Hungarian Pianist Rafael Joseffy Autograph

Description: HUNGARIAN PIANIST RAFAEL JOSEFFY AUTOGRAPH AND WILLIAM AND MADGE KENDAL AUTOGRAPHS ON REVERSE Autograph in pencil on a portion of an autograph album page with one other signature and the signatures of famous husband and wife stage actors William and Madge Kendal on the reverse. In good conditionRafael Joseffy (July 3, 1852 – June 25, 1915) was a Hungarian Jewish pianist, teacher and composer.Rafael Joseffy was born in (Hunfalu present-day Huncovce), in Szepes County (present-day Slovakia) in 1852. His youth was spent in Miskolc, and he began his study of the piano there at the age of eight. He studied in Budapest with Friedrich Brauer, the teacher of Stephen Heller. In 1866 he went to Leipzig, where his teachers were Ignaz Moscheles and Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel. In 1868 he became a pupil of Carl Tausig in Berlin, remaining with him for two years. Later he spent two summers with Franz Liszt in Weimar.He made his debut in Berlin in 1872 and was immediately acclaimed as a master pianist of great brilliance.[citation needed] In a review of 1874 Hanslick admired his brilliant technique but found his playing cold.[1] He moved to the United States in 1879, where he lived in New York City. Joseffy made his American debut in New York in 1879, with an orchestra under Leopold Damrosch. He soon after played with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and subsequently made many appearances in New York and other American cities with Theodore Thomas and the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Joseffy was soloist for the inaugural concerts of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on October 16 and 17, 1891, performing Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Thomas conducting at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago.Joseffy's style was broad and comprehensive, yet his playing had a certain incisiveness.[citation needed] He produced numerous popular compositions for the piano as well as editing works of Frédéric Chopin and other composers for G. Schirmer music publishers. Several of his songs were translated from German to English by Helen Tretbar.[2] Later in life he virtually retired from the concert platform and devoted his attention to teaching His students included the American composer and singer Florence Turner-Maley. He was a very reserved man. Henry Wolfsohn claimed to have offered Joseffy huge sums for concert tours but the pianist found concert life so severe upon his nerves that he would not accept. He preferred the smaller income of a teacher to the glare of the footlights. Joseffy continued to care absolutely nothing for fame or applause. To him his art was supreme and other things mattered little. While in New York, he spent his summers in Tarrytown.He died in New York City in 1915, aged 62. PLEASE DO NOT WASTE OUR TIME BY WINNING AN ITEM AND NOT PAYING FOR IT!! YOU WILL BE REPORTED TO EBAY AND BLOCKED FROM OUR AUCTIONS!!! ALSO WE WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY BIDS FROM 0 FEEDBACKS, THEY WILL BE CANCELLED! CELEBRATING 27 YEARS IN BUSINESS!!NO RESERVE Terms of Sale: PLEASE READ!!1. Payment is due within 4 days of the close of this auction. We are set automatically on Unpaid Bidder Assistant2. EBAY COLLECTS THE SALES TAX3. If you have any questions, please ask prior to bidding. 4. All items are guaranteed authentic. COAs issued upon request. (Only for signed items) You can buy with complete confidence.5. Buyer pays for shipping. (combine shipping for multiple items) PLEASE NOTE IF BIDDING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. - WE ONLY SHIP THROUGH EBAY'S GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM SO PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS!! Thanks for looking and Good Luck bidding!The Inkwell Autograph Gallery

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