Wynne Pyle
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Wynne Pyle | |
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_(23857103934).jpg) Wynne Pyle (LOC) (23857103934) | |
| Born | 24 October 1881 |
| Died | 24 April 1971 (aged 89) |
| Musical career | |
| Occupation | Pianist |
Wynne Pyle (née Wynne Belle Pyle 24 October 1881 Ladonia, Texas — 24 April 1971 Miami, Florida) was an American concert pianist.[1][2]
She studied piano at the North Texas College of Music at Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas, under Harold von Mickwitz — the college has no connection to the University of North Texas College of Music. Upon the advice of Mickwitz, she went on to study in Vienna with Theodor Leschetizky. In 1908, she was sent to Paris to study with Harold Bauer; and from there, she went to Berlin where, for five years, where she worked with Albert Jonas.
Concert career
In 1911, she made her Berlin debut with the Blüthner Orchestra. Upon returning to the United States, she made her recital debut in New York on February 17, 1916.[3] Pyle went on to perform as soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Symphony Orchestra, the Russian Symphony Orchestra (in New York City), and orchestras of Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago.[4]
Rollography
The American Piano Company (AMPICO)
- 5294: Rachmaninoff — Fantasy Pieces, Op. 3, No. 5, b-b: Sérénade
- 53073–F: Poldini — Etude Japonaise, Op. 27, No. 2
- 5309: Sauer — Echo de Vienne - Concert Waltz
- 53104–G: Debussy — Prelude, Les Collines d' Anacapri (1917)
- 53274–F: Schumann — Novellette, Op. 21, No. l, E
- 53344–G: Debussy — Préludes, Book I, No. 8: La fille aux cheveux de lin
Philipps Duca Reproduktions-Klaviere Rolles
- PhPD 1000: Liszt — Tarantella from Venezia e Napoli (PhPD = Philipps Duca Reproducing Piano)
- J–18444: Debussy — Prelude, Les Collines d'Anacapri (1917)
