|
David Saperton (1889–1970) was an American pianist known especially for being the first pianist to play the entire original compositions as well as the complete transcriptions of his father-in-law, Leopold Godowsky. He also recorded a number of Godowsky’s Studies on Chopin's Études as well as other pieces. His students at the Curtis Institute include Jorge Bolet, Shura Cherkassky, Sidney Foster, Julius Katchen, Abbey Simon and Eleanor Sokoloff. As a pianist he is regarded as a great dramatist, a sensitive poet and superb colorist. 〔Foster, Sidney. 1977. ''David Saperton''. VAIA/IPA 1037-2, 1993, pp. 10 -12〕 ==Life== Saperton was born David Sapirstein in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 1889.〔Foster, p. 10〕 David Saperton began the study of piano at the age of six, under the guidance of his grandfather, an internationally-known tenor and musician. Mr. Saperton's father, a graduate physician of the University of Pittsburgh, was also a basso of repute.〔Catalogue 1930.1931. The Curtis Institute of Music.〕 Leopold Godowsky, his later father-in law, heard David as a child prodigy of eight. His principal teacher was German pianist and editor August Spanuth〔Foster, p. 10〕 (1857–1920), who was known as a music critic in New York〔("To Retract False Charge. Spanuth Also to Apologize to New York Times Correspondent." ) ''The New York Times'', June 13, 1911.〕 and later took a professorship at the Berlin Stern Conservatory.〔Painter, Karen. "August Spanuth. Boston Evening Transcript, January 31, 1906," in ''Mahler and His World''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002.〕 Young Saperton also attended masterclasses of Ferruccio Busoni and may have had some lessons with Rafael Joseffy. His debut was at New York’s Metropolitan Opera House where he played Chopin’s Concerto in E minor at the age of fifteen. He played a solo recital to critical acclaim a year later at Mendelssohn Hall.〔Foster, p. 10〕 Saperton continued his studies with Spanuth in Germany, where he appeared in a joint concert with Geraldine Farrar in Berlin, 1908. In 1909 he performed a large repertoire in 180 cities throughout Europe. In 1912 he returned to New York where he played very successful recitals but failed to attract an impresario. In 1915 he played a series of six recitals at Aeolian Hall including major works by Szymanowski, Liszt, Brahms, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, and others. After appearing in all major American cities on a tour in 1917–1918, he withdrew into private life.〔Foster, pp. 10 - 11〕 Saperton married Godowsky’s daughter, Vanita, sister of silent movie star Dagmar Godowsky, in 1924 and began to immerse in the study of his father-in-law’s difficult piano works including all the transcriptions. Godowsky also introduced Saperton to Josef Hofman and the Curtis Institute where he taught a number of famous pianists before he was fired. He shifted the emphasis of his career from performing to teaching and composition remaining essentially a private teacher in New York where he died, relatively unknown, on July 5, 1970.〔Foster, p. 11〕 Pianist Andrew Kraus who studied with Saperton in the last months of his life writes : "Experiencing his playing in the intimacy of his studio was, for me, an initiation into a way of playing the piano that had been lost as well as an introduction to a genre of wonderfully beautiful and interesting music that had fallen out of fashion."〔(About Mr. Kraus ), (Andrew Kraus ).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Saperton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|