greef

Arthur De Greef (* 10. Oktober 1862 in Löwen; † 29. August 1940 in Brüssel) war ein belgischer Pianist und Komponist.
- [en] Arthur De Greef (composer)

[ru] Де Греф, Артур (композитор)

Артур Де Греф (нидерл. Arthur De Greef; 10 октября 1862, Лёвен, Бельгия — 29 августа 1940, Брюссель, Бельгия) — бельгийский композитор, пианист и педагог.



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