Leopold Winkler
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Leopold Winkler (15 June 1860 – 21 December 1924) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator.
The son of Solomon and Bertha Winkler,[1] Leopold Winkler was born on 15 June 1860[2] in Gleiwitz, Kingdom of Prussia, in what is today Gliwice, Poland.[3] He entered the Vienna Conservatory in 1870 at the age of ten,[4] studying there for an eight year period.[1] He won three gold medals at the conservatory,[1] and graduated with high honors.[4] He later studied piano privately with Anton Rubinstein.[1] He was a member of the Tonkünstler-Societät.[3]
Winkler immigrated to the United States in 1888[3] after having a successful career as a concert pianist in Europe.[4] His first performances in America were performed that year under conductors Anton Seidl and Frank Van der Stucken[4] He maintained a transcontinental concert career in the 1890s, performing in cities throughout Europe just prior to his first American tour in 1894.[4] Subsequent U.S. tours followed in 1897 and 1898.[3]
Winkler married in New York City in 1896, and had four children.[3] He resided in Harlem at a home located at 111 W 124th St.[4] In New York he taught on the faculty of the National Conservatory of Music of America (NCMA) for six years while Antonín Dvořák led the school.[3] One of his students at the NCMA was Oscar Saenger.[5] He left the NCMA to join the faculty of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.[3] He became a naturalized American citizen on May 23, 1904.[2]
As a composer he wrote solo works for the piano and art songs. He also worked as an arranger.[3] He gave concerts at Carnegie Hall among other important venues in Manhattan.[4] In 1912 he gave a recital at the Horace Mann School that was sponsored by Columbia University.[6] In 1915/1916 he performed in a concert series of sonata recitals for cello and piano given at Hunter College.[7]
Winkler died at the Harlem Hospital on 21 December 1924 following an attack of apoplexy while traveling on the New York City Subway.[1] He was a member of the Arion Society of New York.[3]
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Leopold Winkler Dies in Hospital; Stricken in Subway". Brooklyn Eagle. December 22, 1924. p. 20.
- 1 2 Leopold Winkler in U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 – March 1924, Roll 2499 – Certificates: 406850–407349, 5 May 1924 – 6 May 1924
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Saerchinger 1918, p. 696.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Leopold Winkler". The Herald Statesman. December 22, 1924. p. 16.
- ↑ DuPree 1997, p. 301.
- ↑ Aldrich, Richard (April 21, 1912). "News and Reviews of the Music World; Dearth of Really Great Composers Shown by New Works Played Here During Season Just Closed". The New York Times. p. S11.
- ↑ "Plans of the Musicians". The New York Times. October 24, 1915. p. F5.
Bibliography
- DuPree, Mary (1997). Musical Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, 1918–1926. Fallen Leaf Press. ISBN 0914913131.
- Saerchinger, César, ed. (1918). "Winkler, Leopold". International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer. Current Literature Publishing Company.
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