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Kapell

American  
[kuh-pel] / kəˈpɛl /

noun

  1. William, 1922–53, U.S. pianist.


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Anna Lou Dehavenon, the widow of pianist William Kapell, told Heifetz’s biographer John A. Maltese about meeting Heifetz for dinner in Paris during his 1953 tour.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

In Skandia Hall, Jen Ayers and the Perfect Storm will play disco favorites, while Skandia Kapell offers traditional Swedish music and folk dancing on the lobby floor.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022

During an interview for Shure’s centenary in 2010, the pianist Leon Fleisher said that the two great American pianists of the 20th century were William Kapell and Shure.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2014

Manhattan-born William Kapell was a hammer-handed but unmistakably talented pianist of 19 when he first crashed on to the U.S. music scene in a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1941.

From Time Magazine Archive

Late one evening, a packet of letters, just arrived by the English mail, was handed to Mynheer Von Kapell, a merchant of Hamburgh.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 559, July 28, 1832 by Various

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